Food Service Worker

Major duties include but not limited to:

• Set up assigned station with correct supplies and food items.
• Serve food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on customers/patients/residents plates.
• Set up dining room tables for service place food and beverages on tables and replenish items as necessary.
• Return soiled trays and dishes to the dish room.
• Deliver meal trays o the patients bedside and report the patients comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian.
• Prepare beverages according to the number of servings required.
• Sort wash peel and cut cold foods using knives or other equipment.
• Provide assistance to cooks in the food preparation area such as weigh measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes.
• Operate breakdown and clean all equipment assigned to food service and related areas.
• Read and interpret a regular or modified menu individual diet cards tray tickets or patient selections.
• Separate food waste trash/recyclables from dishes glasses and silverware.
• Unload food/tray delivery carts.
• Scrape soak scour and scrub cookware utensils.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Pre-employment physical required
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 02/09/2026.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge skills and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

• Dexterity and Safety
• Interpret Instructions Specifications (other than blueprint reading)
• Materials
• Technical Practices
• Use and Maintain Tools and Equipment
• Without more than normal supervision
• Work Practices