Food Service Worker Leader
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Job Location:
Palo Alto, CA - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 29 - 33
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Summary
This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in VA Palo Alto Healthcare System VAPAHCS. The primary purpose of this position is to perform and lead employees in food service operations including food handling preparation storage and delivery.
Lead duties and responsibilities include:
- Leads the activities of the production and service areas
- Reviews daily work assignments and make adjustments accordingly
- Communicate instructions and information to employees concerning work to be accomplished
- Relays any problems and/or events to supervisors and managers
- Provides job training to lower graded food service workers and documents training
- Completes safety and sanitation inspection checks
- Ensures food production and service areas are properly set up
- Performs final check of trays for proper temperature and accuracy as indicated on tray ticket
- Observes work performance of employees and provides feedback to supervisors
- Participate in performance improvement programs and documents quality improvement data
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
- Sets up tray line station with correct supplies and food items
- Serves food cafeteria style
- Breaks down and cleans assigned station
- Sets up dining room tables for service
- Delivers meal trays to patients bedside and reports comments and/or complaints to supervisor or dietitian
- Prepares individual and bulk nourishments and supplemental foods/beverages
- Determines the quantities of ingredients needed
- Makes conversions between the metric system to standard system
- Performs heavy duty cleaning tasks throughout food service areas
- Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation areas
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Position Description Title/PD#: /Food Service Worker Leader/PD99919S
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Conditions of employment
- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
- You must have a valid Driver License
- Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
- You may be required to serve a probationary period
- 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)
Qualifications
To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 02/12/2026.
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:
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g. Peace Corps AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g. professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies knowledge and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience including volunteer experience.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Physical Requirements/Working Conditions: The Work leader performs work requiring light to moderate physical effort. They may be required to perform heavy work such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading storing and delivering supplies. They are subject to continuous sitting standing and walking and frequent stooping reaching pushing pulling and bending. They frequently lift or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift or move objects weighing more than 40 pounds with the assistance of others.
Education
This job does not have an education qualification requirement.
Additional information
Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government passionate about the ideals of our American republic and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.
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