Food Service Worker

This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the Birmingham VA Medical Center.

- Set up assigned station on the tray line with the correct supplies and food items - Serve food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on customers'/patients'/residents' plates - Break down and clean the station when assigned - 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 to the patients' bedsides and report the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian - Prepare beverages according to the number of servings required - Prepare fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts in specified quantities - 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 - Prepare uncooked food items, such as sandwich spread and salad dressings - Operate and break down and clean all equipment assigned to food service and related areas - Portion other food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware - Prepare boxed/to go meals - Make final check of diet trays assembled by lower grade workers for completeness, correct food temperatures - Verify that food items on the tray are appropriate for the prescribed diet - Identify obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu - Decide what food items to serve for the most common diets when the diet card or tray ticket identifies only the kind of diet called for - Distributes menus and surveys to patients - Provide patients with basic information about modified diets and the nutrition services that are available - Prepare individual and bulk nourishments and supplemental foods and beverages for patients - Follow directions in assembling, measuring, weighing, or mixing ingredients for basic formulas and supplemental feedings following standardized recipes and using sanitary techniques - Determine the quantities of ingredients needed to prepare required yield - Make conversions between the metric system to the standard system - Take nourishment inventories, stocking using first in-first out procedures, replacing expired items - Label and distribute individual nourishments - Sterilize equipment and sanitize work areas Work Schedule: 11a-7:30p rotating weekends and holidays Subject to change based on needs of the agency. Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99836S Telework Eligibility: Not eligible for Telework Promotion Potential: Not Available

U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy. Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA. Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: 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. Upon completion of your probationary period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

There is no education substitution for this series/grade.