This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the VA Medical Center in Amarillo VA Health Care System (AVAHCS). They can work in one or more functional areas of the kitchen such as food preparation, dish and pot washing, dry and refrigerated storage and receiving, and the serving area doing work such as portioning cold food, dipping hot food, working in the dish room and passing trays.
Major duties: Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to): - Sets up and breaks down assigned station with the correct supplies and food items; - Portions food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware; - Selects and places correct items on patient trays; - Decides what food items to serve for the most common diets; - Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items; - Designated by the menu; - Sets up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary; - Delivers meal trays to the patients' bedsides; reporting the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian; - Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes; -Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts; - Reads and interprets regular or modified menus, individual diet cards, tray tickets or patient selections; - Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas; - Performing other duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Five days a week including Weekends and Holidays with two consecutives days off within the week. Shifts Available: 6:45am-3:15pm and 10:30am-7:000pm Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99920A and PD99920S Physical Requirements: Work is performed in kitchen areas where the steam and heat from cooking and dishwashing equipment often cause uncomfortably high temperatures and humidity.
Performs work requiring light to moderate physical. 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. Subject to continuous standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending. Frequently lifts or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift or move objects weighing more than 40 pounds with the assistance of others.
Requirements: 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 o