Department of Veterans Affairs
Food Service Worker
Department of Veterans Affairs, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the VA Medical Center in San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System (SFVAHCS). This position independently performs duties that require proficiency in special procedures and broad knowledge of service operations, such as food and beverage preparation, modified diets, computer proficiency, dishwashing, dry and refrigerated storage, and safety and sanitation.
This is an Open Continuous Announcement will remain open until January 3, 2026or until filled. Eligible applications received will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on a as-needed basis until positions are filled. Applicants will be referred in the order in which they were received.
DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY : This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupation.
Duties
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 6 : 00am - 2 : 30pm or 11 : 00am - 7 : 30pm. (Weekends / Holidays with rotating days off).
Position Description Title / PD# : Food Service Worker / PD99920-S
Physical Requirements and Work Conditions : 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.
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This is an Open Continuous Announcement will remain open until January 3, 2026or until filled. Eligible applications received will be referred at regular intervals or as additional vacancies occur on a as-needed basis until positions are filled. Applicants will be referred in the order in which they were received.
DIRECT HIRE AUTHORITY : This position is being filled using Direct-Hire Authority (5 CFR 337.201) for this occupation.
Duties
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 6 : 00am - 2 : 30pm or 11 : 00am - 7 : 30pm. (Weekends / Holidays with rotating days off).
Position Description Title / PD# : Food Service Worker / PD99920-S
Physical Requirements and Work Conditions : 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.
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