Duties
- Set up assigned station 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 food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and
specified dishware.
- Prepare boxed/to go meals.
- Select and place correct items on patient trays.
- Read and interpret a regular or modified menu, individual diet cards, tray tickets or
patient selections.
- 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.
- Perform heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas.
- Separate food waste, trash/recyclables from dishes, glasses and silverware.
- Unload food/tray delivery carts.
- Store sanitized dishes, glasses and silverware.
- Scrape, soak, scour, and scrub cookware and utensils.
- Move garbage cans when collecting and transferring trash from the work area to
the disposal area.
- Other duties as assigned to meet the needs of the Medical Center.
Work Schedule: 11:00 AM-7:30 PM ; 20 Hours
Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99920S
Physical Requirements: Wage Grade 3 Food Service Workers perform 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 standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending. May be required to work on ladders and use powered cleaning equipment. 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.
Working Conditions: The work is performed in kitchen areas where the steam and heat from cooking and dishwashing equipment often cause uncomfortably high temperatures and humidity. The work area is well-lighted but usually noisy from food service activities, and there is danger of slipping on floors where food or beverages have been dropped. Food service workers are regularly exposed to hot liquids, sharp cutting blades, hot working surfaces, and extreme temperature changes when entering walk-in refrigeration or freezing units.
Required Documents
Documents Accepted:
- Cover Letter
- DD-214/ Statement of Service
- Disability Letter (Schedule A)
- Disability Letter (VA)
- License
- Other (1)
- PCS Orders
- Performance Appraisal
- Professional Certification
- Resume
- Separation Notice (RIF)
- SF-15
- SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
- Transcript
Documents Required:
Please review the above list(s) to ensure you have included all necessary documents required for your application.Not every applicant will require the same documents, therefore it is the applicants responsibility to ensure that their application package includes all necessary documents to determine qualifications and eligibility for appointment, such as a copy of your SF-50, transcript, ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees).
You will not be contacted for additional information. Applicants will be deemed ineligible if supporting documentation is not submitted.
Veterans' Preference: Since the Direct-Hire Recruitment Authority is being used, traditional Veterans' Preference rules do not apply. Qualified veterans will, however, be given full consideration for this position.
Applications are accepted online. Applying online will allow you to review and track the status of your application.
How to Apply
All applicants are encouraged to apply online.
To apply for this position, you must complete the occupational questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on 01/07/2025 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12656769.
1. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USAJOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USAJOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire.
2. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package.
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Next steps
After the vacancy announcement closes, applicants are evaluated to ensure qualification and eligibility requirements are met. After the review is complete, a referral certificate(s) is issued and applicants will be notified of their status by email.