Food Service Worker

9 hours ago


Brockton, Massachusetts, United States VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION Full time
Job Summary

This is a part-time position within the Nutrition and Food Service department at the VA Boston Healthcare System. The successful candidate will be responsible for providing exceptional food service to patients and staff, ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction and maintaining a clean and safe working environment.

Key Responsibilities
  • Set up and maintain cafeteria lines, steam tables, and dining room tables with hot and cold food items
  • Serve food cafeteria style, placing uniform portions of food on customers' plates
  • Break down and clean assigned areas after meals, returning food to the kitchen
  • 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 after meals
  • Deliver meal trays to patients' bedsides
  • Brew coffee according to the number of servings required
  • Assemble and toss fresh fruit or green salads in quantity using prepared dressings and portions into standard serving sizes
  • Apportion other food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and containers
  • Make cold sandwiches using prepared ingredients and pack box lunches
  • Work in one or more functional areas of the kitchen, such as food preparation, dish and pot washing, dry and refrigerated storage, and the serving line
  • Sort, wash, peel, and cut fresh fruits and vegetables
  • Operate and break down equipment
  • Perform heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas
  • Separate food waste and trash from dishes, glasses, and silverware in the dish washing area
  • Remove inspection doors, strainer pans, screens, and spray arms for preventive maintenance of the dish machine
  • Unload delivery trucks
  • Store sanitized dishes, glasses, and silverware
  • Scrape, soak, scour, and scrub the heavier cooking utensils
  • Move heavy garbage cans when collecting and transferring trash from the work area to the disposal area
Requirements
  • You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job
  • 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
  • Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
  • Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP)
Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. 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.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions

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. 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. 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.

Education

Substitution of Education: There is no educational substitution for this position.


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