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
There is no education substitution for this series/grade.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $20.1 – $23.45/hr.
Applications close on 2026-10-09.
This position is open under the 'Fed Internal Search' hiring path.
Source: USAJOBS.gov — U.S. Federal Government
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