Nutrition and Food Service at the Margaret Cochran Corbin VA Campus has an opening for a full-time Food Service Worker. The incumbent performs multi-step tasks requiring attention to work operations, following set procedures and an established work sequence for repetitive assignments such as working in the dish room, passing trays, portioning cold foods, and dipping hot foods.
Duties include but are not limited to the following: 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.
Preferred Experience: At least one year of experience in meal delivery, heavy-duty kitchen and equipment cleaning, dish and pot washing, or food receiving and storage in an institutional or commercial food service setting.
Work Schedule: Thursday - Monday, 6:30am to 3:00pm or 11:30am to 8:00pm, including weekends & holidays Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99921A Physical Requirements: Wage Grade 2 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.
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $21.84 – $25.49/hr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-10-27.
There are 2 openings for this position.
This position is open under the 'Public' hiring path.
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