This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the VA Medical Center in Dallas, TX. The Food Service Worker prepares and serves food, assembles patient trays, ensures sanitation, assists in food preparation, and performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks. Duties include portioning food, delivering trays, cleaning equipment, storing dishes, and maintaining food safety standards.
Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to): Cleans serving areas by sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning/sanitizing work surfaces, and other food service equipment, such as refrigerators, toaster, and coffee machines. 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 replenishes items as necessary.
Cleans production equipment including steam jacketed kettles, tilt skillets, etc. using appropriate and safe sanitation techniques. Loads and operates dishwashers and cart washing station. Performs necessary preventative maintenance on equipment; Transports tray carts to wards and individually delivers trays directly to the patient's bedside or assists patients with transport of their meal trays.
Serves food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on customers'/patients'/residents' plates. Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts in specified quantities. Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weight, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes.
Understands of food terminology, measurements, and serving information in standardized recipes and menus. Operates and breaks down and cleans all equipment assigned to food service and related areas. Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas. Sets-up serving areas with hot and cold foods, keeping foods appropriately stocked during meal service. Assembles a variety of items while working in cold food preparation and nourishment area.
Make cold sandwiches using prepared ingredients. Performing other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Rotating Shifts/Off Days/ Weekends/Holidays, 5:30 am - 2:00 pm or 11:00 am - 7:30 pm Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99920S Physical Requirements: Physical Effort 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.
gerald.poindexter@va.gov · 314-939-7303
This position is with Veterans Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs.
The posted pay range is $18.72 – $21.83/hr.
This position requires a Other security clearance.
Applications close on 2026-11-06.
This is a Rotating Shifts/Off Days/ Weekends/Holidays position.
This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.
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