Food Service Worker

This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in HUNTINGTON, WV. The person in this position prepares nutritious, high quality meals for service to the Veterans.

EFFECTIVE 09-24-23:This position is eligible for a 20% Critical Skills Incentive in addition to regular Salary (CSI). CSI's are authorized for WG-7408 Food Service Workers who are performing at the fully successful level or higher.

Qualifications:

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

RESUME REQUIREMENTS - Your resume must include the following information for each job listed:
- Job Title (for each position)
- Description of duties (be as detailed as possible)
- Month and year start/end dates (e.g. June 2018 to April 2020) of employment
- Full-time or part-time status (include average hours worked per week)

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.

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:

• Dexterity and Safety
• Follow Directions
• Handle Weights and Loads
• Reliability And Dependability
• Special Aptitude - Food Service Work
• Work Practices

Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Responsibilities:

Major duties and responsibilities include:

• Cleans serving areas by sweeping and mopping floors, cleaning/sanitizing work surfaces, and other food service equipment, such as refrigerators, toaster, and coffee machines.
• Cleans production equipment including steam jacketed kettles, tilt skillets, etc. using appropriate and safe sanitation techniques.
• Loads and operates dishwashers and cart washing stations.
• Transports tray carts to wards and individually delivers trays directly to the patient's bedside or assists patients with transport of their meal trays.
• 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: Various work schedules available
Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99921S
Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized