Job Details

This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition and Food Service at the VA Medical Center located in Prescott, Arizona. This position independently performs duties that require proficiency in special procedures and broad knowledge of service operations, such as food and beverage preparation, modified diets, computer proficiency, dishwashing, dry and refrigerated storage, food safety and sanitation.
The Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition and Food Service at the VA Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona. Major duties and responsibilities of the WG-04 Food Service Worker include but are not limited to:
* 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;
* Decides 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;
* Provides patients with basic information about modified diets and the nutrition services that are available;
* Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu;
* Follows directions in assembling, measuring, weighing, or mixing ingredients for basic formulas and supplemental feedings following standardized recipes and using sanitary techniques;
* 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 including assembling, labeling and arranging completed recipe items in preparation for use by cooks;
* Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts along with individual and bulk nourishments and supplement foods and beverages for patients;
* Makes final check of diet trays assembled by lower grade workers for completeness, correct food temperatures;
* Works in one or more functional areas of the kitchen such as food preparation, dish and pot washing, dry and refrigerated storage and receiving, and the serving line;
* Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas;
* Performs other duties as assigned
Work Schedule: Sunday through Saturday, 12 hour shifts to include rotating days, nights, weekends and/or holidays depending on the needs of the service.
Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99836S
Physical Requirements 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. Food service workers are regularly exposed to hot liquids, sharp cutting blades, hot working surfaces and extreme temperature changes when entering walk-in refrigeration units. Performs work requiring light to moderate physical effort. 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.