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Cook
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 60 days ago
About the Role
This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Service at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Sioux Falls, SD. The person in this position prepares nutritious, high quality meals for service to the Veterans.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities include: Independently prepares and cooks a variety of items including regular and therapeutic diet (diabetic, low sodium, low protein, gluten free, etc.) entrees and dessert items.
- →Follows menus, production sheets, and recipes to prepare items in the quantity needed.
- →Grills eggs, meat patties, pancakes, French toast; broils meats; makes cold sandwich fillings and assembles a variety of sandwiches.
- →Uses a variety of methods to prepare meats, fish, and poultry including broiling, roasting, baking, frying, boiling, steaming, stewing, braising, and grilling.
- →Slices meat items by hand, confirming to specific size requirements or weight specifications.
- →Prepares fresh, canned, and frozen vegetables; bakes frozen potatoes, pre-made cookie dough, and muffin batters.
- →Prepares and heats convenience items, and prepares pureed foods and adjusts consistency with thickeners.
- →Washes, peels, and cuts fruits and vegetables; assembles and mixes salad ingredients and dessert items, including gelatin molds and fruit crisps.
- →Plans cooking processes to produce meals on time and at the proper temperature which may require coordination of cooking several items with different cooking times.
- →Makes a variety of desserts such as cobblers, brownies, cookies, and pastries.
- →Weighs, measures, and assembles ingredients for regular and modified diets.
- →Operates a variety of kitchen equipment and follows appropriate safety procedures.
- →Follows sanitary food handling procedures.
- →Disassembles and reassembles equipment for cleaning.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 3a882919-9c28-46fa-9ba3-19c6760678d5
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