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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
On-siteBattle Creek, MI$19.2 – $22.4/hrApply by May 22, 2026Food Service WorkingESFJESFPISFJISTJHospitality
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The Battle Creek VA Medical Center is recruiting for a Food Service Worker. The Food Service Worker will function under the Nutrition & Food Service.
What You'll Do
- →The duties of the position may include but, are not limited to: Set up cafeteria lines, steam tables, dining room tables, and side service stands with hot and cold food items.
- →Serve food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on customers'/patients' plates.
- →Break down and clean assigned area when the meal is finished and return food to the kitchen.
- →Set up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary.
- →Return soiled trays and dishes to the dish room after meals.
- →Deliver meal trays to the patients' bedsides.
- →Brew coffee according to the number of servings required.
- →Assemble and toss fresh fruit or green salads in quantity using prepared dressings and portions into standard serving sizes.
- →Apportion other food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and containers.
- →Make cold sandwiches using prepared ingredients and pack box lunches.
- →Work 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.
- →Work Schedule: 6am-2:30pm and 11am-7:30pm Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99921A Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized
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 Pre-employment physical required 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: 0fed6346-8442-4424-98ff-e0e82fee312f
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