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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 62 days ago
On-site Tacoma, WA $26.2 – $30.5/hr Apply by Jul 27, 2026 Food Service Working ESFJESFPISFJISTJ Hospitality
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You will serve as a Food Service Worker (FSW) for Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System (VAPSHCS) located in Tacoma, Washington.
What You'll Do
- →Act as Senior Food Service Worker and provide a broad knowledge of service operations, such as food and beverage preparation, modified diets, computer proficiency, dishwashing, dry and refrigerated storage, and safety and sanitation to the team.
- →Perform all duties of all lower grade levels but help with making patient selections, thickening items, and checking trays.
- →Set up assigned station on the tray line with the correct supplies and food items.
- →Set up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary.
- →Assist cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes.
- →Make final check of diet trays assembled by lower grade workers for completeness, correct food temperatures.
- →Verify that food items on the tray are appropriate for the prescribed diet.
- →Identify obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu.
- →Provide patients with basic information about modified diets and the nutrition services that are available.
- →Determine the quantities of ingredients needed to prepare required yield.
- →Make conversions between the metric system to the standard system.
- →Take nourishment inventories, stock using first in-first out procedures, replacing expired items.
- →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.
- →Assist cooks in the food preparation area including assembling, labeling, and arranging completed recipe items in preparation for use by cooks.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓Suitable for Federal employment, determined by a background investigation Selective Services Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 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 dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement. 5 CFR § 330.502 - General restriction on movement after competitive appointment applies.
- ✓As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary 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, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There is no educational substitute for this position.
Personality Fit
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