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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 51 days ago
On-site Iron Mountain, MI $20.5 – $23.9/hr Apply by Aug 20, 2026 Food Service Working ESFJESFPISFJISTJ OperationsHospitality
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This is position is located in the Nutrition and Food Division at the Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center a Level 3 Complexity VHA Facility. This position is responsible for performing tasks with several steps or a sequence of tasks that requires attention to work operations. They follow set procedures in accomplishing repetitive assignments and follow an established sequence of work. Wage grade 3 workers can do all the duties of a lower grade worker.
What You'll Do
- →This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Division at Oscar G.
- →Johnson (585) - a Level 3 Complexity VHA Facility.
- →This position is responsible for performing tasks with several steps or a sequence of tasks that requires attention to work operations.
- →They follow set procedures in accomplishing repetitive assignments and follow an established sequence of work.
- →Wage grade 3 workers can do all the duties of a lower grade worker.
- →They can 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 area doing work such as portioning cold food, dipping hot food, working in the dish room and passing trays.
- →Major duties and responsibilities 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.
- →Selects and places correct items on patient trays.
- →Decides what food items to serve for the most common diets.
- →Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu.
- →Sets up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary.
- →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, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes.
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 All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓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.
- ✓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.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 9ce0498d-5cee-451a-8ca0-73bef933891e
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