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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
On-site Boise, ID $22.1 – $25.8/hr Apply by Jun 18, 2026 Food Service Working ESFJESFPISFJISTJ OperationsHospitality
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Wage Grade 4 Food Service Workers independently perform duties that require proficiency in special procedures. They require 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. Wage Grade 4 workers can do all the duties of a lower grade worker, but also may help with making patient selections, thickening items and checking trays.
What You'll Do
- →Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to): Set up assigned station on the tray line with the correct supplies and food items.
- →Serve food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on customers'/patients'/residents' plates.
- →Break down and clean the station when assigned.
- →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.
- →Deliver meal trays to the patients' bedsides and report the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian.
- →Prepare beverages according to the number of servings required.
- →Prepare fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts in specified quantities.
- →Sort, wash, peel and cut cold foods using knives or other equipment.
- →Provide assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes.
- →Portion other food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware.
- →Prepare boxed/to go meals.
- →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.
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.
- ✓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 education substitution at this Wage level.
Personality Fit
Job ID: a259be75-9c2f-46d2-985c-d23038ecdc3b
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