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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 days ago
On-site Miami, FL $19.1 – $22.3/hr Apply by Sep 14, 2026 Food Service Working ESFJESFPISFJISTJ Hospitality
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This position is located within the Nutrition and Food Services of the Miami VA Medical Center. Wage Grade 3 Food Service Workers complete assignments individually or as part of a team under the general supervision of the immediate supervisor. Work involving actual food preparation is accomplished under the guidance of a cook who provides technical instruction and checks work in progress and upon completion for conformance with acceptable food service practices.
What You'll Do
- →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 dishwasher.
- →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.
- →Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts.
- →Reads and interprets regular or modified menus, individual diet cards, tray tickets or patient selections.
- →Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas.
- →Performing other duties as assigned.
- →Preferred Experience: Experience with food service in a healthcare setting and hazard analysis critical control points (HACCP) procedures.
- →Knowledge and experience with meal production, meal assembly, and delivery of therapeutic diet, and international dyspepsia diet initiative (IDDSI) preferred.
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.
- ✓This position does not have an education qualification requirement.
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