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Food Service Worker
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 11 days ago
On-site Indianapolis, IN $23.8 – $27.7/hr Apply by Jun 18, 2026 Food Service Working ESFJESFPISFJISTJ Hospitality
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The Department of Veterans Affairs, Indianapolis VA Medical Center, is seeking a motivated individual to join the team as a Food Service Worker. The selected candidate will serve as a WG-4 Food Service Worker within the Nutrition and Food Service department at the Indianapolis VAMC (583), a Level 1a complexity VHA facility. The incumbent will independently perform duties requiring proficiency in specialized food service procedures.
What You'll Do
- →Uses communication skills to converse with veteran's to accurately take menu orders via COTS Dietetic software System.
- →Work Schedule: Full-Time; 11:30 am - 8 pm Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD92929A Physical Requirements: The incumbent performs work requiring light to moderate physical effort.
- →They may be required to perform heavy work, such as scouring and scrubbing large size cooking utensils and pushing heavy carts and trucks in unloading, storing, and delivering supplies.
- →They are subject to continuous standing and walking, and frequent stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending.
- →They frequently lift or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally lift or move objects weighing more than 40 pounds with the assistance of others and pushing loaded carts of trays and/or nourishments.
- →The work requires walking, standing, bending, lifting and carrying of light items, such as food trays, instruction materials, books, and manuals.
- →Functions may require long periods of sitting and moving about in an office environment, including repetitive motion activities of the hands and fingers for extensive keyboard and computer mouse use, and office tasks such as answering and holding a telephone phone, and writing.
- →The work may require walking indoors, outdoors or to and from other areas of the medical center.
- →It may be necessary to lift and/or push equipment.
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.
Benefits
- ★Pay: Competitive salary and regular salary increases.
- ★Paid Time Off: 37-50 days of annual paid time offer per year (13-26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year) Parental Leave: After 12 months of employment, up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave in connection with the birth, adoption, or foster care placement of a child.
- ★Child Care Subsidy: After 60 days of employment, full time employees with a total family income below $144,000 may be eligible for a childcare subsidy up to 25% of total eligible childcare costs for eligible children up to the monthly maximum of $416.66.
- ★Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Personality Fit
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