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Food Services Specialist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 3 days ago
About the Role
The position is in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), at a VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Nutrition and Food Services. As Food Service Specialist, the incumbent is fully responsible for the culinary technical standard ensuring that efficient, safe and high-quality food services are provided to the Veteran, both inpatient and outpatient.
What You'll Do
- →Serves as the technical and quality expert of culinary standards.
- →Analyzes and performs quality improvement tasks for menus and food service arrangements.
- →Identifies current culinary industry trends and incorporates state-of-the art processes, equipment, and programs in the delivery of customer-focused feeding operations.
- →Creates and tests specialized recipes and develops specialized food preparation methods to meet the needs of the Veteran population.
- →Applies advanced culinary techniques which minimize the use of restricted nutrients to develop refined and patient pleasing flavors, textures and presentations.
- →Creates specialized food service menus, recipes and service techniques offered in a hospital setting to include diets for multiple medical conditions, including modifications in micro and or macro nutrients, food allergies, sensitivities and food consistencies, which are reviewed and approved by the Supervisory Dietitian.
- →Adjusts menus for cultural and religious practices and preferences.
- →Provides forecasts of required food items based on advanced understanding of edible portions of yield and waste factors.
- →Identifies culinary and food service developmental and training needs of employees, providing or arranging for needed development and training.
- →Performs quality control on plate presentations, recipe compliance, taste quality control, plate waste studies and overall culinary controls.
- →Serves as Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for food service and food distribution contracts and oversees subsistence/supply ordering daily.
- →Also serves as the COR for purchase and maintenance of equipment contracts.
- →Conducts product samplings with vendors, keeps current on new food product availability.
- →Provides long-range planning advice to ensure efficient and effective provision and updating of equipment; food preparation, quality and facilities equipment, facilities, training, and personnel concerns.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation 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.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial 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 or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
- ✓For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 373bc3ea-35e0-40e6-81f6-9274c8518cc2
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