Food Service Worker

Food Service Worker

Major duties include but 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.
• Deliver meal trays to the patients' bedsides and report the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian.
• 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.
• Prepare uncooked food items, such as sandwich spread and salad dressings.
• Operate and break down and clean all equipment assigned to food service and related areas.
• Make final check of diet trays assembled by lower grade workers for completeness, correct food temperatures.
• Provide patients with basic information about modified diets and the nutrition services that are available.
• Provide assistance to cooks in the food preparation area including assembling, labeling and arranging completed recipe items in preparation for use by cooks.

Work Schedule: 6:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. every other weekend and some holidays. Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99836S Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved. Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. 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.