Food Service Worker

Food Service Worker

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 dietician
• 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
• Label and distribute individual nourishments
• Prepare individual and bulk nourishments and supplemental foods and beverages for patients
• Distribute menus and surveys to patients

Work Schedule:

Lake City: 5:30am-2:00pm and 11:30am-8:00pm with rotating shifts and weekends. Gainesville: 5:30am-2:00pm, 6:00am-2:30pm, and 11:00am-7:30pm with rotating shift and weekends

Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker/PD99836S

Physical Requirements: The work of this position requires 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.

US Department of Veterans Affairs