Food Service Worker

This Food Service Worker position is located within the Nutrition & Food Service at the Salisbury VA Medical Center, in Salisbury, North Carolina. The incumbent will work under the supervision of the Food Service Worker Supervisor.

Preferred:
Healthcare food service experience and Serv Safe certification.

Major duties and responsibilities include (but are not limited to):

* Set up cafeteria lines, steam tables, dining room tables, and side service stands with hot and cold food items.

* Break down and clean assigned area when the meal is finished and return food to the kitchen.

* 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 after meals.

* Deliver meal trays to the patients' bedsides.

* Brew coffee according to the number of servings required.

* Assemble and toss fresh fruit or green salads in quantity using prepared dressings and portions into standard serving sizes.

* Apportion other food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and containers.

* Make cold sandwiches using prepared ingredients and pack box lunches.

* Work in one or more functional areas of the kitchen such as food preparation, dish and pot washing, dry and refrigerated storage and receiving, and the serving line.

* Sort, wash, peel and cut fresh fruits and vegetables.

* Perform other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule:

Monday-Sunday; 4:30am-1:00pm, 5:30am-2:00pm; 8:00am-4:30pm, 11:00am-7:30pm. Rotating Shifts/Holidays/Weekends.

Position Description Title/PD#:
Food Service Worker/PD99921A

Physical Requirements:

Food Service Workers perform 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.

Working Conditions:

The work is performed in kitchen areas where the steam and heat from cooking and dishwashing equipment often cause uncomfortably high temperatures and humidity. The work area is well-lighted but usually noisy from food service activities, and there is danger of slipping on floors where food or beverages have been dropped. Food service workers are regularly exposed to hot liquids, sharp cutting blades, hot working surfaces, and extreme temperature changes when entering walk-in refrigeration or freezing units.