Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Hourly
Rate:
Range $24.82 - $28.94
Work Schedule
Weekend Shifts
Benefits
Health Insurance
Life insurance
Dental Insurance
Retirement Plan
Paid Time Off
Flexible work schedule
Employee wellness programs
Job Description
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center, specifically within the Nutrition and Food Service sector, is a pivotal establishment dedicated to enhancing the health and wellbeing of our nation's veterans. This sector is responsible for ensuring that every Veteran patient receives nutritious, high-quality meals tailored to meet individual dietary needs. By focusing on regular and therapeutic diets, including diabetic, low sodium, low protein, and gluten-free options, the VA Medical Center supports the specialized nutritional care necessary for the Veteran community. Situated in Reno, NV, this role offers a permanent, full-time opportunity within a respected federal institution governed by a... Show More
Job Requirements
- Must be a U.S. citizen
- Subject to a background/suitability investigation
- May serve a probationary period
- Selective service registration required for males born after 12/31/1959
- Must submit a complete application package including resume and transcripts
- Selected applicants required to complete an online onboarding process
Job Qualifications
- Ability to perform as a cook without more than normal supervision
- Experience in a quantity food service healthcare environment
- Independently preparing and cooking a variety of items including regular and therapeutic diet entrees and dessert items
- Planning cooking processes to produce meals on time and at the proper temperature
- Portioning and serving food into standard service sizes
- Using various cooking methods for meats, fish, and poultry
- Preparing soups, stocks, broths, gravies, sauces, and puddings without packaged mixes
- Adjusting standardized recipes for large quantity cooking
- Slicing meat items by hand to specific size or weight specifications
- Maintaining proper food temperatures during holding, transport, reheating, and serving
- No educational substitution available
- Experience includes paid and unpaid work including volunteer service
Job Duties
- Works independently to prepare and cook a variety of items including regular and therapeutic diet entrees and dessert items
- Follows menus, production sheets and recipes to prepare items in the quantity needed
- Cooks hot cereals, concentrated or dehydrated soups, sauces, gravies
- Grills eggs, hamburgers, meat patties, pancakes, French toast
- makes cold sandwich fillings and assembles a variety of sandwiches
- Uses a variety of methods to prepare meats, fish, and poultry including broiling, roasting, baking, frying, boiling, steaming, stewing, braising, and grilling
- Slices meat items by hand confirming to specific size requirements or weight specifications
- Prepares fresh, canned, and frozen vegetables
- bakes frozen potatoes, pre-made cookie dough, muffin batters
- Prepares and heats convenience items
- prepares pureed foods and adjusts consistency with thickeners
- Washes, peels and cuts fruits and vegetables by hand or machine
- Assembles and mixes salad ingredients and dessert items including gelatin molds and fruit crisps
- Plans cooking processes to produce complete meals on time and at the proper temperature which may require coordination of cooking several items with different cooking times
- Attractively presents and garnishes food
- Makes a variety of desserts such as cobblers, brownies, cookies and pastries
- Washes, peels, chops, grinds, pares, cuts, slices, dices, purees, dredges, flours, breads items
- Weighs, measures, assembles ingredients for regular and modified diets
- Combines ingredients according to recipes to produce quality food items, minimizing preparation time and food waste
- Pans foods for bulk rethermalization according to recipe guidelines and production guidelines
- Covers, dates, and stores leftovers according to established local policies/procedures
- Operates a variety of kitchen equipment: oven, combine oven/steamer, grill, slicer, mixer, steam kettles, blender, food processor, scale
- follows safety procedures regarding the operation of equipment
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Job Qualifications
Experience
Mid Level (3-7 years)
Job Location
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