Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Hourly
Rate:
Range $19.80 - $23.11
Work Schedule
Rotating Shifts
Standard Hours
Benefits
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Paid Time Off
Retirement Plan
Life insurance
Flexible spending account
Professional Development
Job Description
The Lexington VA Health Care System located in Lexington, Kentucky, is a comprehensive medical institution dedicated to serving U.S. veterans with high-quality health care, including specialized nutrition and food services. The facility integrates advanced medical technology with compassionate care, ensuring that every patient receives personalized treatment tailored to their individual needs. As part of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the health care system embodies values such as integrity, commitment, advocacy, respect, and excellence, commonly known as "I CARE," which reflect its mission to support veterans and their families. It offers a dynamic work environment where employees have opportunities for career... Show More
Job Requirements
- U.S. citizenship
- Suitable for Federal employment as determined by background investigation
- Compliance with drug screening requirements
- Selective services registration for males born after 12/31/1959
- Completion of online onboarding process
- Ability to serve a 1-year probationary period
- Willingness to work full-time with rotating shifts and weekends
- Ability to provide acceptable identification documents
- Completion of all application requirements
- Pass background and drug check
- Commitment to improving federal government efficiency
- Adherence to department values and standards
Job Qualifications
- Experience showing ability to perform the work of the position
- Knowledge of dexterity and safety
- Ability to interpret instructions and specifications
- Familiarity with materials and technical practices related to food service
- Capability to use and maintain tools and equipment
- Ability to work without more than normal supervision
- Understanding of proper work practices
- Experience in food service environments is beneficial
- Ability to follow sanitary procedures
- Strong communication skills to provide dietary information to patients
Job Duties
- Sets up and breaks down assigned station with the correct supplies and food items
- Portions food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and specified dishware
- Decides what food items to serve for the most common diets when the diet card or tray ticket identifies only the kind of diet called for
- Provides patients with basic information about modified diets and the nutrition services that are available
- Identifies obvious discrepancies between the prescribed diets and the food items designated by the menu
- Follows directions in assembling, measuring, weighing, or mixing ingredients for basic formulas and supplemental feedings following standardized recipes and using sanitary techniques
- Delivers meal trays to the patients' bedsides
- reporting the patients' comments and complaints to the supervisor or dietitian
- Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area including assembling, labeling and arranging completed recipe items in preparation for use by cooks
- Prepares fresh fruit/cold salads/dressings/sandwich fillings and cold sandwiches and simple cold desserts along with individual and bulk nourishments and supplement foods and beverages for patients
- Makes final check of diet trays assembled by lower grade workers for completeness, correct food temperatures
- Works 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
- Performs heavy-duty cleaning tasks throughout the food service and related areas
- Performing other duties as assigned
Job Qualifications
Experience
Entry Level (1-2 years)
Job Location
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