Job Overview
Employment Type
Full-time
Compensation
Type:
Hourly
Rate:
Range $19.28 - $22.49
Work Schedule
Rotating Shifts
Weekend Shifts
Benefits
Paid Time Off
Parental leave
Child care subsidy
Retirement Plan
Health Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Life insurance
Long-term care insurance
Job Description
The Eastern Oklahoma VA Health Care System is a prominent healthcare provider dedicated to serving the veteran community in Eastern Oklahoma. This system comprises multiple facilities including the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center located in Muskogee, Oklahoma, and the upcoming James Mountain Inhofe VA Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The VA Health Care System is committed to providing comprehensive, high-quality health care services to veterans and ensuring their well-being through a wide range of medical and support programs. These facilities are staffed by dedicated professionals who strive to deliver compassionate and effective care to veterans in need.
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Job Requirements
- Complete all application requirements detailed in the Required Documents section of this announcement
- Must be a U.S. Citizen
- Selective Service Registration required for males born after 12/31/1959
- Subject to background/security investigation
- Pre-employment physical required
- Complete an online onboarding process with acceptable form(s) of identification
- Participation in seasonal influenza vaccination program required
- Serve a 1-year probationary period
- Ability to perform physical tasks including frequent standing, walking, stooping, reaching, pushing, pulling, and bending
- Ability to lift or move objects weighing up to 20 pounds unassisted and occasionally more than 40 pounds with assistance
Job Qualifications
- Must demonstrate knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position
- Dexterity and safety
- Interpret instructions and specifications other than blueprint reading
- Materials handling
- Technical practices
- Use and maintain tools and equipment
- Ability to work without more than normal supervision
- Adherence to proper work practices
- Experience or training sufficient to demonstrate capability in food service operations and nutrition services
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients regarding modified diets and nutrition information
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
No experience required
Job Location
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