Job Overview
Employment Type
Part-time
Compensation
Hourly
Range $21.99 - $25.67
Work Schedule
Standard Hours
Benefits
Health Insurance
Retirement Plan
Paid Time Off
Life insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
flexible spending accounts
Job Description
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is a government agency dedicated to providing comprehensive healthcare services, benefits, and support to military veterans and their families. The VA Connecticut Healthcare System, which includes the West Haven VA Medical Center located in West Haven, Connecticut, is part of this network. The West Haven VA Medical Center offers a wide range of medical, surgical, and rehabilitative services to veterans, aiming to enhance their health and overall quality of life through comprehensive, compassionate, and veteran-centered care. The facility is known for its commitment to excellence, innovation, and continuous improvement in healthcare services tailored to veterans' needs.
This particular job opportunity is for a permanent, part-time Food Service Worker position located within the Nutrition and Food Service department of the West Haven VA Medical Center. The part-time position involves working 20 hours per week, with primary work hours from 3:30 PM to 7:30 PM and various tours as assigned. The hourly pay range for this position is between $21.99 and $25.67. This role supports the medical center's mission by ensuring that veterans receive properly prepared, nutritious meals that conform to prescribed dietary guidelines.
As a Food Service Worker at the West Haven VA Medical Center, you will play a vital role in the preparation and delivery of dietary services to patients. Your responsibilities will include setting up dining room tables, placing and replenishing food and beverages, conducting nourishment inventories using proper stock rotation methods such as first-in, first-out procedures, and verifying that meal trays align with the prescribed diets for each patient. Working closely with cooks, you will assist in food preparation tasks such as weighing, measuring, and assembling ingredients following standardized recipes while adhering to strict sanitation and food safety procedures. You will also be responsible for sterilizing equipment, sanitizing work areas, unloading food and tray delivery carts, and maintaining cleanliness and safety standards in your work environment.
The physical demands of this job require continuous standing and walking with frequent reaching, stooping, pushing, pulling, and bending. The work environment can be hot and humid due to steam and cooking equipment, and requires handling heavy items occasionally. Emphasis is placed on safety practices, including maintaining sanitation standards and handling hot working surfaces and sharp objects with care.
Candidates for this role must be U.S. citizens and suitable for federal employment, with the ability to pass a background check and selective service registration if applicable. Although no formal education requirements are mandated, previous training or experience that demonstrates your capability to perform the duties is essential. This position is covered under the Competitive Service and is part of a bargaining unit. The job offers numerous benefits typical of federal employment including health insurance, retirement plans, paid holidays, and life insurance.
The West Haven VA Medical Center is committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment, encouraging applicants to demonstrate their skills fully and engage in meaningful work that contributes to the wellbeing of veterans. This standing register of eligible applicants is set to remain open until August 13, 2026, welcoming candidates who are ready to contribute their talents and join a team focused on providing nutritious and safe food services in support of veteran care.
This particular job opportunity is for a permanent, part-time Food Service Worker position located within the Nutrition and Food Service department of the West Haven VA Medical Center. The part-time position involves working 20 hours per week, with primary work hours from 3:30 PM to 7:30 PM and various tours as assigned. The hourly pay range for this position is between $21.99 and $25.67. This role supports the medical center's mission by ensuring that veterans receive properly prepared, nutritious meals that conform to prescribed dietary guidelines.
As a Food Service Worker at the West Haven VA Medical Center, you will play a vital role in the preparation and delivery of dietary services to patients. Your responsibilities will include setting up dining room tables, placing and replenishing food and beverages, conducting nourishment inventories using proper stock rotation methods such as first-in, first-out procedures, and verifying that meal trays align with the prescribed diets for each patient. Working closely with cooks, you will assist in food preparation tasks such as weighing, measuring, and assembling ingredients following standardized recipes while adhering to strict sanitation and food safety procedures. You will also be responsible for sterilizing equipment, sanitizing work areas, unloading food and tray delivery carts, and maintaining cleanliness and safety standards in your work environment.
The physical demands of this job require continuous standing and walking with frequent reaching, stooping, pushing, pulling, and bending. The work environment can be hot and humid due to steam and cooking equipment, and requires handling heavy items occasionally. Emphasis is placed on safety practices, including maintaining sanitation standards and handling hot working surfaces and sharp objects with care.
Candidates for this role must be U.S. citizens and suitable for federal employment, with the ability to pass a background check and selective service registration if applicable. Although no formal education requirements are mandated, previous training or experience that demonstrates your capability to perform the duties is essential. This position is covered under the Competitive Service and is part of a bargaining unit. The job offers numerous benefits typical of federal employment including health insurance, retirement plans, paid holidays, and life insurance.
The West Haven VA Medical Center is committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive work environment, encouraging applicants to demonstrate their skills fully and engage in meaningful work that contributes to the wellbeing of veterans. This standing register of eligible applicants is set to remain open until August 13, 2026, welcoming candidates who are ready to contribute their talents and join a team focused on providing nutritious and safe food services in support of veteran care.
Job Requirements
- U.S. citizenship
- Suitable for Federal employment as determined by background investigation
- Selective Services Registration required for males born after 12/31/1959
- Completion of online onboarding process with acceptable forms of identification
- Ability to complete all application requirements
- Willingness to serve a 1-year probationary period
- Ability to pass required background and suitability checks
- Commitment to uphold the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution
- Physical ability to perform moderate to light physical effort including standing, walking, lifting up to 20 pounds regularly and occasionally lifting over 40 pounds with assistance
- Willingness to work various tours primarily from 3:30 PM to 7:30 PM
- Ability to comply with workplace safety and sanitation standards
Job Qualifications
- Evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality to perform the duties of this position
- Ability to demonstrate dexterity and safety
- Ability to interpret instructions and specifications other than blueprint reading
- Knowledge of materials and technical practices related to food service
- Ability to use and maintain tools and equipment
- Ability to work without more than normal supervision
- Knowledge of work practices related to sanitation and food handling
- Experience may include paid or unpaid work, including volunteer experience
- Must show clear and specific demonstration of skills and competencies in the resume
Job Duties
- Sets up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenishes items as necessary
- Uses knowledge of sanitation standards, such as the need to keep wiping cloths in sanitizing solution and maintaining proper water temperature standards when cleaning dishes
- Takes nourishment inventories, stocking using first in-first out procedures, replacing expired
- Verifies that food items on trays are appropriate for the prescribed diet
- Provides assistance to cooks in the food preparation area, such as weigh, measure and assemble ingredients according to standardized recipes
- Follows directions in assembling, measuring, weighing, or mixing ingredients for basic formulas and supplemental feedings following standardized recipes and using sanitary techniques
- 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
- Determines the quantities of ingredients needed to prepare the required yields using arithmetical computations using decimals, fractions, and percentages
- Sets up assigned station with the correct supplies and food items
- Makes precise measurements and accurately weighs recipe ingredients for special feedings
- Sterilizes equipment and sanitizes work areas
- Breaks down and cleans food stations
- Unloads food/tray delivery carts
Job Criteria
Experience
No experience required
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