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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... Show More
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
Job Location
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