Food Service Worker - Critical Skills Incentive Authorized
Department of Veterans Affairs - Salisbury, North Carolina, us, 28145![Department of Veterans Affairs](/api/image?src=https%3A%2F%2Fgeneral-board-default.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fdesk-360x180.webp&w=640&q=75&f=webp)
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This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Salisbury VA Medical Center, in Salisbury, North Carolina within the Nutrition and Food Services. The incumbent will work under the supervision of the Food Service Worker Supervisor.
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Overview
* Accepting applications* Open & closing dates
08/22/2024 to 09/04/2024
* Salary
$17.35 - $20.25 per hour
* Pay scale & grade
WG 2
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Location
2 vacancies in the following location:
* Salisbury, NC
* Remote job
No
* Telework eligible
No
* Travel Required
Not required
* Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
* Appointment type
Permanent
* Work schedule
Full-time
* Service
Competitive
* Promotion potential
None
* Job family (Series)* 7408 Food Service Working
* Supervisory status
No
* Security clearance
Other
* Drug test
No
* Position sensitivity and risk
Non-sensitive (NS)/Low Risk
* Trust determination process* Suitability/Fitness
* Financial disclosure
No
* Bargaining unit status
Yes
* Announcement number
CBTA-12511237-24-HCA
* Control number
805855700
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This job is open to
* Internal to an agency
Current federal employees of this agency.
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Internal open to VISN 6 employees ONLY
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Duties
Major duties and responsibilities include, but not limited to:
* Set up cafeteria lines, steam tables, dining room tables, and side service stands with hot and cold food items.* Serve food cafeteria style by placing uniform portions of food on customer/patient's plates.* Break down and clean assigned area when the meal is finished and return to food to the kitchen.* Set up dining room tables for service, place food and beverages on tables, and replenish items as necessary.* Return soiled trays and dishes to the dish room after meals.* Deliver meal trays to the patient's bedside.* Brew coffee according to the number of servings required.* Assemble and toss fresh fruit or green salads in quantity using prepared dressings and portions into standard serving sizes.* Apportion other food items into standard serving sizes using the proper utensils and containers.* Make cold sandwiches using prepared ingredients and pack box lunches.* Washing floors and walls with powered cleaning equipment, cleaning walk-in refrigerator and freezers and sanitizing garbage rooms.* Sort, wash, peel, and cut fresh fruits and vegetables.* Operate and break down equipment.* Perform heavy-duty cleaning throughout the food service and related areas.* Separate food waste and trash from dishes, glasses, and spray arms for preventive maintenance of the dish machine.* Remove inspection doors, strainer pans, screens and spray arms for preventive maintenance of the dish machine.* Unload delivery trucks.* Clean ceilings and transoms, exhaust hoods, spaces under and behind kitchen equipment including moving the equipment.* Scrape, soak, scour, and scrub the heavier cooking utensils.* Move heavy garbage cans when collecting and transferring trash from the work area to the disposal area.* Perform other related duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: Full-Time,Part-Time, Rotating, Holidays/ Weekends Shifts
Position Description Title/PD#: Food Service Worker - Critical Skills Incentive Authorized/PD99921A
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Approved (20% of base salary)
Physical Requirements: Work involves considerable walking, pushing and pulling a variety of carts and materials handling equipment; off loading and loading trucks, lifting products on and off shelves, handling boxes frequently weighing over 40 pounds; handles equipment, furniture, and materials of an awkward and heavier nature in excess of 100 pounds (typically using specialized equipment and/or assistance of co-workers). Greater physical effort may be required on projects involving the movement of large quantities of products over an extended period including turn-ins, large shipments, and deliveries. While operating vehicles, may be required to exert a greater level of physical exertion while backing and turning trucks, operating forklifts, or hand trucks on uneven terrain and uncertain conditions.
"This occupation is currently approved for a Veterans Health Administration enterprise-wide Critical Skills Incentive (CSI). Candidates may be eligible for a lump sum CSI. The amount of lump sum CSI is determined based on appointment date and may be pro-rated as determined by the end date of the CSI. Eligible candidates will be required to sign a service agreement agreeing to an obligated service period and failure to complete the obligated service period may result in a debt for the unearned portion of the CSI."
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Requirements
Conditions of Employment
* U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.* All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.* Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.* Must be proficient in written and spoken English.* You may be required to serve a probationary period.* Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.* Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).* Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.
EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position. Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume. Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.
SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire. Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated. The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements:
* Dexterity and Safety* Follow Directions* Handle Weights and Loads* Reliability And Dependability* Special Aptitude - Food Service Work* Work Practices
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.
Additional information
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan(CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be well-qualified, applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors if applicable, and must be proficient in most of the requirements of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website which can be found at https://www.opm.gov/.
Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employee's credit for their job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
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How You Will Be Evaluated
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Applicants will be referred in the order in which they were received.