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Incumbent working in this position is responsible for leading and directing wage grade personnel and volunteers working in the Food Service and Food Production Units. Uses judgment to recognize work objectives and in planning and organizing duties to accomplish objectives. Must have a thorough understanding of the types of food served on the modified diets and combination of diets. Ensures a safe, clean area to work and a working climate where employees function efficiently and effectively.
02/19/2019 to 03/11/2019
$18.58 - $21.67 per hour
WL 4
No
Not required
No
Permanent
Full-Time
Competitive
4
No
No
STIMP-10428373-19-HB-BU
524818300
Current or former competitive service federal employees.
This announcement is open to current, permanent Federal employees and veterans.
- Work Leader provides support and assistance to Food Service and Cook Supervisors. Consults with supervisors about daily plans, and communicates instructions to employees.
- Open and/or closes main kitchen according to security procedures.
- Ensures tray line is properly set up without delay in service. Initiates start of tray line and/or dining room service in a timely manner and ensures completion.
- Performs Food Service Worker duties, i.e. assembling or serving food in dining room or on patient/resident tray line, delivering patient/resident trays, cleaning and sanitizing dishware and/or pots and pans, preparing sandwiches, salads, etc.
- Ensures all areas of responsibility are clean and orderly. Assures proper food handling techniques and good personal hygiene is used according to guidelines. Knows how to follow recipes and combine ingredients for complex snacks, salads, and sandwiches.
- Approves/disapproves emergency leave in absence of supervisor. Coordinates coverage for unscheduled sick leave, emergency annual leave, etc. In absence of cook supervisor, may provide guidance to cooks to ensure duties are carried out.
- Utilizes diet software package reports to monitor patient admissions, discharges, - transfers, and food preferences.
- Processes diet patterns, supplemental feedings, standing orders, tube feedings and food preferences based on provider orders.
- Follows work flow for Communication Center making required adjustments to tickets based on diet and additional diet orders. Inserts tickets for those patients/residents who are returned to a "feed" status.
- Provides prep areas with production sheets, supplemental feedings and tube feedings order changes. Collects data for food intake studies/calorie counts of individual patients/residents with special nutritional problems by accurately determining and recording amounts of food served and consumed.
Other duties as assigned.
Work Schedule: 11am to 7:30pm or 11:30am to 8pm or rotating shift for coverage. Weekends and holidays required. Days off will vary depending on needs of service.
Position Description Title/PD#: /00731A
No education requirement for this position.
Special Employment Consideration: VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.
The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.
Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.
It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.
This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
Veterans and Transitioning Service Members: Please visit the VA for Vets site for career-search tools for Veterans seeking employment at VA, career development services for our existing Veterans, and coaching and reintegration support for military service members.
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For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the OHRM Status Candidates and Other Candidate Definitions document.
If you are unable to apply online view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
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Narrative responses are not required at this time. If you are referred for consideration, you may be asked to submit additional job related information, which may include, but not limited to; responses to the knowledge, skills and abilities; completion of a work sample, and/or contact for an interview. Your resume and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.
To apply for this position, you must provide a complete Application Package which includes:
1. Resume - must include descriptions of jobs you held including the name and address of the employer, job title, description of duties, beginning and ending date of employment (month and year), and average hours worked per week.
2. Responses to the Occupational Questionnaire
3. If prior military service, include all copies of your DD Form 214. Applicants claiming preference based on service-connected disability or based on being the spouse or mother of a disabled or deceased Veteran, must also provide your disability letter from VA and complete and submit and SF-15, Application for 10-point veteran preference (Available at
http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/SF15.pdf
4. If currently employed in the Federal system, include your MOST RECENT SF-50 Notification of Personnel Action showing grade, step and salary. You may need to enter more than one SF-50 to show when you entered the position and your current status as a federal employee. (Award SF-50's will not be accepted.) Your SF-50 can be obtained from your Electronic Official Personnel Folder (eOPF).
The following documents are accepted, and may be required if applicable to your eligibility and/or qualifications for this position. Please use this checklist to make sure you have included other documents required for your application, such as a copy of your transcript (if using education to qualify), SF-50's (current/former Federal employees), documentation to support Veterans Preference claims, or ICTAP/CTAP documentation (for displaced Federal employees). You will not be contacted for additional information.
Veterans' Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference for 5pt (TP), 10pt (CP/CPS/XP), or for Sole Survivor Preference (SSP) in the questionnaire. You must provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) which shows dates and character of service (honorable, general, etc.). If you are currently serving on active duty and expect to be released or discharged within 120 days you must submit documentation related to your active duty service which reflects the dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), and dates of impending separation. Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veteran Preference" with required proof as stated on the form. Documentation is required to award preference. For more information on Veterans' Preference, please visit http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx.
All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 03/11/2019 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/10428373.
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