FOOD SUPPORT WORKER - 50009124

Requisition No: 859210 

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: FOOD SUPPORT WORKER - 50009124

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 50009124 

Salary: $34,760.18 

Posting Closing Date: 09/30/2025 

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Requisition #859210

FOOD SUPPORT WORKER

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS' AFFAIRS

Douglas T. Jacobson State Veterans’ Nursing Home

Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Florida

Annual Salary: $34,760.18

Paid Bi-weekly.

The Florida Department of Veterans' Affairs is an agency dedicated to serving those who served U.S. We are seeking motivated and dynamic individuals to join our team. Our skilled nursing facility boasts a loyal team of long-term employees and a fantastic work culture.

Excellent retirement package and optional deferred compensation plan. Health, vision, dental, disability, and other supplemental insurance are available at reasonable premium rates. Paid vacation and sick leave. Nine (9) paid holidays and one (1) personal day. Tuition waiver available for State Universities and Community Colleges (up to 6 credits per semester).

Employment history and education must be verifiable. Please attach any credentials you claim (degree, certifications, etc.) to your application.

*Other vacant Food Support Worker positions, including OPS (Temporary) positions may be filled from this advertisement within six (6) months of the closing date.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS :

• Ability and willingness to lift 50 pounds.
• Ability and willingness to work weekends and holidays as needed.
• Ability and willingness to work overtime, if necessary.
• Basic computer skills.
• Successful completion of the due diligence process to include, but not limited to, a Level II background check and drug test.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS :

• Experience working in dietary at a long-term care facility.

POSITION DESCRIPTION :

• The incumbent will work under the supervision of the Food Service Administrator and ensure that food is stored, prepared, distributed, and served under sanitary conditions.
• Maintain dish room, serving area, dining room, and food storage areas in an orderly and sanitary condition.
• Complete assigned cleaning tasks.
• Assist in the preparation of meals as assigned, pull and pre-prep foods as assigned, help setup, and serve all meals.
• Must have knowledge of the equipment, procedures and techniques used in cooking, baking, and/or meat cutting.
• Ability to read and follow recipes and/or other instructions.
• Record all temperatures in the temperature book (food and equipment).
• Report any faulty equipment to the supervisor.
• Assist with placing food items on serving lines and keep serving lines well stocked.
• Maintain, check, and control kitchen inventory to determine quantities available as well as amounts needed for operations.
• Assist with purchase requests for food, cleaning supplies, utensils, pots, pans, dishes, and paper products needed in the kitchen.
• Verify incoming shipments and receipts in the absence of stock person.
• Check in and put away stock items off the delivery trucks.
• Rotate stock throughout (dry storage, refrigerators, and freezers).
• Ensure all equipment is turned off properly and that all doors are locked at night prior to leaving.
• Maintain chemical room clean and organized with everything off the floor.
• Replenish all hand soap and paper towel dispensers filled throughout the kitchen and food service restroom.
• Attends in-service training and performs other duties as assigned.

This position is in the Career Service system.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here . All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.