OPS FOOD SUPPORT WORKER - 50601591

Requisition No: 886222 

Agency: Veterans Affairs

Working Title: OPS FOOD SUPPORT WORKER - 50601591

 Pay Plan: Health Care Practice

Position Number: 50601591 

Salary:  $15.00 HR 

Posting Closing Date: 10/30/2026 

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Requisition # 886222

OPS FOOD SUPPORT WORKER

FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Douglas T. Jacobson State Veterans Nursing Home

Port Charlotte, Charlotte County, Florida

Hourly Rate: $15.00

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 for long-term employees and a fantastic work culture.

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

Other OPS Food Support Worker positions and varied shifts may be filled with this advertisement within six (6) months of the closing date.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Able and willing to lift 50 pounds.
• Able and willing to work weekends and holidays as needed.
• Able and willing to work overtime if necessary.
• Able to communicate effectively in English in speaking, writing, reading and understanding.
• Have excellent customer service and interpersonal skills.
• Basic computer skills.
• Successful completion of the due diligence process includes but is not limited to a Level II background check and drug test.

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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.
• Main dish room, serving area, 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 set up, 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 keeping 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 the 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.
• Perform duties involving special catering events and meal charges.
• Attends in-service training and performs other duties as assigned.

This position is in the Other Personnel Service (OPS) system.

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.