Cook
Veterans Health Administration · Department of Veterans Affairs
This job in plain English
This is a full-time Cook job at the Bob Stump VA Medical Center in Prescott, Arizona, part of the Veterans Health Administration. The Cook prepares meals and special diets for Veteran patients in the Nutrition and Food Service. The job uses direct hire, is open to all U.S. citizens, and includes rotating days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
Can you apply?
Yes, if you are a U.S. citizen: this job is open to everyone.
- Open to everyoneAny U.S. citizen or national can apply. Some jobs also accept non-citizens; the announcement says so.
- Displaced federal employeesFederal employees who lost or are losing their job through a reduction in force (CTAP, ICTAP, RPL).
Other groups listed above may get extra consideration, for example veterans' preference.
Open to U.S. citizens, nationals, and people who owe allegiance to the U.S. Federal employees eligible under career transition programs (CTAP or ICTAP) get selection priority.
What you would do
- Prepares and cooks meals, including therapeutic diets for patients
- Follows menus, production sheets, and recipes to make the right amounts
- Uses many cooking methods, such as grilling, baking, roasting, and steaming
- Makes desserts such as cobblers, brownies, cookies, and pastries
- Operates kitchen equipment and follows safety and sanitation rules
- Cleans work areas and operates the industrial dish machine
Do you qualify for WG-6?
With experience: No set number of years is required, but you must show training or experience that gives you the skills to do this work, with clear details on your resume. Paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work, counts. A full year is 35 to 40 hours per week, and part-time work counts by hours actually spent.
With education: Education cannot replace experience at this grade.
How to apply well
What to send:
- Resume, two pages maximum, showing duties, dates, and hours per week
- Cover letter, if you choose to include one
- SF-50 if you are a current or former federal employee
- DD-214 if you have military service
- Disability letter (Schedule A or VA) if it applies to you
- Separation notice (RIF) if it applies to you
- Transcript, if you include one
How you will be rated: Your answers to the online questionnaire are checked first, and applicants who do not meet the minimum are removed. Those who pass are rated on job elements such as dexterity and safety, technical practices, and use and maintenance of tools and equipment. The agency will not assume experience you do not describe clearly.
Tips for this job:
- Describe your cooking work in detail: meal volume, diet types, equipment used, and hours per week.
- Keep your resume to two pages or fewer, or you will be found ineligible.
- Be ready to finish pre-employment steps within 3 days of a tentative offer, including fingerprints and a medical exam.
Good to know before you apply
Schedule: Full-time, Sunday through Saturday. Tours vary and may include rotating days, nights, weekends, and holidays.
Conditions of employment:
- U.S. citizenship required
- Suitable for federal employment after a background investigation
- Fingerprinting, background check, credentialing, and medical exam after a tentative offer
- Urinalysis drug screen before appointment for testing-designated positions
- Selective Service registration for males born after 12/31/1959
- Online onboarding with acceptable ID; non-REAL ID driver's licenses are not accepted
- Must get a seasonal flu vaccine or an approved exemption
- 1-year probationary period
- Must be able to lift and move objects up to 40 pounds unassisted
We wrote this summary automatically from the official announcement. The announcement on USAJOBS is the only one that counts: read it before you apply.
Job details
- Salary
- $28.00 – $32.00 per hour
- Pay scale and grade
- WG-6 · Wage Grade (trades and crafts)
- Location
- Prescott, Arizona
- Appointment
- Permanent
- Work schedule
- Full-time
- Service
- Competitive
- Openings
- 1
- Security clearance
- Not Required
- Travel
- Not required
- Drug test
- Not required
- Supervisory
- No
- Occupation
- Cooking (7404)
- Announcement
- CBSX-13102178-27-RCM
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