Cook | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 12 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 May 2024 |
| Location: | 317 01 Freeman Hospital, NE7 7DN |
| Company: | The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6211494/317-2024-15-40-DR |
Summary
Are you working in catering, tired of working long shift, no work life balance and want to make a difference in peoples lives then Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals have a vacancy for you. The Freeman Hospital Catering Department is looking for a Full Time Cook to work as a part of the Award Winning Team, working 37.5 hours a week, 5 days over 7, shifts would be 6.00am to 2.00pm and 10.00am to 6.00pm.
We also pay enhanced Hours for working weekends and Bank Holidays. Please note we are open 365 days a year, shift time cannot be moved due to the nature of the business and the time restraints against us.
• Interview date: 2nd May 2024
• 37 hours 30 minutes /week
• You will be redirected to Trac to apply for the vacancy. Please expand the job details section and read all of the information before applying for the vacancy
You will be in the Freeman Catering Department, and the section you will be working in is the Diet Bay. In this area you will be responsible for checking and cooking patients meals who have allergens or special eating requirements along with cooking for our Nursery for children with Allergens, ensuring the food is suitable for the patients and is correct before it is sent to the ward. Full training will be given.
You will also be responsible for the prep in this area and running the patient belt in a timely manor to ensure the wards receive their food at the correct time.
Some time s you may be asked to perform duties in the main kitchen to assist cook.
Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the busiest, largest and most successful teaching NHS foundation trusts in the country, with around 16,000 staff and an annual income of £1 billion.
We have a long history of providing high quality care, clinical excellence, and innovation in medical research regionally, nationally and internationally.
We’re also proud to be the second largest provider of specialised services in the country. This means we support people with a range of rare and complex medical, surgical and neurological conditions, cancers and genetic orders.
Our staff oversee around 2 million patients ‘contacts’ each year, delivering high standards of healthcare.
Please see attached information on what Staff Benefits we have to offer at our Trust.
We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and recognise the benefit in providing an inclusive environment. We value and respect the diversity of our employees and aim to recruit a workforce which reflects the communities we serve, and is equipped to deliver the best service to our patients. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
• Ensuring the highest possible standard of food preparation and cooking.
• To comply with national nutritional policies and food hygiene standards.
• Providing food for patients, staff and the general public, as well as catering for special functions, buffet And preparation of special diets
In the kitchen you will be identified as a Diet Cook, working in a separate part of the main kitchen to produce allergen free food, and special diets for patients and the Nursery. You Main responsibilities include:
• Gathering numbers for patients with allergens and special diets.
• Cooking IDDSI meals to manufactures guidelines.
• Preparing food for patients with allergens and special dietary requirements.
• Work with the departments Dietitian and other Dietitians around the Trust
• Preparing food for children in the nursery who have dietary needs.
• Running of patient belt.
• Filling in the correct paper work in line with the Department HACCP.
• General cleaning.
• Working in line with food Hygiene regulation.
• May be required to work in the main kitchen.
• May be required to work across sites.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Please note it is a requirement of The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust that all successful candidates who require a DBS for the post they have been offered pay for their DBS certificate. The method of payment is a salary deduction from your first month’s pay.
This advert closes on Thursday 18 Apr 2024
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