Chef | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 13 May 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,383 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 June 2024 |
| Location: | Stevenage, SG1 4AB |
| Company: | East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6306677/361-COR-6103750-A |
Summary
We are recruiting for aChefwho shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients .
You would prepare, cook and serve food for patients, staff, visitors and public and cater for ad-hoc functions as required. You normally work in one section with a planned programme of movement for experience in all other areas. The sections in operation are Pastry, Hot main, Veg, Salad/Deli bar and Diets.
The catering department feeds approximately 730 patients 3 times a day, 7 days a week. All food is cooked fresh on site. In addition, we have a busy staff restaurant, Wellbeing Hub and a Coffee shop on site. The hospital has a number of vending machines that are fully serviced by catering staff.
Our Values areInclude,Respect andImprove. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond!
Prepare, cook and serve food for patients, staff and visitors to the hospital.
Follow standard recipes.
Ensure food is of the specified quality, nutritional standard and in the quantities laid down.
Effectively maintain quality, time and temperature standards, keeping records as appropriate.
Effective hygiene and cleaning of appropriate equipment, workstations and areas.
Compliance with Catering Procedures to maintain and improve operational standards.
Comply with food hygiene legislation and food safety regulations, including the catering procedures for personal hygiene.
Be familiar with appropriate Hygiene, Health and Safety regulations, including the catering procedures for personal hygiene.
At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
We run the following hospitals:
• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.
This advert closes on Monday 27 May 2024