Job Summary
Working Full Time: 37.5 Hours per week
Support the Deputy Head of Catering in achieving the highest standards of food preparation, cooking and service. The post holder will provide attractive and palatable meals to hospital patients, staff, and visitors, and will adopt responsibility at all times for the quality and outcome of each dish prepared and each task undertaken.
The chef will have a commitment to the highest standards of personal hygiene and dress, and take full responsibility for ensuring safe food hygiene and health & safety practices are observed at all times.
Assist in the preparation, cooking, and service of food for Ellesmere Port Hospital.
Enhancements apply as follows:
Saturday: Time plus 35%
Sunday/Bank Holiday - Times plus 69%
Main Duties of the Job:
1. Prepare, cook and serve meals as per menu to patients, staff, and visitors, ensuring the highest standards of food hygiene throughout the process.
2. Observe and maintain all necessary 'due diligence' records as requested, i.e.: Fridge, Freezer Temperature recordings, HACCP.
3. Follow/implement all aspects of food safety management systems, for which you are responsible.
4. Follow standard recipes and methods and make the most economical use of fresh/raw ingredients, whilst maintaining strict avoidance of waste.
5. Allocate work to the kitchen support staff, in conjunction with the Deputy Head /Manager, and assist in the induction and training of newly appointed Chefs, catering assistants, and porters.
6. Check that all food received is in accordance with quality and quantity ordered, adopting basic stock control principles.
7. Assist in the ordering of certain perishable foods and dairy store items.
About Us
The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:
* The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds
* Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate, and outpatient facility
* Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.
The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services, and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.
The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient, and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.
Date Posted: 14 February 2025
Pay Scheme: Agenda for change
Band: Band 3
Salary: £24,071 to £25,674 a year pa
Contract: Permanent
Working Pattern: Full-time
Reference Number: 210-2025-153
Job Locations:
Countess of Chester Hospital
Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1UL
Job Responsibilities:
See Job Description for further details.
Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.
Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £27.50 (standard) or £55.50 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first three months of employment.
You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £16 per year applies.
New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.
Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post, we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.
Good luck with your application.
Person Specification - Qualifications Essential:
* City & Guilds 706/1&2 or NVQ Equivalent
* Good standard of English & Maths
* Level 3 Award in Food Safety - Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate
* Basic Health & Safety Certificate and Allergen Awareness
Desirable:
* Nebosh
* Level 4 Food Safety Management
Knowledge and Experience Essential:
* Experience in the preparation of therapeutic diets
* Working knowledge of HACCP principles and their specific application for catering
Disclosure and Barring Service Check:
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship:
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.
UK Registration:
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer Details:
Employer Name: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Address:
Countess of Chester Hospital
Liverpool Road
Chester
CH2 1UL
Employer's Website: Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
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