Royal Marsden Hospital requires a full time Chef de Partie for catering department providing food for patients, staff and visitors. Experience in similar role essential.
Assisting in the safe production and monitoring of meals and catering services. Ensure hygienic working practices are carried out and to monitor the standards set within the department on a day-to-day basis. Ensuring that food for staff, patients, visitors and functions is of the highest possible standard on the NHS Wards, PP Wards, Crèche (Sutton Only), Restaurants, Grill Bars, Chefs Theatre commensurate with financial constraints.
The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust is a world-leading cancer centre. Our role is to offer our patients the best cancer care available anywhere in the world, and to continue to make a global contribution to finding better ways of diagnosing and treating cancer. We employ over 4,500 staff in a diverse range of careers including nursing, medical, science, radiography, pharmacy, occupational therapy, finance and administrative services. We have two hospitals – one in Chelsea, London, and one in Sutton, Surrey – as well as a Medical Daycare Unit in Kingston Hospital.
At The Royal Marsden, we deal with cancer every day, so we understand how valuable life is. When people entrust their lives to us, they have the right to demand the very best. That's why the pursuit of excellence lies at the heart of everything we do.
At the heart of the hospital is our dedicated team. We offer a stimulating and dynamic working environment, a wide range of staff benefits, learning and development opportunities and clear career pathways. There are opportunities to work flexibly across a range of areas and specialities and we welcome flexible working requests from point of hire to support employees work life balance. We are looking for employees who aspire to excellence, share our values and can play a crucial role in our on-going achievements.
For further information on this role, please see the attached detailed Job Description and Person Specification.
General Duties
• Economic and careful use of manually and mechanically operated equipment, to include knives, whisks, gravity feed slices, mincers, electric mixers, food processors, microwave and pressure steamers, observing the guidelines always specified in the Health and Safety Act 1993
• Assist in the preparation of, a, the main service & of any special functions as specified by the Head Chef, Sous Chef.
• Maintaining a neat and tidy appearance always, observing standards of personal hygiene as specified in the Food Hygiene Regulations 1974 and the Food Safety Act 1990.
• Report any pest sightings and ensure the outer kitchen doors are always kept closed, to prevent pest contamination.
• Ensure all opened food products are labelled in accordance with the HACCP Food safety management Catering Plan.
• Such other duties as may be required from time to time which are consistent with the grade of the post.
This advert closes on Wednesday 12 Feb 2025
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