Hospital Chef (NHS)
I am currently recruiting for experienced Chef to provide a high-quality catering services to staff patients and visitor you will be part of a well-established team preparing quality freshly cooked food liaising daily with senior supervisor and managers to ensure a first class catering service is provided to all patients staff and visitors.
Location: Saint Leonards-on-sea, Hastings
Job Type: Temporary
Duration of booking: Expected to be 2-3 Months with possible extension
Proposed start date: ASAP
Pay Rates: £12 - £13 per hour PAYE inclusive of holiday pay or £14.55 per hour Umbrella
Hours / Working Days: 37.5 hours per week / 5 days a week shift patterns 6am -2pm
Sector: Healthcare
Based: Hospital
Desirable Key Skills:
* Catering qualifications and experience
* Highly organised with catering experience in a healthcare setting
* Attention to detail
* Flexible approach to working
Duties will include but not limited to the following:
* Prepare, cook and serve conventional meals in accordance with specified recipes and methods.
* Check meals for quality, texture, taste and appearance, notifying and correcting problems as appropriate.
* Ensuring that correct hygiene working methods are observed at all times with particular attention to the separation of raw and cooked foods.
* Ensuring food delivered and received meet with the Department’s policy on standards and quality, by undertaking physical checks and temperature probing of all appropriate foodstuffs.
* Ensuring that relevant paperwork is completed timeously, for example HACCP fridge/freezer temperatures.
* Ensuring work patterns and production schedules are observed and that pre chilling times are kept within the laid down limits, notifying the manager where deviations to accepted limits are experienced.
* Maintain high standards of personal care at all times.
* Assisting in the development of quality standards.
* Working in a clean tidy manner “cleaning as you go”.
* Assisting with the cleaning of premises and equipment, using the dishwasher where appropriate.
* Adhering to the colour coding policies.
* Serving on the dining room service counter as required.
* Assisting with the supervision and direction of catering assistants.
* Ensuring correct, economical and safe use of materials and equipment.
* Ensuring equipment is kept clean and in good working order, inspecting it on a regular basis.
* Reporting mechanical and other defects to management timeously.
* Wear the uniform provided and personal protective equipment as specified.
* Carry out such other duties as may be required, which fall within the grading of this post