Main area Catering Grade NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 31 hours per week (Monday to Friday)
Job ref 411-COR-25-7052406
Employer Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type NHS
Site Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Town Liverpool
Salary £24,071 - £25,674 pro rata
Salary period Yearly
Closing 11/04/2025 23:59
Chef
NHS AfC: Band 3
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.
We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.
You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:
* Great flexible working opportunities
* Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
* Generous annual leave and pension scheme
* Extensive staff health and well-being programmes
Job overview
To carry out duties to the required standards as efficiently and effectively as possible as part of the catering team, to provide a high-quality service providing safe and nutritious food to patients, staff and visitors in compliance with Food Safety Regulations.
Main duties of the job
* To prepare, cook and serve all types of meals/snacks for patients, visitors, staff and volunteers, applying daily menu choice.
* To ensure all patients and staff receive a nourishing well balanced diet.
* To work within all areas of kitchen production (ward based or retail) for Alder Hey.
* To follow the direction of the Catering Manager and Head Chef Manager regarding daily production needs.
* To be responsible for the cleaning of equipment and work area of the area that is currently being worked in.
* To taste and check all food produced and report any issues immediately to the Head Chef Manager.
* To produce all meals to the specified recipe exactly.
* To produce meals as required satisfying the specific dietary needs of the patient.
* To ensure food production standards are of the highest quality and the production meets the specified times of service.
* To ensure that food is professionally presented, and all meals requested are promptly dispatched at the correct service times, with additional requests outside of service to be produced and delivered as soon as possible.
* To maintain the correct stock levels in your work area and to follow guidelines on storage of food items.
* To follow set production levels to minimise stock wastage.
* To ensure that all personal hygiene and working areas and methods are of a high standard at all times.
* Maintain a safe working environment at all times.
* To ensure that all food meets safe temperature guidelines (refer to HACCP policy).
* To ensure that all equipment used is kept clean and is in good working order.
* To ensure that all food is covered, labelled, within “use by date” and placed within a fridge when not in use.
* To report all accidents and any incident of pests in the workplace immediately, following the correctly reporting procedure.
* To be aware of COSHH and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) requirement for your own safety and that of the workplace.
* To be familiar with the Alder Hey Policies relating to Fire, Health and Safety and COSHH regulations and to keep mandatory training up to date.
* Compliance with Health and Safety and Manual Handling Guidelines.
* Any other reasonable duty or task required by the Catering Management.
* To report any incident of theft, contravention of fire procedures immediately.
Communication
* To maintain communications with patients to ensure their nutritional needs and all special requirements are met.
* To plan and prepare daily menus/special diets in consultation with other staff (i.e. medical and nursing teams) to meet all patients’ requirements ensuring there is sufficient food to meet the numbers required.
* To liaise on a daily basis with patients, ward staff, volunteers and visitors regarding all aspects of the catering service, including gathering regular feedback on both food quality and service.
General
In addition to the specific duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description, all Alder Hey NHS Trust employees should be aware of their specific responsibilities towards the following:
* Adhere to all health and safety and fire regulations and to co-operate with the Trust in maintaining good standards of health and safety
* Adhere to all information governance, privacy and security policies, standards, guidelines and procedures; practise and promote secure behaviours
* Adhere to all Alder Hey NHS Trust policies and procedures at all times
* Actively promote and support the safeguarding of vulnerable adults, young people and children, observing and adhering to Alder Hey NHS Trust policies on safeguarding
* Uphold ethical and professional standards and not behave in a manner that is likely to bring the Trust into disrepute
* Promote and sustain a responsible attitude towards equal opportunities and diversity within the Trust
* Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing registration requirements or any national professional or occupational standards associated with the role
* Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing learning and development and to participate in any training relevant to the role
This job description is not exhaustive, it merely acts as a guide and may be amended to meet the changing requirements of the Trust at any time after discussion with the post holder.
Person specification
Training certification
* Evidence of relevant food training certification
* Basic food hygiene
* 706/1 City and Guilds or equivalent
* 706/2 City and Guilds or Equivalent
* Food safety certification
We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.
Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.
Should you require any assistance during the application stages please contact recruiting manager of vacancy or the recruitment team at recruitment@alderhey.nhs.uk or call 0151 282 4599.
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Please note, the selection processes at Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are in place to ensure we recruit candidates with the right skills and values, please be advised that the use of AI in applications are monitored. We remain vigilant against candidates who misuse these tools to generate an application that doesn’t accurately reflect their skills.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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