Job overview
The Royal Marsden Hospital Sutton requires a full time a Head Chef within the catering department providing food for patients, staff and visitors. Experience in similar role essential.
Main duties of the job
To provide and maintain the highest level of catering service possible. Retain the safe production and monitoring of meals and catering services. Ensure that our high standards are maintained and improved. Safeguarding hygienic and safe working practices are carried out by all staff, and to monitor the standards set within the department on a day-to-day basis. Ensure that food for staff, patients, visitors and functions is of the highest possible standard on the NHS Wards, Private care Wards, Crèche (Sutton Only) and all Retail areas commensurate with financial constraints.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1. The Responsible for ensuring a safe and efficient catering service in the absence of management.
•Manage all operational aspects of the catering service in the kitchen on a day-to-day basis including the distribution of all foodstuffs produced and provided.
•Implement and review with the management all control systems for the service, using appropriate recognised techniques, to ensure that good practices prevail and exercises sufficient monitoring and controls to ensure that the HACCP plan and all others are adhered to.
•Ensure appropriate recruitment and selection of staff and the compilation of cost-effective staff rotas.
•Formulate and implements appropriate monitoring packages for the business of the service. Highlights any cost improvement, income generation and change of practiceideas. Maintain good security practices with reference to cash handling and stock controls.
•Take action when necessary, in accordance with the Trust’s disciplinary and grievance procedures.
•The preparation, presentation and service of food items for patients, crèche, staff and functions, using standardised recipes, to quality standards set by the Deputy Catering Manager, Operational Manager and Head Chef, for the numbers determined by the Catering Office and to a skills level determined by a minimum of C&G 706 1 and 2 or NVQ equivalents (Level 3 will need to be attained). HACCP L3 and advance food hygiene L3 food safety
Person specification
Skills and Abilities
Essential criteria
2. Knowledge of fresh food production
3. Ability to write/speak clearly.
4. Evidence of intermediate IT skills and data entry accuracy
5. Knowledge of numeracy and financials
Desirable criteria
6. Knowledge of fresh production
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
7. Ability to undertake a support role
8. Able to follow written instructions
9. Attention to detail & accuracy
10. Good communication skills and be able to use initiative
Specific Experience
Essential criteria
11. Recognised qualifications in Maths & English, good education
12. Certified Knowledge of Advanced Food Safety
13. Certified Knowledge of HACCP (Level 3 or 4)
14. Certified Cookery Qualifications (L1, 2 & 3)
15. Demonstrable experience of working within catering
16. Experience & knowledge of duties required to support senior staff gained by experience in a similar role
17. Able to understand and follow Operating Procedures
18. Awareness and ability to follow food safety, hygiene, allergen awareness, risk management and H&S practices for handling or a willingness to undergo training in these areas
19. Good understanding of task prioritisation & demonstration of practice
20. Understanding of quality management & experience of delivering good quality service
21. Experience of managing a team of catering staff
Desirable criteria
22. Dietary, Nutritional & Allergen Training
The Royal Marsden values diversity and is committed to the recruitment and retention of underrepresented minority groups. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and minority ethnic candidates, LGBTQ+ candidates and candidates with disabilities.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are working to create a workplace that enables all staff to reach their full potential. We are committed to this because we know that greater diversity and inclusion will lead to an even greater positive impact for the people we serve.
Due to the high volumes of applications we receive, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications. We advise you to submit your application as early as possible to prevent disappointment.
Flu Vaccination – What We Expect of our Staff
At The Royal Marsden we have an immune compromised patient population who we must protect as much as we can against the flu virus. Each year, seasonal flu affects thousands of people in the UK. Occurring mainly in winter, it is an infectious respiratory disease capable of producing symptoms ranging from those similar to a common cold, through to very severe or even fatal disease.
The wellbeing of our staff and patients is of the upmost importance to us, and it is the expectation of The Royal Marsden that all patient-facing staff have an annual flu vaccination, provided free of charge by the Trust.
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Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.