Chef

4 days ago

Reading, United Kingdom NHS Professionals Full time

**Chef**

**Full and Part Time Bank roles available**

**Can you bring your chef skills to the team at Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading?**

**Band 3** from **£11.69 - £19.38**per hour.

Monday to Sunday, various shift times available.

Based in Reading, RG1 5AN.

All applicants must be trained in food hygiene to Food Safety Level 2 standards or possess HACCP certifications - and possess sufficient experience to warrant working as a cook/chef rather than a catering assistant.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Taking full responsibility for a section and aiding with driving efficiencies, food ordering, maintaining required food stock levels and keeping stockholding area hygienic, clear of any obstruction, presentable and tidy always.
- Providing full support and taking responsibility for special dietary requirements for patients including keeping fully informed with most up to date legislative guidelines around allergens and associated contamination risks, to be able to provide personalisedpatient care with minimum supervision.
- Emphasising to other members of the team, need for urgency and recognising time critical means to improve daily routines.
- Organise the work area daily ensuring stock levels are kept to an adequate level and kept in date by using stock rotation working to the guidelines set out in the stores procedure relevant to your work area.
- Ensure all food/stock is stored at correct temperatures and ensure correct use of labelling by using label machine provided where appropriate.
- Ensure food meets trust standards and temperature requirements for both hot and cold food in line with Hazard analysis and critical control points and deal with any discrepancies as per departmental policy and following departmental SOPs.
- Ensure cleaning rota is adhered to and kept up to date for all work areas and catering equipment a daily basis and occasional duties can be expected within other catering areas as and when required.

**This role requires extensive use of**:

- All equipment used in commercial food preparation, production, and packaging
- All equipment used in commercial retail industry
- IT equipment (computer, printer & other VDU/devices)
- Vending units (Hot/cold food & beverage)

**_COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment,we do encourage our bank members who are not clinically exempt from vaccination to get vaccinated._**

**About Royal Berkshire Hospital**

We are one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country - serving a population of more than 500,000 people - and the main provider of acute and specialist care services for West Berkshire

**In return for your hard work commitment NHS Professionals (NHSP) can offer you some fantastic benefits: -**
- Competitive Pay Rates - work this week, get paid next week
- First choice of placements at over 50 NHS Trusts in England
- Dedicated consultants
- Flexible working options
- Free DBS and free training
- Build holiday allowance.
- Support when you need it - 24/7 365 days
- Stakeholder pension scheme

**Who are NHS Professionals?**

NHS Professionals (NHSP), owned by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), works in partnership with hospital trusts to provide a bank of highly skilled temporary workers who want to work flexibly within the NHS.

Working through the NHSP bank means Trusts don't have to rely on expensive agencies. Right now, we have over 126,000 members registered on our bank from various roles, grades and specialities, saving the NHS over £70 million each year. This money is thenreinvested back into the NHS. Register today for various flexible working options and long-term placement opportunities.

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