Chef

4 weeks ago

Stevenage, United Kingdom East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust Full time
Job overview

We are recruiting for a Chef who shares our vision to be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service to our patients .

You would prepare, cook and serve food for patients, staff, visitors and public and cater for ad-hoc functions as required. You normally work in one section with a planned programme of movement for experience in all other areas. The sections in operation are Pastry, Hot main, Veg, Salad/Deli bar and Diets.

The catering department feeds approximately 730 patients 3 times a day, 7 days a week. All food is cooked fresh on site. In addition, we have a busy staff restaurant, Wellbeing Hub and a Coffee shop on site. The hospital has a number of vending machines that are fully serviced by catering staff.

Our Values are Include, Respect and Improve. It is important that you understand and refer to our values during your recruitment process and beyond

Main duties of the job

Prepare, cook and serve food for patients, staff and visitors to the hospital.

Follow standard recipes.

Ensure food is of the specified quality, nutritional standard and in the quantities laid down.

Effectively maintain quality, time and temperature standards, keeping records as appropriate.

Effective hygiene and cleaning of appropriate equipment, workstations and areas.

Compliance with Catering Procedures to maintain and improve operational standards.

Comply with food hygiene legislation and food safety regulations, including the catering procedures for personal hygiene.

Be familiar with appropriate Hygiene, Health and Safety regulations, including the catering procedures for personal hygiene.

Working for our organisation

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We run the following hospitals:

  • The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
  • New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
  • Hertford County, Hertford
  • Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification information pack for further detailed information regarding this role.

Person specificationQualifications/ TrainingEssential criteria
  • NVQ Level 2 in Food Preparation and cooking or equivalent, or documented proof of experience
  • Basic food hygiene
Desirable criteria
  • Intermediate food hygiene certificate
  • First Aid Certificate
Previous ExperienceEssential criteria
  • Previous work in a kitchen environment
  • Working as part of a team
Desirable criteria
  • Previous work in a hospital catering environment
  • Preparation of meals for patients with special diets
  • Previous large scale catering experience
SkillsEssential criteria
  • Good command of the English language
  • Good personal organisational skills
  • Food preparation skills
  • Ability to work with deadlines
  • Ability to follow standard recipes
  • Ability to handle stressful situations
Desirable criteria
  • Prioritise daily work tasks
  • Work unsupervised
KnowledgeEssential criteria
  • Understand current catering methods
  • Have a keen interest in developing self and others
Desirable criteria
  • Advanced knowledge of different cooking methods
Other RequirementsEssential criteria
  • Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion
  • Role model our Trust values every day

Our values

We want our staff to believe in, demonstrate and live our values in everything we do.

Include
We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

Respect
We create a safe environment where we are curious of the lived experience of others, seek out best practice and are open to listening and hearing new ideas.

Improve
We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community. We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve. We are on a journey to become a more inclusive organisation and we welcome applications from everyone regardless of their background. In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life. We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.

We will remove barriers that prospective candidates might face at any stage of our recruitment process. If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing resourcing.enh-tr@nhs.net

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

We are committed to being a carer-friendly environment, addressing the complex needs of families with caring responsibilities. In partnership with Carers in Hertfordshire, all our working carers have access to support from recruitment. We are also a member of Carers UK, providing resources to make balancing work and caring easier. Our approach is inclusive, recognizing diverse challenges and creating a supportive environment where carers feel valued.

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