[ref. r6802202] Bank Chef

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Bank Chef who wishes to join #TeamIOWNHS. You should share our passion and drive to ensure that our patients receive quality and compassionate care and work with us to ensure the Trust continues its journey towards “great people, great place”.

The post holder is required to work in a busy industrial kitchen. They will be exposed to heat, cold and noise on a daily basis. The position requires the post holder to be on their feet for the whole of their shift and exercise manual dexterity.

The post holder will work as part of a team of catering staff responsible for the effective day to day delivery of food & beverage services across the hospital site. The services provide in excess of 8,000 meals per week to almost 300 hospital beds and various

Main duties of the job

To work in accordance with the departmental HACCP procedures and current food safety legislation.

We are passionate about providing excellent CARE, which is why our values are Compassion, Accountable, Respect and Everyone counts. Our mission is to make sure that our community is at the heart of everything we do and that we hold our values across all our services.

Working for our organisation

The Isle of Wight NHS Trust is the only integrated acute, community, mental health and ambulance health care provider in England. We serve a population of approximately 150,000 residents, making the services we offer variable and personalised with a flexible approach to our service users.

Working for our Trust brings a variety of benefits, including an onsite day nursery, cycle-to-work scheme, discounts at local businesses and gyms, and the opportunity to hire Trust’s beach hut in Ryde. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

The island offers an amazing coastline with beautiful countryside, year-round events, festivals and award-winning attractions.

Our 2020-2025 strategy sets out to ensure that we continue to be a provider of excellent and compassionate care. As part of this strategy, we are proactively taking steps to ensure that we recruit and retain the highest quality of talent to provide CARE and we would welcome applications from under-represented groups to ensure our Trust is an inclusive and diverse employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

Person specification

Education

• Good standard of English and Maths at GCSE or equivalent at grade C or above
• City and Guilds 7061/2 Or NVQ equivalent L2 Food Safety Award Dietary Cooking Certificate

• L3 Food Safety Award

Experience

• Experience of working in a busy catering environment.
• Proven ability to work without constant supervision.

• Experience of working in large scale catering.

Knowledge

• Detailed knowledge of food hygiene and health & safety practices.
• Detailed knowledge of large scale catering production techniques using traditional methods.

Physical

• Must be physically fit as the post is physically demanding. Able to move around the organisation, visiting wards & departments.