Chef
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Job overview- To prepare and cook food to a high standard for distribution to various outlets throughout the hospital site, so that the end results meet user expectations.
- To work to high standards of hygiene and presentation.
- To assist Supervisors and Managers to ensure all preparation areas and kitchen recourses, people, equipment and foodstuffs are used efficiently and cost effectively in providing the overall service.
- This role benefits from predominantly daytime working
- To ensure specified menu items and recipes and the correct quantity of food are available to meet patient, staff or end user requirements.
- To ensure raw, chilled or cooked ingredients to specified requirements are distributed to patient, staff or end use requirements.
- To perform preparation and cooking activities with due diligence and in a professional manner so that food maintains its nutritional value and is suitable consumption by the patient or customers,
- To assist in ensuring that preparation and kitchen equipment are effectively and efficiently maintained.
- To ensure the correct raw materials, foodstuffs are used in the preparation and cooking of food.
- To ensure those stocks of raw materials, cook-chill and foodstuffs are rotated correctly so as to prevent the loss, damage or deterioration of these stocks.
- To ensure that the division policies, procedures and work practises are understood and implemented.
- To assist in ensuring that operational costs are kept to a minimum but commensurate with the provision of services that meet customer requirements.
- To identify and assist with the implementation of cost savings wherever possible.
- To assist in ensuring that immediate corrective action is taken in the event of an emergency so that patient nutritional needs are met
Working for our organisation
All new colleagues can expect to receive a warm and friendly Wirral welcome from the very first time they make contact with us. We are described as “competent and caring staff” by our patients.
Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is situated on The Wirral peninsula which has a stunning coastline and beautiful countryside surroundings, with great activities for its residents.
We are one of the largest and busiest acute Trusts in the North West of England, comprising of the Wirral’s only Emergency Department. We provide a high quality range of acute care services and employ over 6,000 staff, who serve a population of approximately 400,000 people across Wirral, Ellesmere Port, Neston, North Wales and the wider North West footprint.
We have approximately 855 beds trust-wide and our financial turnover is in excess of £337m.
The Wirral is easily accessible with excellent transport links including motorway, train, bus or ferry and within easy reach to the major cities of Liverpool, Chester and Manchester as well as neighbouring North Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see Job overview & attached Job description for further information about the Chef position available with WUTH.
Person specification
Qualifications, Specific Experience & Training
Essential criteria- The post holder shall have undertaken secondary education and shall be competent in the use of everyday English and Mathematics.
- Chef training to City and Guilds 147 or 706/1 or its equivalent NVQ
- Chef training to City and Guilds 151 or 706/2 or its equivalent NVQ
- Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene certificate or equivalent.
- Have at least 2 years similar experience in equivalent establishment
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria- Basic food hygiene
- Knowledge of health and safety at work act, COSHH regulations, Food Handling and preparation regulations.
- Nutritional and dietary needs of patients within the healthcare environment and the provision of these needs by suitable food preparation and cooking techniques.
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria- Ability to communicate with users at all levels
- Good interpersonal skills
- Ability to work to deadlines
- Confident and capable of making decisions in the absence of Supervisors
- Good problem solving skills
- Clean and smart in appearance
Apprenticeship Eligibility Criteria
Should this vacancy be recruited as an apprenticeship, the following criteria will apply:
UK nationals or other persons with a right of abode have an eligible residency status if they have been ordinarily resident in the UK or the British Overseas Territories, or the Crown Dependencies (Channel Islands and Isle of Man) for at least the previous 3 years on the first day of the apprenticeship.
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The Trust reserves the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum amount of applications from which to make a shortlist. To prevent this happening please complete and submit your application without delay.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing a DBS application is met by the successful applicant/s. DBS costs are recovered via salary deduction following starting in post.
If the post you are applying for requires a DBS - Inline with Trust policy the cost of submitting and processing a DBS for successful applications would be met by the individual themselves. The amount would vary depending on the level required: Standard Disclosure £21.50+£6.50 or Enhanced Disclosure £49.50+£6.50 (please be aware the additional sum is an administration fee and may increase due to inflation).This will be deducted from your salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment.
The Trust would encourage all post holders who require a DBS for their role to registered with the DBS Update Service. You can find out more information and guidance on how to do this at https://www.gov.uk/dbs-update-service.
The Department of Health and Social Care has released a new publication to support overseas candidates looking to work in health and care in the UK.
The new guidance provides information on the recruitment process that candidates should expect when applying for work in the UK. Please follow the below link:
New guidance for overseas applicants | NHS Employers
The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all unborn babies, children and adults and is signed up to both the Wirral Safeguarding Childrens Partnership and the Wirral Safeguarding Adults Partnership Board associated policies and procedures.All Trust staff must be familiar with, and adhere to these procedures. It is the post holders responsibility to attended the Trusts mandatory training Protecting Vulnerable People training, and to follow the relevant Trusts polices and practice guidance.