Chef - Hotel Services Restaurant | Milton Keynes University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
Chef - Hotel Services Restaurant
Department: Catering
Band 3 £24,071 - £25,674 Per annum
Hours: 37.5 Hours per week working 5 days out of 7 Monday to Sunday working on a Rotational basis.
All MKUH roles will be considered for flexible working
We care for patients and care for our staff, if you would like to be part of a fast-paced busy in-house restaurant team then this is a good position for you.
Our restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and evening meals to staff visitors and patients, as our Chef you will play a vital role in ensuring our strict standards of food hygiene are met and completed daily.
You will work with a passionate chef team cooking from scratch with high standards and a passion for food. The team is led by a Head chef and a Catering Manager with Michelin starred food background.
We are passionate about food at MKUH and have high standards. We are looking for a Chef to strengthen our team, if you love cooking and have flair and are self-motivated, then this is the environment for you.
If this opportunity excites you, please contactFrancesco Fiore, Catering Manager on francesco.fiore@mkuh.nhs.uk
Please note that we are not able to offer sponsorship for this role.
Interview Date: w/c 7th October 2024
To carry out the preparation and cooking of meals for patients and staff, ensuring that high standards of quality and food safety are maintained at all times.
Post holders will ensure a high standard of service delivery in relation to catering service functions. Post holders will be required to work with high regard to food safety legislation and in accordance with the departments HACCP procedures.
Post holder should be compliant with budgets and nutrition standards and to ensure good quality food for patients’ staff and visitors.
MKUH staff scored highest for ‘I look forward to coming to work’ (NHS Staff Survey 2023).
You can expect a warm welcome at Milton Keynes University Hospital, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At MKUH we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:- Free on-site parking
- Free tea and coffee
- Great flexible working opportunities
- Discounted gym membership
- Lease car scheme
- Generous annual leave and pension scheme
- On site nursery (chargeable)
- Extensive staff health and well-being programme
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- Organise and plan own work according to work schedules and rota
- Prepare and cook food according to planned menu, using standard recipes at the prescribed times, including the provision of special diets
- Exercise portion control following recipes guidelines achieving correct nutritional value
- Prepare food for patients when required. Work with the catering team Mangers to assist in any referral of special diets from Dietetic department
- Assist in ordering of kitchen supplies in liaison with the store’s Manager and Head chef
- Assist in the preparation, weighing, portioning of all food
- The employee is expected to be familiar and trained with the relevant hygiene and safety legislation relating to kitchen areas and attend relevant refresher training arranged by the department
Previous applicants need to apply
For the ideal candidate please refer to the Person Specification and Job Description for further information.
We believe success lies in the diversity of our employees and are committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion. We welcome applications from everyone interested in working for us.
MKUH is committed to equal opportunities and improving the working lives of our staff and as such we offer a range of flexible working practices.
We reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.
MKUH uses identification scanning technology to confirm the authenticity of documents; all prospective employees of MKUH will have their original documents verified using this technology.
By applying for this role, you accept if successful, that information from your application will be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) system. Your personal data may be transferred from the Trust to another NHS organisation where your employment transfers within the NHS.This is in accordance with the streamlining programme which aims at saving you time and improving efficiencies within the NHS when your employment transfers.
Upon commencing employment with the Trust, all employees (except Medical & Dental Staff on national terms and conditions) are subject to a probationary period lasting a period of six months with an option to extend for a further six months to a total of 12 months.
This advert closes on Friday 27 Sep 2024