Liverpool University Hospitals
Location
Liverpool | United Kingdom
Job description
This is an exciting time to join our Catering Team for the NHS at Broadgreen Hospital.
We are looking for a qualified chef to support our patient feeding and restaurant meals.
If you are looking for a rewarding role working within our wards and you have the following skills please apply.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
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1. Food Preparation
Preparing any food required to produce the dishes required this may include but not exclusive to ;
a) Meat Preparation - Defrosting, portioning, cutting up, forming and coating, traying up in containers, mixing, mincing, including setting up equipment and wiping down work surfaces.
b) Fish Preparation - General preparation - defrosting, skinning, filleting,
coating and traying.
c) Pastry and sweets - General preparation - prepare equipment, weighing,
mixing, rolling, operating machines, filling containers and adding fillings.
d) Vegetable Preparation - Manual - washing, cleaning, peeling, selecting,
dicing and placing in cooking vessel.
e) Miscellaneous - grating cheese, making breadcrumbs, preparing sauces and garnishes.
f) Cleaning - The post holder should work on a clean as you go basis. They
must clean the area they have been working in after they have finished
2. Cooking and Service
a) Cooking - Cooking food on cooking equipment including loading and
unloading on and off cooking equipment. Tending food on stoves, beating,
mixing, blending, checking, testing and stirring.
b) Salads and Sandwiches - Prepare and make salads, sandwiches & prepare
fillings for sandwiches
c) Serving food - Fill containers and prepare for distribution to the wards. Ensure that sufficient food is prepared for each meal service using figures provided. Respond to out of mealtime requests for patient meals and diets. Serve the food if required
d) Check food for correct temperature before service. And record on the trusts HACCP sheets. Take appropriate action is food fails
e) Check the quality of food to comply with the Trusts standards. Take
appropriate action if the food fails
3. Dietary Knowledge
Have knowledge of special therapeutic diets and be able to respond to a request for the provision of a special diet at short notice.
4. Hygiene
Observe good hygiene practises and keep up to date with current food hygiene and training legislation. Ensure the documentation for the trusts HCCP policy is completed, and any fails rectified and retested
5. Health & Safety
Have a good knowledge of all health and safety procedures and demonstrate compliance by working alongside colleagues in a safe manner.
6 Training
Assist with the induction of new staff by demonstrating duties.
7. Daily Work Plan
Organise and plan his/her own daily work routine and work to mealtime
deadlines. Core 5 Level 3
8. General
Keep work area tidy by disposing of packaging immediately it is no longer required.
Report any faulty equipment to a senior member of staff.
Report poor quality products to a senior member of staff.
Work with other colleagues as a team member in order to meet the standard of service required by the Trust.
Act up to a higher grade as and when necessary.
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months’ of their 18th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £18+£5 (standard disclosure) or £38+£5 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment.
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults’ policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first paypoint of the relevant band.
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£22.82k - £24.34k per annum
