Job Title: Chef
Job type: Temporary
Location: Newcastle
Sector: Healthcare
Band: 3
Duration: Expected to be for 4 months (Review to be extended)
Pay Rate:
13.20per hour paye inclusive of holiday pay
Payments will be paye inclusive of holiday as the client pays through their direct engagement model
Hours: Monday to Friday 37.5 Hours per week (Shifts)
Summary
- Ensuring the highest possible standard of food preparation and cooking.
- To comply with national nutritional policies and food hygiene standards.
- Providing food for patients, staff and the general public, as well as catering for special functions, buffet and preparation of special diets
Essential Requirements
- City & Guilds 706/2 or NVQ 3 (food preparation) or equivalent experience.
- Hazard analysis training (HACCP) as part of advanced food hygiene controls.
- Intermediate Food Hygiene Qualification
- Wide cooking methods
- Willing to work towards Level 4 qualification in food production
Desirable Requirements
- Experience in large scale catering
- Allergen qualification/training
- Understanding of Trust Business
- Experience of working in the NHS kitchen
Duties will include but not limited to the following
- The preparation, cooking, presentation and service of meals to the highest possible standards for patients.
- Provide food that complies with national nutritional policies and food hygiene standards.
- Ensure timely plating and delivery to patient areas.
- Facilitates the timely delivery of meals to support patient care
- Plan own work on a day-to-day basis.
- Plan, prepare and cook a wide range of dishes with different timings / methods to meet tight deadlines.
- Demonstrate flexibility to work within the diet bay (producing specialised diets) or any other area of the department if needed.
- Exercise judgement in response to portion control uptake and food wastage
- Exercise judgement with changes to recipes, cooking times etc. in response to individual requests
- Exercises judgement with production of individual patient specialised diets, available ingredients and time available
