Hospital Chef (NHS)

I am currently recruiting for experienced Chef to provide a high-quality catering services to staff patients and visitor you will be part of a well-established team preparing quality freshly cooked food liaising daily with senior supervisor and managers to ensure a first class catering service is provided to all patients staff and visitors.

Location: Saint Leonards-on-sea, Hastings

Job Type: Temporary

Duration of booking: Expected to be 2-3 Months with possible extension

Proposed start date: ASAP

Pay Rates: Up to £13 per hour PAYE inclusive of holiday pay or £14.55 per hour Umbrella

Hours / Working Days: 37.5 hours per week / 5 days a week shift patterns 6am -2pm

Sector: Healthcare

Based: Hospital

Desirable Key Skills:

* Catering qualifications and experience

* Highly organised with catering experience in a healthcare setting

* Attention to detail

* Flexible approach to working

Duties will include but not limited to the following:

* Prepare, cook and serve conventional meals in accordance with specified recipes and methods.

* Check meals for quality, texture, taste and appearance, notifying and correcting problems as appropriate.

* Ensuring that correct hygiene working methods are observed at all times with particular attention to the separation of raw and cooked foods.

* Ensuring food delivered and received meet with the Department's policy on standards and quality, by undertaking physical checks and temperature probing of all appropriate foodstuffs.

* Ensuring that relevant paperwork is completed timeously, for example HACCP fridge/freezer temperatures.

* Ensuring work patterns and production schedules are observed and that pre chilling times are kept within the laid down limits, notifying the manager where deviations to accepted limits are experienced.

* Maintain high standards of personal care at all times.

* Assisting in the development of quality standards.

* Working in a clean tidy manner “cleaning as you go”.

* Assisting with the cleaning of premises and equipment, using the dishwasher where appropriate.

* Adhering to the colour coding policies.

* Serving on the dining room service counter as required.

* Assisting with the supervision and direction of catering assistants.

* Ensuring correct, economical and safe use of materials and equipment.

* Ensuring equipment is kept clean and in good working order, inspecting it on a regular basis.

* Reporting mechanical and other defects to management timeously.

* Wear the uniform provided and personal protective equipment as specified.

* Carry out such other duties as may be required, which fall within the grading of this post