Job summary
- Main area
- N/A
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 31 hours per week
- Job ref
- 435-UHMBB051224
- Employer
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Furness General Hospital
- Town
- Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 Per Annum Pro Rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 29/12/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Chef
NHS AfC: Band 3
- Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative (OneLsc)
The five provider NHS trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria are working together as partners, delivering joint priorities to improve health and healthcare.
Together, we aim to drive up quality by sharing skills and best practice, pooling our resources and standardising the way we work to reduce variation and duplication.
We want to ensure patients have equal access to the same high-quality care wherever they live. We also want our colleagues to have the same high-quality experience wherever they work.
One Lancashire and South Cumbria (One LSC) and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups – including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.
Job overview
We are currently looking at recruiting a Chef within our busy kitchen, to work within our pastry bay area of the department
Are you that Chef who has natural flare and likes daily challenges within the workplace? then you might be the Chef we are looking for we are looking for someone who can work of their own initiative and bring different ideas to our department.
The ideal candidates should have achieved their Food Preparation and cooking NVQ level 2 or the equivalent, have good communication skills and be able to work under pressure.
Main duties of the job
Providing nutritional meals to our patients and other service users which includes providing specialist diets
Ensuring that trust policies and practices are adhered to which includes filling in trust documentation
Taking ownership of own training and ensuring all relevant training that is required for the job role is up to date
Working for our organisation
We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.
FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.
WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.
All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Providing nutritional meals to our patients and other service users which includes providing specialist diets
Ensuring that trust policies and practices are adhered to which includes filling in trust documentation
Taking ownership of own training and ensuring all relevant training that is required for the job role is up to date
Person specification
interview
Essential criteria
- Catering Experience
- Holds NVQ2 or equivalent
- Holds intermediate Food Hygiene
- Experience in Specialist Diets
Desirable criteria
- Willing to work towards Intermediate Food Hygiene
- willing to work towards the necessary training required for specialist diets
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tracy Litt
- Job title
- Catering Lead
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01229 491001
- Additional information
Joanne Low
Chris Jeffrey
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