Job vacancy: Chef, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool

Job summary

Main area: Catering
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (working 5 over 7)
Job ref: 411-COR-24-6649568

Employer: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Liverpool
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/11/2024 23:59

Chef

NHS AfC: Band 3

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is a provider of specialist health care and has a presence in community outreach sites and, in collaboration with other providers, our clinicians help deliver care closer to patients’ homes by holding local clinics at locations from Cumbria to Shropshire, in Wales and the Isle of Man. The Trust also provides inpatient care for children with complex mental health needs at our Sunflower House building newly relocated, and opened on the hospital site.

We currently have more than 4,000 staff working across our community and hospital sites. We’re also a teaching and training hospital providing education and training to around 540 medical and over 500 nursing and allied health professional students each year.

As black and minority ethnic (BME) employees are currently under-represented in this area, we particularly welcome applications from members of our BME communities. All appointments will be made on merit.

You can expect a warm welcome at Alder Hey Childrens NHS Foundation Trust, our staff are friendly and welcoming. We listen to each other and work together to embed our Trusts values and behaviours. At Alder Hey we appreciate our staff and reward them with an outstanding benefits package including:

Great flexible working opportunities
Lease car scheme and Home Electronics Scheme
Generous annual leave and pension scheme
Extensive staff health and well-being programmes

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Job Summary: To carry out duties to the required standards as efficiently and effectively as possible as part of the catering team, to provide a high-quality service providing safe and nutritious food to patients, staff and visitors in compliance with Food Safety Regulations.

Main duties and Responsibilities

To prepare, cook and serve all types of meals/snacks for patients, visitors, staff and volunteers, applying daily menu choice.
To ensure all patients and staff receive a nourishing well balanced diet.
To work within all areas of kitchen production (ward based or retail) for Alder Hey.
To follow the direction of the Catering Manager and Head Chef Manager regarding daily production needs.
To be responsible for the cleaning of equipment and work area of the area that is currently being worked in.
To taste and check all food produced and report any issues immediately to the Head Chef Manager.
To produce all meals to the specified recipe exactly.
To produce meals as required satisfying the specific dietary needs of the patient.

To ensure food production standards are of the highest quality and the production meets the specified times of service.
To ensure that food is professionally presented, and all meals requested are promptly dispatched at the correct service times, with additional requests outside of service to be produced and delivered as soon as possible.
To maintain the correct stock levels in your work area and to follow guidelines on storage of food items.
To follow set production levels to minimise stock wastage.
To ensure that all personal hygiene and working areas and methods are of a high standard at all times.
Maintain a safe working environment at all times.
To ensure that all food meets safe temperature guidelines (refer to HACCP policy).
To ensure that all equipment used is kept clean and is in good working order.
To ensure that all food is covered, labelled, within “use by date” and placed within a fridge when not in use.
To report all accidents and any incident of pests in the workplace immediately, following the correctly reporting procedure.
To be aware of COSHH and Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) requirement for your own safety and that of the workplace.
To be familiar with the Alder Hey Policies relating to Fire, Health and Safety and COSHH regulations and to keep mandatory training up to date.
Compliance with Health and Safety and Manual Handling Guidelines.
Any other reasonable duty or task required by the Catering Management.
To report any incident of theft, contravention of fire procedures immediately.

Communication

To maintain communications with patients to ensure their nutritional needs and all special requirements are met.
To plan and prepare daily menus/special diets in consultation with other staff (i.e. medical and nursing teams) to meet all patients’ requirements ensuring there is sufficient food to meet the numbers required.
To liaise on a daily basis with patients, ward staff, volunteers and visitors regarding all aspects of the catering service, including gathering regular feedback on both food quality and service.

General

In addition to the specific duties and responsibilities outlined in this job description, all Alder Hey NHS Trust employees should be aware of their specific responsibilities towards the following:

Adhere to all health and safety and fire regulations and to co-operate with the Trust in maintaining good standards of health and safety
Adhere to all information governance, privacy and security policies, standards, guidelines and procedures; practise and promote secure behaviours
Adhere to all Alder Hey NHS Trust policies and procedures at all times
Actively promote and support the safeguarding of vulnerable adults, young people and children, observing and adhering to Alder Hey NHS Trust policies on safeguarding
Uphold ethical and professional standards and not behave in a manner that is likely to bring the Trust into disrepute
Promote and sustain a responsible attitude towards equal opportunities and diversity within the Trust
Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing registration requirements or any national professional or occupational standards associated with the role
Demonstrate a commitment to ongoing learning and development and to participate in any training relevant to the role

This job description is not exhaustive, it merely acts as a guide and may be amended to meet the changing requirements of the Trust at any time after discussion with the post holder.

Person specification

training certification

Essential criteria

Evidence of relevant food training certification

Desirable criteria

Food safety certification

We reserve the right to close vacancies without notice when we have received a sufficient number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.

Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will contact you using this regarding your application. All candidates will be notified via email whether or not they have been shortlisted.

Alder Hey Children’s NHS Foundation Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. We are committed to creating a well-managed, flexible working environment that supports staff and promotes their welfare and development. We actively promote equality and diversity and operate a Zero Tolerance policy to aggression, violence, bullying and harassment.

Please declare within the supporting information if artificial intelligence (AI) has been used in your application.

Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - Silver

Mindful employer. Being positive about mental health.

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have regular contact with vulnerable people 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

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Stephen de Clouet
Job title: Catering Manager
Email address: [email protected]
Telephone number: 0151 228 4811

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