Band 3 Chef Birmingham, England
Job description
Job summary
University Hospitals Birmingham Catering Department have an exciting opportunity for Chefs to join our catering teams on a Bank Contract working across all 4 sites which include Good Hope, Solihull, Heartlands and Queen Elizabeth Hospitals. We have various shifts available Monday - Sunday across all sites.
The Bank Chef will assist in preparing meals for Patients, Staff Restaurants and Hospitality events within a thriving catering department. The ideal candidate must be patient focused and is able to demonstrate practical experience and knowledge of allergens and nutritional content. Having experience within an Industrial Kitchen would be an advantage. They will be required to ensure food safety standards are met at all times following our HACCP procedures. Prepare, cook and serve food for patients and staff to the highest possible standard. Following food hygiene regulations and site HACCP plans for set standards for food safety and service delivery. Work within agreed catering budgets following management guidance.
Main duties, tasks & skills required
- Organise and plan own work according to work schedules and rotas
- Prepare and cook food according to a planned menu, using standard recipes at the prescribed times, including the provision of special diets
- Exercise portion control following recipes guidelines achieving correct nutritional values
- Prepare food to patients when required. Work within the Catering Team Leaders to assist in any referral of special diets from the Dietetic department
- Assist in ordering of kitchen supplies in liaison with the Stores Manager & Production manager
- Assist in the preparation, weighing and portioning of vegetables
- The employee is expected to be familiar with the relevant hygiene and safety legislation relating to kitchen areas and attend any refresher training arranged by the Production Manager.
- Ensure that the working areas and equipment are kept in a clean, hygienic state and good hygiene practices are observed in cooking processes as stated in the health service catering hygiene schedule. Instruct kitchen porter to oversee areas of concern regarding cleaning and maintaining.
- Adhere to all assured safe catering practices
- Help in welfare and training of assistants and students and the induction of new staff
- Maintain good working relationships with ward sand other departmental staff e.g. in telephone communication, at service counters and with other kitchen staff and hospitality
For a full list of main duties please refer to the job description.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
Job description
*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
Allergen Training
European Qualification Considered
City and Guilds 706/1 or NVQ 2/3 equivalent
City and Guilds 706/2 or NVQ 2/3 equivalent
Food Hygiene Level 3 or equivalent (e.g. Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, CIEH)
Level 2 Health & Safety qualification or equivalent (e.g. Institute of Occupational Safety and Health IOSH, CIEH) Level 2 HACCP qualification or equivalent
BETEC Level 3 Catering course or equivalent ( 706/1 2 certificate)
Experience
Essential
Food Hygiene Regulations
Catering background with a minimum of one year's experience
Food Safety
Experience of monitoring standards against targets
Self-management and team-building skills, aware of customer requirements, aware of inter-personal dynamics
Knowledge of catering services within a health care environment
Knowledge of Health & Safety at Work Regulations, COSHH, HACCP and Environmental Health legislation
Knowledge of National Specification for Cleaning and methodologies in the NHS including monitoring standards
Standard IT skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
