Chef

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in the UK is seeking a dedicated Chef to join their team at Victoria Hospital in Blackpool. The role involves preparing, cooking, and serving meals for over 800 patients and 500 restaurant customers daily. Key responsibilities include ensuring food safety, maintaining cleanliness, and catering to diverse dietary needs. Shift patterns include early, middle, and late shifts, covering weekends and bank holidays.

Qualifications

• Experience in food service and preparation.
• Knowledge of food safety regulations.
• Ability to cater to special dietary needs.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and serve food for patients and customers.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety of the kitchen.
• Complete HACCP documentation.

Skills

Food production and safety standards

Nutritious meal preparation

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Job description

The Catering Department, Victoria Hospital, Blackpool are looking for a Chef to be part of the busy team. If you are a dynamic person who can raise to the challenges of providing a fresh cook service to over 800 patients per meal service and over 500 restaurant customers per day please read on.

The Chef holds a very important role in food production and meal services that contributes to patients being treated and being given higher quality of care. They undertake a key role in the day-to-day food production, responsible for food service standards in the production of meals and food safety standards. They ensure a high quality, cost effective and resourceful service delivery and that food is nutritious and appetising. They must meet patients' medical and cultural needs including, for example, gluten free, low fat, soft food, halal and vegetarian meals.

They must be open to applying a partnership approach and to embrace new ways of working which best deliver the range and quality of service required to meet the needs of patients and customers, in as efficient and effective a way as possible.

If successful you will be part of a brigade of chefs carrying out day-to-day operational requirements for our traditional cook food services to patients, staff and visitors. You will ensure a high quality, fresh cook service delivery, following our standardised recipes

The main duties include operating from one central kitchen with modern production systems are applied in the 'Conventional Cook-Serve Method' of preparation of meals for patients and staff together with maintaining high standards of cleanliness of equipment and premises. All work to be undertaken in line with Trust Food Safety Policy & Procedures.

The shift patters cover early, middle and late shift ranging from 6am to 7pm on a rota basis including some weekends and bank holidays.

Preparing, cooking and serving of all types of foods that are nutritious and appetising and meets patients' medical and cultural needs including, for example special dietary needs, gluten free, low fat, soft food, halal and vegetarian in accordance with Quality Standards, Standardised Recipes and Food Safety controls.

Using commodity supplies and ingredients in correct proportions and stock control rotation and being attentive to accuracy in the preparation, production and issue of all food items, with particular care given to consistent quality and portion control.

Completing all associated HACCP (Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points) documentation. Ensuring that all food items needing refrigeration are stored without delay as per Food Safety policy

Minimising waste through economical and correct use of all materials.

BTH is part of the Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Collaborative, therefore all roles will be required to support system wide working across the Lancashire & South Cumbria regions. Catering are part of OneLSC Lancashire & South Cumbria) and as such come under East Lancashire Trust

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Darren Cadwell Job title: Kitchen Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01253 95154