Cook

Wwl; Leigh; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust seeks two Cook/Supervisors for its Catering Department in Leigh. Successful candidates will manage the preparation and service of meals, ensuring adherence to quality standards for patients and staff. With a focus on hard work, organisation, and creativity, the roles are pivotal within a recognised catering team.

Qualifications

• Substantial experience as a cook in large-scale catering.
• Knowledge of key temperature controls and food safety.
• Basic literacy and numeracy required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for safe preparation and cooking of food.
• Adhere to food safety standards and monitor audit information.
• Oversee shift incorporating patient meal service.

Skills

Food Safety Knowledge

Cooking Skills

Organisational Skills

Customer Service Skills

Education

City & Guild 706/1 & 2 or NVQ level 3 in Cooking & Food Service or equivalent

CIEHO Basic Food Hygiene Cert.

IOSH

Job description

This post is only open to internal applicants.

Cook

NHS AfC: Band 3

Main area Estates and Facilities Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Part time
• Job share
• Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Two band 3 cook supervisors, working 37.50 hours a week. Monday - Friday, 7.50 hours per day. The hours of work will be either 6.00 am - 2.00 pm, or 12.00 pm - 8.00 pm. The rota pattern will be explained on interview.) Job ref 302-25-7256034E

Site Leigh Catering Department Town Leigh Salary £24,625 - £25,674 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 30/06/2025 08:00

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Job overview

The Catering Department at Leigh Infirmary are looking to recruit 2 Cook/Supervisors, working 37.50 hours per week.

The roles will suit highly motivated individuals who wish to be part of a high performing, award winning Catering team.

The candidates are also required to oversee a shift incorporating patient meal service to the highest standards and will be dedicated to providing our patients and staff with an excellent service.

The candidates we are looking for should be hard-working, organised, creative, and passionate about food and customer service.

Candidates will be required to present original certificates for qualifications at interview stage.

Please note this vacancy may close earlier than the specified closing date if a suitable level of applications are received.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be-

• Responsible for the safe preparation, cooking and service of food for patient/staff, private patents (including special dietary requirements) and visitor meals
• Using specified recipes, to strict deadlines. Always ensuring adherence to food safety standards and the monitoring and recording of audit information.

Working for our organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement and living our values.

· People at the Heart

· Listen and Involve

· Kind and Respectful

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. We are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated there is helpful advice and information available by contacting [e-mail] where you can also ask about how to access vaccinations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Planning and Organisational Duties

• Preparation and cooking of all food types.
• Following recipes, accurate weighing and measuring of ingredients.
• Producing correct quantities of meals based on numbers required
• Organise and plan daily work routine to meet strict meal service deadlines.
• Production of meals for external contracts
• Report faulty equipment, fabric or poor-quality products.
• Checking and recording of all meals for quality, appearance, temperature before service: taking appropriate action on finding defects.
• Change menus at short notice if suppliers have failed to deliver
• Could be asked to test new recipes or new products
• Maintain good communication with colleagues regarding daily activities.
• Will be required to answer telephone and take messages or action as appropriate.
• Always maintain a professional attitude, follow strict personal hygiene and appearance codes.
• Responsible for always keeping own work area clean.
• Propose changes to own working practices to assist in efficiency

Communications and Key Working Relationships

• Maintain good communication with colleagues regarding daily activities.
• Attend relevant meetings
• Liaise with suppliers regarding quality of products or services
• Liaise with external agencies as requested.
• Liaise across Wards and Departments. Advise of menu changes.
• Visits wards frequently to speak to patients regarding meal services client requests, and queries at ward level. This will include advising patients of ingredients and allergens in products, discussing with patients who may have difficulty choosing from the menus, devising special menus or changing recipes to suit the individuals’ needs, explaining dysphagia descriptors etc.
• Referring patients to a dietician if the ward has not already done so.

Responsibility for Finance

• Adhere to Trust Standing Financial Instructions
• Could be Required to cash handle, using Dining Room tills or emptying vending
• machines.
• Could be required to secure the Department at the end of a shift.
• Budgetary control in respect of:
• a) correct and economical use of materials and equipment
• b) Ensuring portion control and minimizing waste
• c) Controlling allocation of overtime
• d) Working to maximise income
• Ensure security of the premises and stores.
• e) Ensure stock is issued as per financial procedure for accounting purposes
• Compliance with Trust and Local procedures

Responsibility for Human Resources

• Direct work of catering assistants. Including rotas and releasing staff for training courses.
• Cascade information e.g. team brief
• Responsible for the Welfare of staff under their responsibility, completion of return-to-work interviews following sickness/absence and first line disciplinary and grievance issues.
• Complete own time sheet/work record

Responsibility for Health & Safety

• Responsible for ensuring own safety at work
• Compliance with Trust, Risk Assessment and Datix reporting procedures
• Compliance with local & legislative Food Safety Policies & associated
• documentation
• Compliance Trust and Local procedures
• Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Person specification

Additional

• Travelling, Working unsocial hours
• Speak English to an appropriate standard relevant to their role, i.e. with confidence and accuracy, using correct sentence structures and vocabulary,

Knowledge

• Knowledge of key temperatures controls and Food safety and knowledge of cook chill

Experience

• Quality monitoring of food production
• Substantial experience as a cook
• Previous experience in a large scale catering operation

Qualifications

• Basic literacy and numeracy required
• City & Guild 706/1 & 2 or NVQ level 3 in Cooking &Food Service or equivalent
• CIEHO Basic Food Hygiene Cert.
• IOSH

Skills

• Ability to complete documentation accurately

Our Trust prefers candidates to submit applications online. Please contact the Recruitment Team on 01942 244000 if you have difficulty applying online.

The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.

We endeavour to inform all applicants of the outcome of their application by email or SMS text message.

Guidance on Completing Your Application

Applications are scored against the person specification, therefore we recommend that you use the supporting information section of your application form to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, providing illustrative examples where possible.

On-Call

Please note that some roles may require you to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.

WWL has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. and will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester Local Authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority; giving you access to our service-related benefits.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Name Katy Munson Job title Catering Manager Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01942 264451 Additional information

Dawn Atherton

Deputy Hotel Services Manager

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