Cook

Alice House Hospice; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

Alice House Hospice in Tees Valley is seeking a talented Cook to join our Catering Team on a part-time basis. You will prepare nutritious meals from scratch for patients, while contributing creative ideas for the Bistro and special occasions.

The role requires flexibility to cover a rota including weekends, strong teamwork, knowledge of food hygiene, and the ability to work under pressure in a caring, community-focused environment.

Qualifications

• Team player with ability to work in a busy catering environment.
• Knowledge of food hygiene regulations and safe food handling.
• Strong communication skills under challenging circumstances.
• Budget awareness and ability to meet daily targets.
• Ability to handle money and basic administrative tasks.

Responsibilities

• Prepare well-presented meals that cater to dietary needs.
• Work on a rota including weekends and adjust patterns for holidays/background cover.
• Consider nutritional needs and portion control when preparing meals.
• Maintain hygiene standards and follow COSHH, HACCP and safety routines.
• Manage stock, labeling, rotation and inventory checks.
• Place timely cost-effective orders aligned with menus and traffic/ functions.
• Prepare and deliver buffets for internal events.
• Ensure compliance with Hospice policies and infection control guidelines.
• Adhere to dress code and confidentiality in all duties.
• Attend training as required by line manager and team.
• Support Hospice strategy and safe working practices.

Skills

Teamwork

Food hygiene

Communication

Budget awareness

Money handling

Education

NVQ level II in food preparation

Job description

Location: Alice House Hospice Hours: Rota over 7 days (including weekends) | Additional hours occasionally available

Alice House Hospice is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Cook to join our friendly Catering Team

In this rewarding role, you'll help deliver nutritious and delicious meals for our patients while also using your creativity to develop exciting food options for our popular Bistro. Your ideas and flair will help us identify new food trends and create tempting hot and cold dishes, cakes, and pastries all freshly prepared from scratch.

All profits from our Bistro go directly back into supporting the vital work of the Hospice, so your skills will truly make a difference.

Main duties of the job

What were looking for:

• Experience in preparing fresh, high-quality food
• Creativity and knowledge of current food trends
• Ability to work under pressure and as part of a motivated team
• Flexibility to work a rota that includes weekends

About us

We are dedicated to creating a safe and compliant workplace for our employees and visitors. As we continue to grow, we are seeking a skilled and motivated Cook to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a professional looking to make a meaningful impact while working part-time

Job responsibilities

• The provision of well-presented meals that meet individual dietary requirements, to ensure that patients are effectively catered for at all times.
• Working as part of a team on a rota system occasionally it will be necessary to adjust your shift pattern to provide holiday or sickness cover
• To have an awareness of the diverse dietary needs of individuals and work toward supplying them with the most appropriate nutrition and portion size
• To maintain high standards in food service, ensuring that hygiene conditions are maintained by adhering to kitchen cleaning schedules, and practising COSHH, HACCP systems and risk assessments.
• To store all goods in the correct manner, ensuring that stock is checked in, effectively labelled, rotated and secure at all times.
• When required be able to place timely cost-effective orders which should be conducive to the menu and the volume of expected traffic/ functions.
• The ability to prepare and deliver buffets for internal events.
• To ensure that the kitchen complies with all Hospice standards, rules and regulations and Environmental Health legislation at all times.
• To ensure that the strict dress code, as laid down by Hospice policy is adhered to at all times, to ensure that hygiene rules are met.
• To report any illness of an infectious nature, to enable infection control to be maintained at all times.
• To attend appropriate training courses, as required by the line manager to enable more effective job fulfilment.
• To be aware of and maintain confidentiality at all times.
• To undertake all tasks in accordance with the Law, the Hospice Philosophy, and the Hospice policies on Equality of Opportunity and Collective Responsibility.
• To be aware of and maintain safety procedures at all times in relation to the spread of infectious diseases, working under the guidance of the Infection Control Lead Nurse to minimise risks to patients staff and visitors.
• Complete all paperwork associated with the role.

Qualifications

• The ability to work effectively in a team
• Understanding of the need to follow food hygiene regulations
• The ability to communicate effectively with people under difficult circumstances
• A commitment to personal training and development
• The ability to prepare basic meals in an effective and timely manner
• The ability to work unsupervised
• Understanding of equality of opportunity
• Understanding of collective responsibility
• Qualified to, or willing to undertake NVQ level II in food preparation.
• Understanding of collective responsibility, equality and diversity
• To have an awareness of budgets, meeting daily targets both sales and expenditure
• The ability to handle money
• Assist in maintaining own and others health, safety and security.
• To work as part of the hospice team to support the implementation of the Hospice Strategy.

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.