Cook - Newmarket Hospital

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Newmarket; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A rural NHS Trust is seeking a Catering Team Member to provide high-quality meals while maintaining hygiene standards. The role involves preparing and serving nutritious food, monitoring food production, and ensuring adherence to dietary requirements. Ideal candidates will have a strong understanding of food hygiene and safety guidelines, and the ability to operate catering equipment safely. Join our friendly team working to provide care and support within a busy healthcare environment.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to maintain hygiene standards while cooking.
• Experience in food production with a focus on nutritional quality.
• Knowledge of allergen and dietary requirement considerations.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and serve high quality nutritious food.
• Monitor food production and maintain temperature records.
• Produce meals in accordance with specific dietary needs and standards.

Skills

Food hygiene standards

Understanding of HACCP and COSHH

Knowledge of IDDSI

Ability to work under pressure

Teamwork

Job description

Job Overview

To work as part of a team providing a safe, high quality catering service for the Trust. To maintain hygiene standards. To prepare and serve high quality nutritious food in accordance with the department's standard recipes, using fresh ingredients. To be able to maintain prolonged concentration when preparing and cooking several different dishes in a busy and pressured environment. To have a good understanding and apply HACCP and COSSH and follow the department's food hygiene practices. To have knowledge and apply IDDSI and follow this patient safety guidance. To offer guidance to ward staff in the absence of dietetic support (out of hours) with specific regard to allergen, consistency and dietary requirements for patients within the Trust. To be aware of Trust policies and procedures applicable to the service and report any issues the line manager.

Main duties of the job

1. To undertake food production as part of a team producing safe, high quality, nutritious meals for patients staff and visitors to the Trust.


2. To work in all areas of the food production kitchen covering all sections.


3. To follow standard recipes and to participate with continuous improvement.


4. To maintain records of their daily food production, wastage and dish temperature control in line with the departments ISO procedures.


5. Help assemble meals for patient's service, monitoring portion control of dishes and nutritional requirements.


6. To produce food for special functions.


7. To produce specific dietary dishes and meals following dietetics instructions


8. To produce dishes and meals to specific IDDSI standards.


9. To work to a ridged timescale making sure meals are ready for service.


10. To maintain food hygiene standards with specific regard to temperature and cross contamination guidelines.


11. To clean the food production area which they are working in.


12. Safe and hygienic use of high cost, dangerous catering equipment.


13. Prepare fillings and dishes for use within other areas of the department in a safe hygienic method using standard recipes for staff/visitors restaurant and patients.

#BeKnown at West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust. By us. By our patients. By our community

We are a busy, friendly, rural NHS Trust providing high-quality care and compassion to more than a quarter of a million people across west Suffolk. We care for, treat and support people in hospital, at home and in various community settings.

The West Suffolk Hospital in Bury St Edmunds provides acute and secondary care services (emergency department, maternity and neonatal services, day surgery unit, eye treatment centre, Macmillan unit and children’s ward). It has 500+ beds and is a partner teaching hospital of the University of Cambridge.

Adult and paediatric community services, provided in collaboration with West Suffolk Alliance partners, include a range of nursing, therapy, specialist, and ongoing temporary care and rehabilitation, some at our Newmarket Community Hospital.

We do our utmost to achieve outstanding clinical outcomes for patients and our values of fairness, inclusivity, respect, safety and team work guide how we work and behave as a team.

With nearly 5,000 staff, from all over the world, we strive to make our organisation a great place to work. Whatever your role or ambition, we want to help you be the best you can be.

We promote a diverse and inclusive community where everyones voice counts and you can #BeKnown for whoever you are.