Cook - Newmarket Hospital

West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust; Newmarket; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a Catering Team Member to ensure high-quality food production for patients and staff. The role requires maintaining food hygiene standards and adhering to dietary guidelines. Candidates should have experience in catering and the ability to work under pressure. This position offers an opportunity to be part of a caring team dedicated to providing excellent service.

Benefits

Friendly work environment

Opportunities for career development

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience in food production and catering services.
• Ability to maintain high food hygiene standards.
• Understanding of dietary requirements and allergen management.

Responsibilities

• Produce safe, high-quality, nutritious meals.
• Maintain food hygiene and safety standards.
• Follow recipes and monitor portion control.

Skills

Food hygiene standards

Knowledge of HACCP and COSHH

Dietary requirements knowledge

Attention to detail

Tools

Catering equipment

Job description

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 departments standard recipes, using fresh ingredients. To be able to maintain prolonged concentration when preparing and cooking serval different dishes in a busy and pressured environment. To have a good understanding and apply this during the working practices with specific regard to HACCP and COSHH and follow the departments Food hygiene practices. To have knowledge and apply this during the working practices with specific regard to of 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 patient 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.