The catering department at North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust needs a cook to prepare and serve patients' meals under food safety law and the department's hazard analysis system. Most of the work is cooking to standard recipes, meeting special diets and allergen rules, and preparing buffets and hospitality requests. The role also involves daily contact with nursing staff, including telephone requests for extra meals, plus occasional deliveries and showing new starters the work. Previous applicants are not eligible to apply.
What the job involves
- Prepare and cook patients' meals to standard recipes, meeting allergen legislation
- Make sure patients receive any special diets requested
- Maintain food safety standards under the Food Safety Act 1990, the Food Hygiene Regulations 1995 and the departmental HACCP system
- Communicate daily with patients, nursing staff and colleagues, including face‑to‑face and by telephone requests for extra meals or special diets
- Respond to patient comments or complaints about food quality and take appropriate action
- Liaise daily with the manager and supervisors and act on tasks set
- Liaise with all staff on service issues and menu changes
- Prepare buffets and hospitality requests
- Receive deliveries on an occasional basis, following HACCP procedures
- Show new starters tasks and methods of work and allow them to shadow duties
- Report maintenance problems or defects in the kitchen to the Estates Department
- Take part in Trust mandatory training and departmental training
What’s required
Experience
- Minimum 2 years' experience
- At least 1 year's experience of bulk cooking
- Able to work unsupervised
Skills & knowledge
- Knowledge of bulk cooking, with an example given
- Clear communication skills
- Able to communicate current food legislation
- Able to demonstrate creating a menu
Other
- Physically fit
Nice to have
- Basic food hygiene qualification
- Allergen awareness
- NVQ Level 1 or 2
- Understanding of HACCP
- Knowledge of large-scale catering
- Working as part of a team, including in a large team
- Evidence to support knowledge
- Able to explain all aspects of the job advertised
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Contact Details:
The Methodist Church in Britain Recruitment Team
