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Southport and Ormskirk Facilities are looking to recruit a conscientious and enthusiastic Chef to join our team going forward in these exciting times.
Southport and Ormskirk is a traditional cook trust that provides quality freshly prepared food to patients, staff and visitors alike.
The role involves working in all areas of the kitchen including pastry, breakfasts, vegetables, main courses and special dietary requirements.
The Catering Department based at Southport Hospital is looking for an experienced Chef.
The ideal candidate should have good culinary skills and experience of large scale catering with an eye for detail.
Do you have City & Guilds 7061&2 or NVQ Level 2, experience in menu planning and good organisational skills?
Are you motivated and willing to work with the team around you?
If so we can offer you:-
The Secretary of State has approved the partnership between St Helens & Knowsley Teaching Hospitals and Southport & Ormskirk Hospitals.
On 1st July we came together as a single organisation under the name Mersey & West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk and Newton hospitals.
The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales.
Our Vision is to deliver 5 Star Patient Care:
Our achievements include:
Please see our Wellbeing & Benefits booklet for more information on our staff benefits. Accessible version available upon request.
KEY DUTIES
Maintain all operational procedures, inform ward / staff of menu changes and communicate any dietary information to patients and retail.
Enforce compliance with Waste Management Policy to meet the changing requirements as segregation requirements increase.
Assist in departmental waste procedure following guardians of waste process.
Comply with all aspects of Hygiene and Food Safety Legislation
Stock rotation and store keeping as appropriate identify any anomalies which will affect menus and communicate to Management team.
Organise daily work communicating with colleagues this is to include cooking methods, cooking times, cooking procedures, re-organises menus at a short notice for fresh cook system.
Regeneration of cook chill/freeze products IDSSI meals, and special diets.
Adhere to “Clean as you go” principles
Assist in ordering process of provisions as appropriate
Deals with Patient and service users’ queries
Assist Catering Manager and Team leader with implementation of any departmental changes.
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.
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