Job summary
- Main area
- Catering Dept
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (This will include early mornings and weekends)
- Job ref
- 200-NN-6406824-E&A-Z
- Employer
- St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- St Georges Hospital Trust
- Town
- Tooting
- Salary
- £27,948 - £29,468 pa inc HCAS
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 19/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Chef
Band 3
Job overview
To assist planning, procure, produce and serve high quality, freshly made, nutritious and well-presented food to meet the needs of our patients, staff and visitors in a safe and well managed environment.
Main duties of the job
To adhere to the NHS National standards for healthcare food and drink 2022.To prepare and ensure meals are delivered and served appropriately, including relevant portion size. To oversee the service of food and beverage to a range of customers ensure the food safety standards are adhered to. To assist monitoring stock levels, ensure appropriate rotation of stock. Contribute to a positive attitude towards learning opportunities within the company. To inspect, record and monitor, and if required, take action to ensure that high standards are maintained, (complying with Health and Safety and Food Handling and Hygiene Regulations) and feedback to your Line Manager
Working for our organisation
With nearly 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, they are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.
Their main site, St George’s Hospital in Tooting – one of the country’s principal teaching hospitals – is shared with St George’s, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George’s Hospital also hosts the St George’s, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.
As well as acute hospital services, they provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.
St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. A large number of services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.
The trust also provides care for patients from a larger catchment area in southeast England, for specialties such as complex pelvic trauma. Other services treat patients from all over the country, such as family HIV care and bone marrow transplantation for non-cancer diseases. The trust also provides a nationwide state-of-the-art endoscopy training centre.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
*****Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role*****
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a professional kitchen environment
- Experience of completing safety data information in line with legislation.
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a healthcare or retail restaurant environment
- Can demonstrate experience of customer service
- Experiencing of cash handling and using a till.
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate Level 3
- C & G 706 1 & 2 ,NVQ or experience equivalent
- Allergen Awareness
Desirable criteria
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate Level 4 or higher
Skills
Essential criteria
- Clear understanding of HACCP
- Good understanding of Food preparation and cooking techniques
Desirable criteria
- Ability to work under pressure
- Organisational skills
We expect all our staff to share the values that are important to the trust – being excellent, kind, responsible and respectful – and behave in a way that reflects these. More information on the vision and values of St. George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is attached below.
Please note that this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if sufficient applicants are received. Please check your email regularly as all candidates shortlisted for interview will be contacted and informed by email.
If you are appointed to the post, as part of your pre-employment check we will be required to verify your identity. The document/s you present for this purpose will be checked for their authenticity by scanning all known security features. These features will include:
- The machine readable zone
- An ultra violet image
- An infra red image
As part of your pre-employment checks, we will also be required to obtain satisfactory, written references. Please ensure that the referee details which you provide on your application form are correct. We require at least one written reference from your current or most recent line manager. We are only able to accept references from a professional work email address.
Telephone: 02082963786
Text: 07501066267
Email: [email protected].
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
This post will require a submission for Disclosure to be made to check for any unspent criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- marcel dueren
- Job title
- Head of Catering
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0208 725 1952
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