Job summary
Location: Alice House Hospice Hours: Rota over 7 days (including weekends) | Additional hours occasionally available
Alice House Hospice is looking for a talented and enthusiastic Cook to join our friendly Catering Team
In this rewarding role, you'll help deliver nutritious and delicious meals for our patients while also using your creativity to develop exciting food options for our popular Bistro. Your ideas and flair will help us identify new food trends and create tempting hot and cold dishes, cakes, and pastries all freshly prepared from scratch.
All profits from our Bistro go directly back into supporting the vital work of the Hospice, so your skills will truly make a difference.
Main duties of the job
What were looking for:
- Experience in preparing fresh, high-quality food
- Creativity and knowledge of current food trends
- Ability to work under pressure and as part of a motivated team
- Flexibility to work a rota that includes weekends
If you have a passion for food, care about quality, and want your work to have a positive impact, wed love to hear from you
About us
We are dedicated to creating a safe and compliant workplace for our employees and visitors. As we continue to grow, we are seeking a skilled and motivated Cook to join our team. This is a great opportunity for a professional looking to make a meaningful impact while working part-time
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Key Tasks
- The
provision of well-presented meals that meet individual dietary
requirements, to ensure that patients are effectively catered for at all
times.
- Working
as part of a team on a rota system occasionally it will be necessary to
adjust your shift pattern to provide holiday or sickness cover
- To
have an awareness of the diverse dietary needs of individuals and work
toward supplying them with the most appropriate nutrition and portion size
- To
maintain high standards in food service, ensuring that hygiene conditions
are maintained by adhering to kitchen cleaning schedules, and practising COSHH,
HACCP systems and risk assessments.
- To
store all goods in the correct manner, ensuring that stock is checked in,
effectively labelled, rotated and secure at all times.
- When
required be able to place timely cost-effective orders which should be
conducive to the menu and the volume of expected traffic/ functions.
- The
ability to prepare and deliver buffets for internal events.
- To
ensure that the kitchen complies with all Hospice standards, rules and
regulations and Environmental Health legislation at all times.
- To
ensure that the strict dress code, as laid down by Hospice policy is
adhered to at all times, to ensure that hygiene rules are met.
- To report any illness of an infectious nature, to
enable infection control to be maintained at all times.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Key Tasks
- The
provision of well-presented meals that meet individual dietary
requirements, to ensure that patients are effectively catered for at all
times.
- Working
as part of a team on a rota system occasionally it will be necessary to
adjust your shift pattern to provide holiday or sickness cover
- To
have an awareness of the diverse dietary needs of individuals and work
toward supplying them with the most appropriate nutrition and portion size
- To
maintain high standards in food service, ensuring that hygiene conditions
are maintained by adhering to kitchen cleaning schedules, and practising COSHH,
HACCP systems and risk assessments.
- To
store all goods in the correct manner, ensuring that stock is checked in,
effectively labelled, rotated and secure at all times.
- When
required be able to place timely cost-effective orders which should be
conducive to the menu and the volume of expected traffic/ functions.
- The
ability to prepare and deliver buffets for internal events.
- To
ensure that the kitchen complies with all Hospice standards, rules and
regulations and Environmental Health legislation at all times.
- To
ensure that the strict dress code, as laid down by Hospice policy is
adhered to at all times, to ensure that hygiene rules are met.
- To report any illness of an infectious nature, to
enable infection control to be maintained at all times.
Person Specification
Person Specification
Essential
- The ability to work effectively in a team
- Understanding of the need to follow food hygiene regulations
- The ability to communicate effectively with people under difficult circumstances
- A commitment to personal training and development
- The ability to prepare basic meals in an effective and timely manner
- The ability to work unsupervised
- Understanding of equality of opportunity
- Understanding of collective responsibility
- Qualified to, or willing to undertake NVQ level II in food
- preparation.
- Understanding of collective responsibility, equality and diversity
- To have an awareness of budgets, meeting daily targets both sales and expenditure
- The ability to handle money
- Assist in maintaining own and others health, safety and security.
- To work as part of the hospice team to support the implementation of the Hospice Strategy.
Person Specification
Person Specification
Essential
- The ability to work effectively in a team
- Understanding of the need to follow food hygiene regulations
- The ability to communicate effectively with people under difficult circumstances
- A commitment to personal training and development
- The ability to prepare basic meals in an effective and timely manner
- The ability to work unsupervised
- Understanding of equality of opportunity
- Understanding of collective responsibility
- Qualified to, or willing to undertake NVQ level II in food
- preparation.
- Understanding of collective responsibility, equality and diversity
- To have an awareness of budgets, meeting daily targets both sales and expenditure
- The ability to handle money
- Assist in maintaining own and others health, safety and security.
- To work as part of the hospice team to support the implementation of the Hospice Strategy.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
