Bank Chef

University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

University Hospitals Birmingham Catering Department have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Chef to join our catering team.

The Catering Department at University Hospitals Birmingham have a vacancy for a bank Chef to assist preparing meals for Patients, Staff Restaurants and Hospitality events within a thriving CPU. The ideal candidate must be patient focused and is able to demonstrate practical experience and knowledge of allergens and nutritional content. Having experience within an Industrial Kitchen would be an advantage. They will be required to ensure food safety standards are met at all times following our HACCP procedures.

Main duties of the job

Ensure all food hygiene, HACCP, Health and safety, COSHH and other statutory legislation is adhered to all time within all catering areas and that all stipulated records are maintained.

Ensure that the presentation of all food is in accordance with agreed standards as defined by the catering manager.

Maintain correct storage of food. Ensuring that employees are storing all provisions in accordance with food hygiene legislation.

Coordinate patient and retail meal services in line with catering standards.

Produce nutritious patient meals using standardised recipes, tasting meals to ensure they meet the quality required for patients.

Develop new dishes to be sold within the Restaurants at Solihull Hospital and Good Hope Hospital.

Ensure that catering employees are working in a safe environment with the correct machinery, equipment, and uniform whilst carrying out all their duties safely.

Report production problems to the head chef and Catering Manager.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.

Date posted

09 January 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£10.42 to £15.11 a year

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

304-BANKC03GB

Job locations

Trustwide

Mindelsohn Way

Birmingham

West Midlands

B15 2TH

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Job description

Job responsibilities

*Please Note : For a specific detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description*

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
* Allergen Training
* European Qualification Considered
* City and Guilds 706/1 or NVQ 2/3 equivalent
* City and Guilds 706/2 or NVQ 2/3 equivalent
* Food Hygiene Level 3 or equivalent (e.g. Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, CIEH)
* Level 2 Health & Safety qualification or equivalent (e.g. Institute of Occupational Safety and Health IOSH, CIEH)
* Level 2 HACCP qualification or equivalent
* BETEC Level 3 Catering course or equivalent ( 706/1 2 certificate)

Experience

Essential

* Food Hygiene Regulations
* Catering background with a minimum of one year's experience
* Food Safety
* Experience of monitoring standards against targets
* Self-management and team-building skills, aware of customer requirements, aware of inter-personal dynamics
* Knowledge of catering services within a health care environment
* Knowledge of Health & Safety at Work Regulations, COSHH, HACCP and Environmental Health legislation
* Knowledge of National Specification for Cleaning and methodologies in the NHS including monitoring standards
* Standard IT skills

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

* Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
* Allergen Training
* European Qualification Considered
* City and Guilds 706/1 or NVQ 2/3 equivalent
* City and Guilds 706/2 or NVQ 2/3 equivalent
* Food Hygiene Level 3 or equivalent (e.g. Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, CIEH)
* Level 2 Health & Safety qualification or equivalent (e.g. Institute of Occupational Safety and Health IOSH, CIEH)
* Level 2 HACCP qualification or equivalent
* BETEC Level 3 Catering course or equivalent ( 706/1 2 certificate)

Experience

Essential

* Food Hygiene Regulations
* Catering background with a minimum of one year's experience
* Food Safety
* Experience of monitoring standards against targets
* Self-management and team-building skills, aware of customer requirements, aware of inter-personal dynamics
* Knowledge of catering services within a health care environment
* Knowledge of Health & Safety at Work Regulations, COSHH, HACCP and Environmental Health legislation
* Knowledge of National Specification for Cleaning and methodologies in the NHS including monitoring standards
* Standard IT skills

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.