Job summary
The Kingfisher Mother and Baby Unit is an 8 bedded unit providing specialist inpatient mental health care for up to 8 women during the perinatal period.
This is an exciting opportunity for a cook to work for us 15 hours per week. We will provide a full induction on recruitment and regular peer support.
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:-
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- gym membership
- NHS discounts and many more.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will be supporting us with providing meals for our service users. This will include meal planning, buying the food, daily preparation, cooking and serving.
There will be a requirement to work flexibly within this role with some weekend work.
You will have autonomy in the development of bespoke menus in collaboration with the clinical team and mothers on the unit. Delivering high quality meals that promote optimum physical health to inpatients, weaning babies, family and staff on request with support of the dietician.
You will liaise with food suppliers, local supermarkets and independent stores to meal plan cost effectively within an allocated budget each week.
You will work directly with the mothers and clinical team to ensure individual dietary requirements and likes are met. You will also deliver health promotion groups focussed on nutrition and culinary skills. Positive previous examples have been smoothie groups or simple quick and nutritious recipe ideas for all of the family.
You will have autonomy to offer creativity to the role.
You will supervise a cook, providing oversight, direction and safe management of the catering facility. Working together you will deliver meals on a shift rotation ensuring meal provision to the MBU over 14 hours per week. Typical working hours are from 10:30 - 18:30 providing lunch and evening meals..
About us
The position offers the opportunity for creativity, job satisfaction and fulfilment for the ideal candidate which we believe sets it apart from traditional chef roles. You will be welcomed into the team, with a valuable role to play in the support and treatment of women and their families during a vulnerable time.
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.
Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.
Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
If you require any further information please contact
Ward Manager Justine Goodale 01603 786745
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!
Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.
Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs
If you require any further information please contact
Ward Manager Justine Goodale 01603 786745
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- City and Guilds Level 2 or working towards NVQ Level 3 qualification or equivalent
- Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Level 2 Food Safety Certificate or equivalent
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of service delivery within a catering environment.
- Experience in nutrition, cookery, hospitality and catering principles.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to provide and receive routine information to inform colleagues and patients, which may include informing on menu changes.
- Ability to demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- To support and offer advice to staff in relation to food safety standards, service delivery and health and safety issues.
Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge of Food Safety legislation, The Food Act, Food Hygiene Regulations, Food Hygiene Temperatures Control Regulations
- Understanding of Health and Safety issues relating to the kitchen and cleaning, including food safety/COSHH.
- Knowledge of and ability to provide food allergen information
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS/Trust Food Hygiene Codes of Practice.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- City and Guilds Level 2 or working towards NVQ Level 3 qualification or equivalent
- Chartered Institute of Environmental Health Level 2 Food Safety Certificate or equivalent
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Experience of service delivery within a catering environment.
- Experience in nutrition, cookery, hospitality and catering principles.
Desirable
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to provide and receive routine information to inform colleagues and patients, which may include informing on menu changes.
- Ability to demonstrate effective verbal and non-verbal communication skills
- To support and offer advice to staff in relation to food safety standards, service delivery and health and safety issues.
Knowledge
Essential
- Working knowledge of Food Safety legislation, The Food Act, Food Hygiene Regulations, Food Hygiene Temperatures Control Regulations
- Understanding of Health and Safety issues relating to the kitchen and cleaning, including food safety/COSHH.
- Knowledge of and ability to provide food allergen information
Desirable
- Knowledge of NHS/Trust Food Hygiene Codes of Practice.
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
