Chef/Cook

Job summary

We are seeking a motivated and enthusiastic full time cook to work as part of our friendly Catering team that work between Kingsway Hospital and the Radbourne Unit, Royal Derby Hospital, providing quality fresh cooked meals to our patient's staff and visitors.

Other jobs include preparing sandwiches, salads, hot and cold puddings and general cleaning duties to maintain the required Hygiene Standards that are essential in a busy food production kitchen.

You should also have the ability to work flexible hours at times when it may be necessary to provide cover for colleagues during annual leave or sickness periods at our Radbourne and Kingsway Hospital sites.

Main duties of the job

The post-holder will:

• Prepare and cook nutritional, well-balanced meals from fresh for patients, staff, and visitors on a daily basis.
• Correctly identify allergens in foods that are being prepared for patients, staff and visitors.
• Understand special dietary needs, for health, follow texture modified diets under the IDDSI guidelines, religious or cultural reasons and to communicate special diet information to customers
• Follow recipes accurately, to identify allergens in food and to ensure correct number of portions are produced for correct consistency flavour and texture.
• Assess good portion control, managing food waste.
• Ensure that all Health, Safety and Food Hygiene Legislation is observed, which will include assisting with the cleaning schedules for all catering areas and equipment.
• Work at other units beyond the normal rostered pattern as requested, sites being Radbourne or Kingsway.

About us

Values

As an employee of Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust you are required to adhere to the Trust's overriding value of putting "patients at the heart of everything we do". In recognising both the values expressed in the NHS Constitution and the Trust Values you will:

• Take pride in the Trust, show loyalty and commitment.
• Build and maintain trust in all our relationships.
• Treat everyone with respect, recognise people's differences.
• Value everyone, listen to others and respond accordingly.
• Be positive, honourable and honest but also sensitive
• Be respectful, welcoming, polite and courteous.
• Put quality at the centre of all we do.
• Educate and develop ourselves to perform to the highest standards