Cook

Job summary

The post holder will work to a specified recipe, weigh, prepare, cook, portion, freeze, and store all food items using high volume cooking equipment and freezing/chilling equipment accordance with University Health Board Food Safety Policy and all related policies, procedures and legislative requirements. To assist in developing, maintaining and promoting the highest standards of CPU service delivery and team working practices; supporting the CPU Manager in the day to day running of the department.

The post holder is responsible to ensure competence within the full range of their duties: with emphasis on risk assessment, including HACCP, health and safety, COSHH, employment law, Basic Food Hygiene and other relevant legislation, and meeting control of infection requirements.

Main duties of the job

To prepare all types of hot and cold food to include special or therapeutic diet

To ensure that all food is chilled/frozen in the prescribed manner after cooking and that all food is placed into the correct storage.

To ensure that all ingredients are used in accordance with planned production, portion size and weight chart, standardized recipes and correct cooking methods.

To work to planned production schedules in accordance with the Production Manager instructions

To ensure that all instructions issued relating to the correct procedure for handling and storing of food for the Cook Freeze/Chill Systems are observed at all times. The correct recording of any information relating to the use of the Cook Freeze/Chill System i.e. marking foils, weight of food in foils etc. are carried out in the correct manner

To adhere to the standard recipe book set down for CPU for all recipes used

About us

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.