Senior Chef
I am currently recruiting for a Chef to provide a high-quality catering services to staff patients and visitor you will be part of a well-established team preparing quality freshly cooked food liaising daily with senior supervisor and managers to ensure a first class catering service is provided to all patients staff and visitors.
Location: Sherborne
Job Type: Temporary
Duration of booking: Expected to be 3 months
Proposed start date: 3rd July 2024
Pay Rates: Up to £12.82 per hour PAYE inclusive of holiday pay
Hours / Working Days: AD-Hoc
Sector: Healthcare
Based: Hospital
Desirable Key Skills:
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Catering qualifications and experience
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Highly organised with catering experience in a healthcare setting
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Attention to detail
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Flexible approach to working
Duties will include but not limited to the following:
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Prepare, cook and serve conventional meals in accordance with specified recipes and methods.
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Check meals for quality, texture, taste and appearance, notifying and correcting problems as appropriate.
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Ensuring that correct hygiene working methods are observed at all times with particular attention to the separation of raw and cooked foods.
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Ensuring food delivered and received meet with the Department’s policy on standards and quality, by undertaking physical checks and temperature probing of all appropriate foodstuffs.
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Ensuring that relevant paperwork is completed timeously, for example HACCP fridge/freezer temperatures.
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Ensuring work patterns and production schedules are observed and that pre chilling times are kept within the laid down limits, notifying the manager where deviations to accepted limits are experienced.
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Maintain high standards of personal care at all times.
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Assisting in the development of quality standards.
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Working in a clean tidy manner “cleaning as you go”.
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Assisting with the cleaning of premises and equipment, using the dishwasher where appropriate.
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Adhering to the colour coding policies.
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Serving on the dining room service counter as required.
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Assisting with the supervision and direction of catering assistants.
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Ensuring correct, economical and safe use of materials and equipment.
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Ensuring equipment is kept clean and in good working order, inspecting it on a regular basis.
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Reporting mechanical and other defects to management timeously.
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Wear the uniform provided and personal protective equipment as specified.
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Carry out such other duties as may be required, which fall within the grading of this post