Overview
To succeed in this role, you need to be self‑motivated, flexible and a team player. Good communication skills are essential as you will work with a diverse team to maintain high standards. This position offers an excellent opportunity for growth, managing and developing the team while providing exceptional service and adhering to food hygiene practices. Strong culinary skills will help you perform well in this role.
Key Responsibilities
* Monitor and maintain consistent food standards and quality across all Trust catering areas during all stages of production.
* Ensure that quality control measures and hygiene systems are achieved at all times.
* Prepare, cook and present inpatient feeding and retail food offerings in line with expected departmental standards.
* Present and serve food in line with Trust standards, using innovation in method, presentation and service.
* Participate in the HACCP procedure in accordance with the Trust’s Food Safety Policy, creating and maintaining correct use of records including cleaning rota and closing down procedures.
* Have accountability for the day‑to‑day running of the kitchen service.
* Actively participate in the ongoing management and development of menus, in line with Trust guidance.
* Discuss ideas with customers and obtain constructive feedback.
* Monitor stock control, ensuring stock rotation and use‑by dates are followed, and food wastage is minimised.
* Be responsible for the collection of deliveries to the site, undertaking quality assurance and accounting for all goods received.
* Support other units within the Trust, providing assistance to teams as needed.
Essential Skills and Experience
* Experience preparing both cooked and chilled food.
* Creativity and innovation to enhance the dining experience for patients and staff.
* Ability to ensure healthy food choices meet trust and government guidelines, increasing satisfaction within the organisation.
* Manage and develop a kitchen team while maintaining health and safety compliance.
Pre‑employment and DBS Requirements
All positions within the Trust are subject to satisfactory pre‑employment checks. The Trust mandates that all post holders who require a DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. Enrolment in the service is required for a fee of £16 per year and must be maintained throughout employment with GMMH.
Diversity and Inclusion
We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve and are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under‑represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.
Sponsorship & Immigration
This role is not eligible for sponsorship unless you meet criteria for temporary exemption from current changes to immigration rules put in force on 22/07/2025. Separate provisions are applied to workers who have been sponsored and held continuously a Skilled Worker visa since prior to 04/04/2024.
AI in Applications
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) when writing job applications – A candidate may utilise the help of AI when writing job application. The assessment of an application is made on its entirety and most times AI‑generated content does not fully grasp the context and requirements of the job one applies for, thus producing inaccurate and misleading information, especially in the supporting statement section of an application that can lack real life examples of one’s achievements, success and challenges. We have added a disclaimer to our application process advising that the use of AI is monitored. GMMH reserves the right to follow up with a candidate at the interview on specific responses and those examples used in the supporting statement to explore it further.
Benefits
* Pay Enhancements
* 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
* Excellent pension
* Cycle to work scheme
* Salary sacrifice car scheme
* Wellbeing programme
* Blue Light Card Discounts
* fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)
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