Welcome to Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and thank you for your interest.
In addition to receiving tertiary referrals from across the South East of England, we have a network of 'spoke' sites at district general hospitals enabling our consultants to offer their expertise with routine treatments and consultations as close to patients' homes as is possible. With the recent addition of video led 'virtual' consultations we also enable patients who have some distance to travel to avoid the additional stress and worry of a long journey.
Working at QVH combines the excitement, challenge and career opportunities of many larger organisations with the satisfaction of delivering excellent patient care that really does re-build our patients' lives.
flexible working arrangements for a work-life balance that suits you and your needs
a dedicated reward programme, offering a range of national and local discounts, cashback and tax relief schemes
At Queen Victoria Hospital we want to be the first Net Zero Hospital in England, and to achieve that wants every member of staff to be a green champion. The Trust expects all staff to reuse and recycle more, to use energy and water efficiently, to walk or cycle to work if you can, and to have a focus on sustainability in the workplace.
1 X Chef Band 4
ATTRACTIVE ENHANCEMENT PAY FOR WEEKEND WORK
5 hours per week (Monday to Sunday 6.The Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is an expert surgical Trust, specialising in Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial Surgery and Burns.
The main purpose of the job is to provide assistance to the Head Chef and Assistant Chef and support the smooth running of the Main and Ward Kitchens. Assist to maintain the 5-Star Food Safety Hygiene Rating.
Working as part of the Catering Team you would work hard to maintain our high standards of cleanliness and customer service. You would enjoy a range of NHS benefits including a fantastic annual leave benefits and pension scheme. To be responsible for preparation and cooking of all food requirements which meet expectations in terms of quality and value for money within current legislation (HACCPS) day to day operation of catering service, including special and ethnic diets
Demonstrate a positive and professional attitude and deal with any comments or feedback with necessary actions to maintain food safety and hygiene provisions
Rated GOOD overall with outstanding care by the CQC. Everything we do is informed by our passion for providing the highest quality care and the best clinical outcomes.
At QVH we are proud of our achievements and our specialist services continue to record excellent clinical outcomes for patients. We regularly receive excellent results from patient satisfaction surveys and on average 98% of inpatients say they would recommend the hospital to their family or friends.
We are fully committed to training and development of the workforce with support for continuing education and learning.
To ensure the highest standards in food produced, service and delivery are maintained at all times
To ensure all food items are stored correctly ensuring good stock rotation and temperature control
Maintain due diligence in all work procedures and practices throughout, for example, the preparation, cooking, service and storage stages through temperature control, high standards of personal hygiene, monitoring forms along with a clear understanding of HACCP and COSHH. Ensure all HACCP documentation is completed by the catering assistants and checked on a daily basis. This is important to ensure that the Trust achieves the highest star rating for food hygiene. Ensure that all activities required for the preparation and distribution of food to patients, staff and visitors is met to standards expected
Deal with patient, staff and visitor queries and complaints escalate to The Head Chef and Assistant chef as necessary
Ability to display moderate effort for short periods of time when moving and handling catering equipment
Report any Health and Safety related issues to the Head of Facilities.
Food Safety Hygiene Level 2 & QCF Level 3
Food Safety & Hygiene Level 3
Ability to prioritise and organise kitchen work
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
DBS Code of Practice (PDF, 149.Recruitment of Ex-offenders (PDF, 76.Relocation Policy (PDF, 631.