Job Title: Chef Trust: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust Location: Royal Berkshire Hospital, London Road, Reading RG1 5AN Shift Pattern: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm or 10am-6pm Pay Rate: £ 12.21 an hour Escalated rates over the weekend. About the Trust: Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest general hospital foundation trusts in the country and the main provider of acute and specialist care services for West Berkshire. With seven sites, the Trust employs approximately 6,500 staff and serves a population of around 1,000,000 people. Job Duties · Preparing and cooking patient/ restaurant meals in our modern well-equipped kitchen. · Provide information on food service, matters including recipes and wastage information. · Planning meals and menus · Lifting and storing of heavy provisions. · Keep up to date with departmental COSHH manual and PPE requirement for each food preparation and cleaning task · Storing food correctly · Take responsibility for maintaining high standards of cleanliness within the department, including personal hygiene. What you’ll need: · Relevant Chef/Cooking experience. · Excellent communication skills- both verbal and written · Good communicator who can follow instructions · Allergen Awareness · Ability to meet deadlines and work under pressure · NVQ Level 2 or equivalent · Food Safety Level 2 As a member of NHS Professionals, you have fantastic benefits: · Competitive pay rates- work this week, get paid next week · Essential support when you need it- 24/7 365 days- call us anytime · Multi locational- work across neighbouring Trusts · Manage your shifts and timesheets on the go- access your “My Bank” shift portal anywhere, anytime online or through your smartphone · Varied working options to suit your lifestyle- access to the Bank gives you options of ad hoc shifts or longer-term placements · Training and development opportunities- Keep up with the essentials and more · Build holiday allowance for every shift you work- your work life balance is important to us · Stakeholder pension scheme available- a flexible future for you and yours Who are NHS Professionals? We specialise in putting people in place to care. Every year we help thousands of dedicated candidates and highly skilled NHS workers enjoy better career opportunities, access to more shifts and a healthier work-life balance, giving more choice and control to our members. As an equal opportunities’ organisation, NHSP is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective Bank members and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender reassignment, or marriage and civil partnership. We believe there is a strong case for the Equality, Diversity and inclusion agenda and we strongly encourage suitably qualified applicants form a range of backgrounds to apply. Apply Today By joining us you can look forward to a choice of flexible Bank shifts across any of our client Trusts in England, as well as the ability to develop professionally and gain experience in several wards or areas. Disclaimer Please note, you will be contacted by email throughout the recruitment process, so please check your emails, including your junk/spam regularly. We regret we cannot contact everyone who is not selected for an interview, therefore if you do not hear from us within 21 days after submitting your application, please assume you have not been successful on this occasion