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Main area Chef Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent: Tuesday - Saturday 12.00-8.00pm over 5/7 including Bank Holidays if required Hours
* Full time
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Flexiablity is required for this post as hours may change for service needs.) Job ref 409-7090514-B
Site Southport and Ormskirk Town Southport Salary £24,937 - £26,598 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 27/08/2025 23:59
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Job overview
Southport and Ormskirk Facilities are looking to recruit a conscientious and enthusiastic Chef to join our team going forward in these exciting times.
Southport and Ormskirk is a traditional cook trust that provides quality freshly prepared food to patients, staff and visitors alike.
The role involves working in all areas of the kitchen including pastry, breakfasts, vegetables, main courses and special dietary requirements.
The ideal candidate should have good culinary skills and experience of large scale catering with an eye for detail.
Do you have City & Guilds 7061&2 or NVQ Level 2, experience in menu planning and good organisational skills?
Main duties of the job
* Provide a customer focused service
* Preparation, cook and serve all types of food items, including special diets without direct Supervision.
* Organise, deliver, develop and improve the catering service throughout the Trust.
* Ensure efficient management of all catering services
* Ensure compliance with all legislation relating to risk management and security
* Ensure compliance with all legislation relating to food safety management
* Cleaning of structures, equipment and meal service components as specialised in work instructions
* Store keeping including, checking deliveries, storage and stock rotation identify any anomalies
* At times to operate without the direct guidance of a team leader
* Ensure a secure working environment for patients, visitors and staff
* Promote and maintain point of sale
* Undertake all aspects of the Cash handling process when necessary
Working for our organisation
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Our Services:
Acute Care
Providing emergency and maternity services at Whiston, Southport and Ormskirk hospitals, and medical and surgical specialties across all our sites.
Primary Care
Providing primary care services at Marshalls Cross Medical Centre situated in St Helens Hospital.
Community Services
Providing adult community services for St Helens and a wheelchair service in Chorley, South Ribble, and West Lancashire. Our inpatient unit at Newton Community Hospital is where patients needing acute hospital beds can continue rehabilitation, freeing up space for more unwell patients. We also provide urgent care at our Urgent Treatment Centre located in St Helens town centre.
Specialist Regional Services
We provide the Mersey Regional Burns & Plastic Surgery Unit at Whiston Hospital and the Spinal Injuries Unit at Southport Hospital to more than 4 million people across the whole of Merseyside, West Lancashire, Cheshire, Isle of Man and North Wales.
Achievements:
* Rated Outstanding by CQC Inspection August 2018
* Top 100 places to work in the NHS (NHS Employers & Health Service Journal)
* National Preceptorship Accreditation (2023) for Nursing & AHP Preceptorship Programme
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Maintain all operational procedures, inform ward / staff of menu changes and communicate any dietaryinformation to patients and retail.
* Enforce compliance with Waste Management Policy to meet the changing requirements as segregationrequirements increase. Assist in departmental waste procedure following guardians of waste process.
* Comply with all aspects of Hygiene and Food Safety Legislation
* Stock rotation and store keeping as appropriate identify any anomalies which will affect menus andcommunicate to Management team.
* Organise daily work communicating with colleagues this is to include cooking methods, cooking times,cooking procedures, re-organises menus at a short notice for fresh cook system.
* Regeneration of cook chill/freeze products IDSSI meals, and special diets.
* Adhere to “Clean as you go” principles
* Assist in ordering process of provisions as appropriate
* Deals with Patient and service users’ queries
* Assist Catering Manager and Team leader with implementation of any departmental changes.
CLINICAL & PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES
* Ensure compliance with Facilities Management standards
* Ensure effective delivery of services to service users and customers
* Maintain and improve all aspects of the service
* Participate, as appropriate, with staff involvement groups for all aspects of quality
* Participate in staff involvement groups
* Observe legal requirements
* Ensure compliance with HACCP
* Responsible for the safe use of all equipment
* Ensure compliance and operational observance of safe working practices as detailed in all aspects of riskmanagement
* Ensure all appropriate hygiene monitoring is carried out and recorded for every process
* Ensure compliance with national standards of cleanliness and national food standards
* Effective use of Monika systems
TEACHING & TRAINING RESPONSIBILITIES
* To attend training courses as required and participate in annual refresher sessions in accordance with ownPersonal Development Review
* Ensure compliance with Food safety level 2 and allergen training
* Ensure compliance of 100% with Mandatory training
LINE MANAGEMENT/SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Provide guidance and a knowledge base for new and existing staff
FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES
* Ensure effective and economical use of all Trust resources/materials
* Maintain and monitor stock levels to meet the demands of the service
* Distribute and maintain economic and effective use of chemicals and products
* Ensure good practice to minimise food wastage
* Adhere to standard recipes
Person specification
Our Values
* We are Kind
* We are Open
* We are Inclusive
Qualifications
* Basic Numeracy
* HACCP Training
* Basic Computer Skills
* ECDL or equivalent
* Food Safety Level 3/4 Certificate
Knowledge and Experience
* Varied cooking ability
* NHS Experience
Skills
* Customer Care Skills
* Ability to work under pressure
* Provision of a patient/customer focussed service
* Principles of Risk Management
* Communication
* Ability to instruct other less qualified staff or students
* Cash handling abilities/use of cash registers
Other
* Physically demanding role
* Varied deadlines and adhoc pressures
* Dealing with staff/customer issues
* Professional and hygiene awareness/appearance
* Varied shifts
* Flexible approach to work duties
* Weekend and Bank Holiday Working
* Cross site cover
Thank you for considering an application to work for Mersey West Lancashire NHS Trust. MWL is an exciting and forward-thinking NHS Trust who are one of the best places to work for in England.
Given sometimes we receive a high volume of applications to work for us, please be aware, that we may close a vacancy earlier than stated should a sufficient number of applications be received from which a shortlist can be confirmed. Therefore, you are advised to apply at your earliest convenience.
The Trust may contact you during the recruitment process for your feedback on your experience. We always aim for continuous improvement in our practice.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
We actively cultivate a professional environment of fairness, equality, dignity, and respect for all individuals. We welcome individuals from all backgrounds and value the unique skills, perspective and experience you bring. We are grounded in the belief that diversity enhances our collective strength, fostering innovation and excellence within our workforce. We welcome all applications irrespective of people’s race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, religion/belief, age, gender identity, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy/maternity and in particular those from under- represented groups.
As a Disability Confident Leader, we commit to offering an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
If you are having difficulty completing an online application, or require any disability reasonable adjustments, to the application process, please contact Recruitment@merseywestlancs.nhs.uk
We also commit to offering an interview to all armed forces veterans who meet the minimum criteria for the job (the essential criteria) listed in the personal specification. If you wish to apply under this Guaranteed Interview Scheme, please indicate this on the online application form.
The Trust operates anonymous shortlisting where no personal information about you, including your name or personal details are shared with the recruiting manager. No equality information is shared at any time during the recruitment process with the recruiting manager or other people involved in the decision-making process.
The equality monitoring information you provide is used in the following situations: to review our recruitment practices; where a job is limited to a specific person to verify their eligibility to apply; and to offer disability reasonable adjustments to the recruitment process.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Following the recent update on UK immigration policy for those on a Health and Care Visa or Skilled Worker Visa, please click here to check your eligibility before applying for this post as we may be unable to provide sponsorship.
eVisa Update
For successful candidates on selected work and study visa routes, who have completed and paid for their applications will no longer receive a visa vignette in passport as evidence of their permission to enter the UK.
Instead, you will be issued with an eVisa only, which is accessed by creating a UKVI account.
Before travelling to the UK, we advise applicants to:
* Understand how to generate an eVisa share code
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
If this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Please note if applicable, applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment.
If you have not already done so, you are therefore encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service to which a small annual fee of £13 per year applies.
Flexible Working
We actively support flexible working patterns throughout MWL. Changes made to the NHS Terms and Conditions of Service Handbook mean that:
* · All employees have the right to request flexible working from day one of employment.
* · There is no limit on the number of requests they can make.
* · Employees have the right to make requests, have them considered, regardless of the reason.
At Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, we will consider requests for flexible working. We would also encourage you to also discuss flexible working options at interview stage.
Working for Team MWL
Staff recognition is especially important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Employee of the month. Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.
The Trust is a non-smoking across all our sites. Failure to follow this rule could lead to disciplinary action. For more information, see the Smoke Free NHS website.
You must ensure that your application, including personal statements and behaviour examples, are truthful and factually accurate. Please note plagiarism can include presenting the ideas and experience of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own.
The Trust will not accept applications which are found to be AI generated and will check all applications against AI detection software.
Additional Information
Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trusts Values and Behaviours which are We are KIND, We are OPEN, We are INCLUSIVE, which can be found here .
An applicant guide to help and support you with your application and what to expect during your recruitment journey can be accessed in the supporting documents.
Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team MWL very soon.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
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