Job summary
- Main area
- Catering
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Sunday)
- Job ref
- 292-6295040-EF
- Employer
- The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Princess Alexandra Hospital
- Town
- Harlow
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 Per annum plus 5% high cost area supplement
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 03/06/2024 08:00
Employer heading
Chef
NHS AfC: Band 3
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
Our values
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) promise to our patients, as identified by our three values which will contribute to improving our patients’ experiences, is:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts.
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both.
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care.
Job overview
We are looking for chefs who are up for the challenge to join our busy kitchen at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. You’ll be part of a dedicated team preparing meals for our patients and people to the highest standard.
We actively support the development of our team to ensure they learn and grow with us. We are able to offer support with your professional development, including funding qualifications in nutrition and dietetics, food hygiene (intermediate and enhanced) and also offer apprenticeships.
Main duties of the job
You will be responsible for your own food preparation section and controlling cooking and service operation and providing assistance to the other chefs. You will also support with remodelling of menus, optimising productivity and maintaining kitchen stock.
We can offer flexible shifts to ensure we cover our service from 6am to 7pm, 7 days a week.
When you start with us you will have a comprehensive 6-month probationary period to ensure you are properly supported as you learn your new job and what is expected; ensuring we identify any training and development needs and put objectives in place to support you in your role and career with us.
Working for our organisation
Our Organisation
The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping.
We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.
Our Values
The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:
Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts
Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both
Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care
The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached job description and person specification, available to download at any time.
Person specification
education
Essential criteria
- 3 GCSE
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent in catering
Desirable criteria
- Basic qualification in food hygience
- Previous experience in hospital trust environment
Exper
Essential criteria
- culinary service, hospitality, restaurant or large retail environment experince
- experience working in a large team
Desirable criteria
- Complaints handling
- Ability to use large kitchen machinery
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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Applicant requirements
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Claire Bishop
- Job title
- Production Chef Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01279 968155
- Additional information
Claire Bishop 01279978155 or 01279827087 monday-friday
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