Job summary
- Main area
- Catering - Assistant Head Chef
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Morning and evening shifts, weekends)
- Job ref
- 193-7104208COR-A
- Employer
- Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Royal Berkshire Hospital
- Town
- Reading
- Salary
- £24,625 - £25,674 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Assistant Head Chef
NHS AfC: Band 3
Royal Berkshire Hospital are pleased to announce that following our CQC inspection we have been rated ‘Good’ with inspectors reporting that we have made significant improvements. The Trust’s overall rating has also improved to ‘good’. This is a great opportunity to join our clinical or non-clinical teams to create a positive and motivating environment within our trust. Come and join our team in this exciting time of change as we pride ourselves, our staff and our services on excellence.
At the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust we put our patients at the heart of every element of health and care that we provide. The Trust works together as a community to deliver its vision which is “Working together to provide outstanding care for our community.”
We are Compassionate in our thoughts, words and actions
We are Aspirational and have a true desire to be dynamic and to innovate
We are Resourceful and responsible in the way we work and live
We are Excellent in our development, fairness and sharing best practice
Amazing things happen at the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust; delivered by amazing people so why don’t you come and join us. We offer a range of learning and development for all employees may you be clinical or non-clinical.
Job overview
Band 3 Assistant Head Chef
- To work as part of the catering team in producing approximately 1600 patient meals and the serving of 700 customers in the restaurant per day.
- To supervise, prepare and cook meals for patients and customers to high standards whilst maintain a clean, tidy and safe department. Ensuring the standard of service to the patient/customer is pleasant, efficient and all duties are carried out in line with the department’s working procedures.
- To assist in maintaining a clean, tidy and safe department, whilst providing the customer with pleasant and efficient service. Carrying out duties in line with the department’s working procedures.
- To assist through high standards of service the maintaining of income and meeting budget targets.
- Responsible for the direct supervision of Cook/Chefs.
- To assist with the smooth running and appearance of the Trust, the post holder is expected to be flexible and work across the Facilities Directorate and the Trust, as required and appropriate to the grade.
Main duties of the job
- Provide and assist with the provision of the services described to a high standard, ensuring effective operation of the hospital organisation.
- Contribute to the successful overall performance of the Trust.
- Develop and maintain good working relationships with service users, patients, visitors, staff and managers as well as external agencies providing services to the Trust.
- Maintain a high standard of personal dress/uniform, conduct and deportment in keeping with the nature of your duties, ensuring that the duties carried out will reflect to the credit of the department and Trust.
- Attend training courses and development sessions when required, communication and briefing meetings, communicating positively contributing to the teams and Departments objectives.
- Work with sensitivity and an understanding of the issues facing those working to deliver Health services to the UK population.
- Support your Trust colleagues to successfully perform their roles through developing informal working relationships where appropriate.
- Identify and make use of opportunities for sharing best practice and learning’s.
- Provide and receive routine information to inform work colleagues, patients and clients.
- Work with those you support to develop a partnership approach, which positively contributes to the overall efficiency of your department.
Working for our organisation
This is an excellent career opportunity for someone with a hospitality/catering background.
Reporting to the Trust Head Chef, the Assistant Head Chef is required to assist in the management and successful running of the Trust kitchen.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You are responsible for:
- Attend training courses and development sessions when required, communication and briefing meetings, communicating positively contributing to the teams and Departments objectives.
- To communicate information relating to food service requirements to staff, patients and other members of the public both verbally and by telephone.
- Notifying the supervisor on any discrepancies from receipt and distribution of catering supplies.
- Demonstrate duties to new starters.
- Supervise all aspects of food production within the kitchen including special diets
- Supervise the department in the absence of the person in charge.
- Organise own day-to-day work tasks or activities and show initiative.
- Provide data on food service, matters including recipe and wastage information.
- Undertake surveys or audits as necessary to own work, e.g. customer and patient satisfaction.
- Responsible for the correct operation of kitchen equipment.
- Adherence to standardised recipes and production planning whilst ensuring the most economical use of provisions.
- Supervise the serving of food and the maintaining good portion control and presentation of the food served.
- Supervise the environmental cleaning of floors, work surfaces, fixed equipment following departmental procedures.
- The preparation and cooking of food while adhering to all health and safety and food hygiene regulations.
- Secure work area at the end of the working shift.
- Lifting and storing of heavy provisions.
- Ensure safety regulations and safe working practices are being used. Report any safety issues to senior staff.
- Take responsibility for maintaining high standards of cleanliness within the department, including personal hygiene.
- Ensure equipment is cleaned properly and ‘fit for use’ by the start of next shift.
- Maintaining of minor records.
- To arrange staff cover for short notice absences.
This job description is not exhaustive and will be subject to periodic review in association with the post holder.
Person specification
Experience
Essential criteria
- NVQ 2 in cookery or City & Guilds or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Experience working in the catering trade
Special Requirements
Essential criteria
- Flexibility in working hours to suit service needs
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to work as part of a team and create and maintain effective working relationships
Desirable criteria
- Good leadership skills
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Wayne Robinson
- Job title
- Trust Head Chef
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01183227094
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