Job summary
- Main area
- Catering
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week (Shift pattern 6.00am- 2.00pm, 10.30am - 6.30pm or 11.00am - 7.00pm)
- Job ref
- 419-5960959-C-FM-A
- Employer
- York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management’
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Scarborough Hospital
- Town
- Scarborough
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Chef - Scarborough
Band 3
Please note that contact with applicants will usually be by email, and so please check all of your mail folders regularly (unfortunately some providers filter our messages into junk mail folders).
Our Values
- We are KIND
- We are OPEN
- We pursue EXCELLENCE
We are looking for applications from people who share our values to help make us a valued and trusted partner within our care system, that delivers safe effective care to our local population.
Did you know that we offer a generous relocation package (if you accept a 12 month minimum contract) – please read the attached document for more details. If you would like to discuss a potential relocation package, please speak to the recruiting department/manager.
People for Patients. Our People, our Patients, our Priority
Job overview
Contract Type - Permanent
Hours - 22.5 hours with various shifts - 6.00am - 2.00pm, 10.30am - 6.30pm, 11.00am - 7.00pm
Base - Scarborough
Are you a strong team player, friendly and motivated? Then we may have the role for you!
Scarborough Hospital Catering Department requires an enthusiastic Chef to work in the Main Kitchen of the Catering Department.
Applicants must be able to demonstrate the ability to be adaptable and flexible, in order to work variable hours. You must be able to use initiative, be self-motivated and have strong interpersonal and organisational/time management skills,
Applicants must be able to work under pressure, prioritise their own workload and be able to carry out physical tasks.
Main duties of the job
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Preparation & Cooking Tasks
- Maintenance of Hygiene Standards
- Food Safety , Assured Safe Catering Health and Safety Legislation
- Follow Department procedures and good practices
- Keeping the kitchen areas clean
- Monitoring food temperatures as part of HACCP
- Washing up and other general cleaning duties
- Knowledge of Special Diets
- Organise daily working plan prioritising
- Reorganise menus at short notice
The ideal candidate will have catering experience, be fantastic with customers, a good team player and able to work on their own unsupervised. Full training will also be provided. Enhanced rates apply when working at the weekend.
Working for our organisation
Our benefits
We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including:
- National terms and conditions for NHS workers
- Competitive minimum hourly rate of £11.67
- Enhanced Pay for unsocial hours worked – unsocial hours are any hours worked on weekends or between the hours of 8pm and 6am. At Band 2, the enhancements are: all time on Saturday (midnight to midnight) and any weekday after 8 pm and before 6 am – time plus 35% (£15.75 per hour) or all time on Sundays and Public Holidays (midnight to midnight) – time plus 69% (£19.72 per hour)
- Paid training
- Free uniform
- 27 days paid holiday (pro rata for part time) plus bank holidays
- Increased paid holiday allowance after 5 and 10 years service
- Access to the NHS Pension Scheme
- Onsite staff shop and discounted restaurant on main sites
- Generous occupational family leave entitlement and occupational sick pay
YTHFM are currently funding level 1 membership of a Tailored Healthcare Cash Plan for all substantive Band 2 and 3 staff, on a trial basis and as a gesture of goodwill. This provides employees with access to a range of benefits, including refunding the costs of optical and dental services, physiotherapy and wellbeing treatments, up to defined limits. This does not form part of our terms and conditions of employment and could be withdrawn at any time. We also offer discounted membership of Westfield Health’s standard Plan for staff on bank contracts or employed in Band 4 or above.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
A full description of the role is available in the attachment: job description.
Working for the Trust
Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.
Our values play into our ambition to develop a more diverse workforce, truly representative of our communities. We welcome applications from everyone, while working with our Staff Networks - including our Race Equality, LGBTQ+, Disability and Carers Networks - to increase the number of applications we receive from different backgrounds. If there is anything we can do to make our application process more accessible to you, please contact: [email protected]
As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.
Armed Forces Friendly Employer
We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britain’s Reservists and Employers. This means that we have made a statement of intent to support all Defence personnel, including with applications for employment.
COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements
Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.
Person specification
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria
- Customer service skills
- Adapting menus as required
- Good communicator
Education, Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
- 706/1 706/2 (NVQ) or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Intermediate Hygiene Certificate
Experience & Knowledge Required
Essential criteria
- One year cooking in a commercial kitchen
- Preparation & cooking tasks
- Maintenance of hygiene standards
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Dawn Stead
- Job title
- Assistant Catering Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01723342333
- Additional information
Mark Kirby/Sharon Ellis
01723 342333
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