Main area Cook Grade NHS AfC: Band 2 Contract Fixed term: 12 months (Maternity Cover) Hours Part time – 35 hours per week (On a rota working 5 days from 7 to include weekends & bank holidays) Job ref 370-ANC2WCS-1993
Employer North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Warrington Town Warrington Salary £25,272 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 07/09/2026 23:59
Cook
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
We require a Cook in our Catering Team t o prepare & serve patients meals, ensuring this is carried out in accordance with the Food Safety act 1990 and the Food Hygiene Regulations 1995 and any subsequent Food Safety Legislation
Main duties of the job
- .To communicate on a daily basis with patients, nursing staff and colleagues. Contact with nursing staff may be either face to face within the hospital or by the receiving of telephone requests into the department for extra meals or special diets.
- .To receive deliveries on an occasional basis within the catering department.
- .To liaise with Manager and Supervisors daily and act upon any specific tasks required.
- .To allow new starters to shadow various duties in the department such as cooking and food service.
- .To participate in Trust mandatory training or any departmental specific training.
- .To ensure patients receive any special diets requested.
- .The preparation of buffets or hospitality requests.
- .Maintain high standards of food safety in line with Environmental Health and legislative requirements and ensure the departmental Hazard Analysis system is adhered to.
- .Preparation and cooking of the patients meals ensuring all standard recipes and allergen legislation is adhered to.
Working for our organisation
North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.
Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.
Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.
A CQC-rated ‘good’ organisation with ‘outstanding’ features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.
We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To respond to patient comments or complaints regarding any food quality issues and ensure appropriate action is taken
Liaise with all staff regarding any service issues and any changes to Menus on a daily basis
To work with any new starters to the department, demonstrating tasks and methods of work.
Report any maintenance problems or defects within the Kitchen to the Estates Department.
To deal with deliveries on an occasional basis, receiving any deliveries into the department, ensuring correct procedures are carried out in accordance with the HACCP system.
Person specification
Experience
- Demonstrate knowledge of bulk cooking
- Give an example
- 1 Year experience
- Working as a team
- Knowledge of large scale catering
Experience
- Minimum 2 years
Experience
- Able to work un supervised
- Understanding of HACCAP
- Evidence to support knowledge
- Able to work un supervised
- Working as a team
- Explain all aspects of the job advertised
Cooking
- Be able to demonstrate creation of a menu
- Work well within a large team
Fitness
- Physically Fit
- Understanding of HACCAP
Further Information
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