Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust
Senior Chef Supervisor
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About the Role
We’re looking for someone who can motivate, engage, and lead a team in the catering department. This fantastic opportunity has arisen for a motivated and experienced Head Chef to join our team at our renovated restaurant to lead and develop the food offer.
Job Description
We are looking for a chef who is passionate about food, enthusiastic, personable, creative, organised, and flexible. As you will be responsible for managing a brigade of chefs and kitchen assistants, you will need strong leadership skills with the ability to engage, instruct, motivate whilst remaining calm under pressure. Working a varied rota, five days from seven.
You will be a real foodie with a passion and flair for innovation and different styles of food including street food trends as well as hospitality.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your career in a growing business within the NHS.
Responsibilities
- To produce all catering services at the required service times to the company standards, within the agreed specification, to the agreed performance and financial targets.
- To take full responsibility and accountability for the catering in our restaurant and café outlets.
- To lead by example by providing guidance and direction to staff in the team. Conducting yourself in a respectful and professional manner and to encourage others to act in the same manner.
- To manage and undertake regular team meetings with the teams and provide feedback to the senior management team.
- Manage the department in line with the Food Safety Management System.
- To ensure that all food production areas, ancillary rooms’ fridges, and general catering equipment are kept in a clean and hygienic state through-out the duration of production, cooking, and service.
- Carry out weekly & monthly audits against daily/monthly due diligence and cleaning schedules.
- Actively enforce the relevant Food Safety compliance, that your knowledge of Health and Safety, Risk Management and COSHH requirements are kept up to date and that this knowledge is cascaded to your team.
- To have a thorough knowledge of the Food Safety Procedures, cleaning techniques and standards and to ensure that staff use and maintain these.
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About Us
University Hospitals of Northamptonshire (UHN) brings together Kettering General Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust. As a group, we are committed to improving services for our communities through collaboration, modernising care delivery and striving for excellence. Working together enables us to share expertise, strengthen services and create greater opportunities, and there may be a requirement to work across sites depending on service needs.
Our Excellence Values are Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Integrity and Courage. UHN welcomes applications from all backgrounds and is committed to an inclusive working environment. We are proud signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant and hold the Gold Award under the Employer Recognition Scheme. Candidates who identify as members of the Armed Forces community and meet the essential criteria will be guaranteed an interview.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Michelle Grubb
- Job title: Deputy Catering Manager, Retail Services
- Email address: michelle.grubb@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01604 545688
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