Salary: £25,643
Hours: Full-time (37.5hrs/week), worked 5 out of 7 days (including weekends)
Location: Hospice-based
Responsible to: Catering Manager
Length of Tenure: Permanent

We are looking for a dynamic Cook to join our team at Royal Trinity Hospice.

In this role you will plan produce and serve high quality, freshly made, nutritious and well-presented food and refreshments to meet the needs of patients, staff and visitors individual requirements in a safe well and well managed environment.
Royal Trinity Hospice is the oldest hospice in the country and has embarked on a new five-year strategy to transform our model of care to support even more people and their loved ones. This is an exciting time to be joining the organisation and this role is at the centre of the new developments.

The overall purpose of this role
• To create menus and meals to reflect the diversity of our patients, identifying allergens and costings for each recipe provided to ensure consistency and compliance.
• To source high quality ingredients within budgetary constraints, preparing meals in a safe and clean environment.
• To safely use equipment within the kitchen ensuring the equipment is used in line with safety and user guidance and well maintained.
• To identify with patients their likes and dislikes to provide a quality customer service.
• To understand and produce food for special diets including plant based, food intolerances/allergens, cultural and religious requirements.
• To ensure meals are delivered and serviced appropriately, including relevant portion size to meet patient’s appetite and temperature of meals
• To monitor stock levels and ensure appropriate rotation of stock and place orders with nominated suppliers.

Skills and Experience Required
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Excellent time management and organisation skills
• Self-motivated and reliable
• Sound working knowledge of Microsoft
• Proven catering and cooking experience
• Knowledge and understanding of dietary and nutritional needs of people in a care environment
• Application of health and safety and food safety rules and regulations including COSHH and HACCP

Benefits
We offer a wide range of benefits to our staff, including:
• We match Agenda for Change/NHS terms and conditions for maternity, paternity and long-term sickness pay
• Length of service for those joining directly from another CQC regulated organisation (NHS, social care, hospice) is recognised in annual leave, maternity, paternity and long-term sickness pay
• A pension scheme is offered with employer contributions of up to 7.5% or a continuation of your existing NHS pension
• A generous 27 days annual leave increasing to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years, plus bank holidays (any bank holidays worked will be given back in lieu)
• Cycle to work scheme and interest-free season ticket loans available
• Free eyesight test for DSE users and a contribution towards the cost of glasses
• 25% store discount in Trinity shops
• Life assurance cover
• Lots of opportunities to attend exciting and high-profile events e.g. a staff lottery to attend our regular biannual Gala dinner; participating in Royal visits, and the annual summer garden party
• Regular ballots for donated free tickets and prizes
• Access to courses of free counselling on the phone or face to face

Royal Trinity Hospice is committed to promoting equal opportunities in employment. Everyone at Trinity is treated fairly with dignity and respect irrespective of age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, civil partnership status, disability, nationality, race, religion or belief. We pride ourselves on being an inclusive organisation that encourages and supports fairness, respect, equality, diversity, inclusion and engagement (FREDIE) in all its forms.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

How to apply
If you have the skills and experience we’re looking for, please complete the online application below.
The interview process will consist of a trial shift where you will prepare a meal and a panel interview.
The trial shift will be either a lunch or dinner shift as follows:
• Lunch trial 12pm -2pm; interview between 2pm - 3pm
• Interview 4pm - 5pm; dinner trial between 5pm -7pm

Candidates will be selected on a rolling basis and will be invited to attend an interview and trial shift.

For an informal chat or visit please contact James McQuillan, Catering Manager by calling 0207 787 1000

Closing Date: 5 May 2024