Cook (Bank)

Welfordhc; SHREWSBURY; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Part time

Job summary

A quality care home provider in Shrewsbury is seeking a Bank Chef to assist in food preparation and cooking for residents. This role involves covering for holidays and absences. Responsibilities include training junior staff, ensuring compliance with Health & Safety regulations, and maintaining kitchen standards. The ideal candidate will preferably have experience in a healthcare setting and a willingness to achieve NVQ Level 2 in Catering. Excellent benefits include ongoing training, enhanced pay, and free DBS uniform.

Benefits

Ongoing training and development

Enhanced overtime pay

Free DBS

Free Uniform

Free on-site parking

Qualifications

• Experience in a healthcare setting is an advantage, such as nursing homes or hospitals.
• Must be willing to work towards NVQ Level 2 in Catering.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparation and cooking following menus prepared by the Head Chef.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety regulations.
• Supervise and help train junior catering staff.

Skills

Catering knowledge

Health & Safety awareness

Training junior staff

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Catering

Job description

Hours: Bank hours, covering Annual leave and sickness

Location: Radbrook Nursing Home, Shrewsbury, SY3 6AL

At Radbrook Nursing Home, we are looking for a Bank Chefto assist in the preparation and cooking of food for our residents. This role is also to cover for holidays and absence of the current Head Chef.

Duties of the bankchef include:

• To assist in the preparation and cooking of food following menus already prepared by the Head Chef and Group Catering Manager
• To take personal responsibility in becoming fully aware of Health & Safety at Work Policies in particular Fire Procedures, Control of Infection, COSHH and Lifting and Handling Policies
• To supervise and help train junior staff in catering duties.
• To train junior staff in all Food Hygiene, Health & Safety and COSHH regulations and ensuring their compliance with the same.
• To ensure the correct labelling and storage of food at all times.
• To assistant kitchen staff with washing up.
• To clean and maintain kitchen appliances, surfaces and floors as per cleaning schedule.
• To ensure the kitchen is locked and secure before going off duty.
• To attend in-service training for Moving and Handling Infection Control Fire Safety Basic Food Hygiene COSHH
• To assist in ensuring the security of all residents and the premises through the observance of security procedures and the challenging of any strangers in the Home.
• To ensure all accidents, incidents and complaints are recorded and reported.

Experience of the bankchef

• Previous experience of work within a health care setting is not essential, but may be an advantage, for example experience of a nursing home, hospital or working with clients with disability and/or dementia
• Must already have or be willing to work towards NVQ Level 2 in Catering which Morris Care will fully support.

Benefits of the bankchef

• Ongoing training and development, the opportunity to build a career
• Enhanced overtime pay
• Free DBS
• Free Uniform
• Free on-site parking

About Us

Welford Healthcare was founded in 2017 with the goal of building a boutique collection of quality care homes across the UK. Our strategy is to grow our business by acquiring mature care homes with quality foundations and strong potential for improvement and by investing in our people and our properties to ensure our homes are always inviting and homely. Whilst we are a growing business, we never lose sight of our primary and enduring purpose which is to provide good quality care for vulnerable adults. As we acquire new homes, we leverage our resources and expertise to ensure that the homes we run always have our residents’ wellbeing at their hearts.

Our senior leadership team has extensive experience of operating, opening and acquiring quality care homes with proven track records in regulatory compliance and running commercially successful businesses where meeting the needs and ensuring the happiness of our residents and our teams are the cornerstones of our approach.