Cook Team Leader

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook meals from base and raw ingredients.
• Support Catering Supervisors with daily supervision of staff.
• Ensure a clean and safe environment is maintained.
• Assist in meeting nutritional, dietary, clinical, religious, and cultural requirements.

Experience

• Experience of catering for large numbers.
• Experience of catering in a health care setting.

Allergens

• Allergy Awareness Qualification.

Knowledge

• Knowledge of food production, recipes, and quantities.
• Experience or knowledge of supervising.
• Knowledge of COSHH.

Qualifications

• City & Guilds 706/1, 706/2 or equivalent.
• Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate (or work toward on commencement).
• Patisserie qualifications desirable.
• COSHH Qualification.

Requirements

• Good teamwork, leadership, communication and organisational skills.
• Self motivated, able to work unsupervised, flexible approach to shift changes.
• Friendly and professional approach.
• Ability to speak Welsh is desirable; English speakers welcome.

Working Hours, Contract & Benefits

We are offering a permanent contract of employment. Hours of work: 37.5 hours a week, covering a combination of shifts to cover where needed on a rota that includes bank holidays and weekends.

The Health Board offers excellent working conditions including a generous entitlement of paid holiday, enhanced pay for weekend working and an opportunity to join the Superannuation Pension Scheme.

Disclosure

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exemptions Order) 1975 and requires a Disclosure and Barring Service check.