Band 3
Main area
Catering
Grade
Band 3
Contract
Permanent: Working 5 days over 7 days
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
287-CEF-363-25
Department name
LUH - 1 General Staffing (AFC posts)
Site
Broadgreen Hospital
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£24,937 - £26,598 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
09/12/2025 23:59
Job Overview
This is an exciting time to join our Catering Team for the NHS at Broadgreen Hospital.
We are looking for a qualified chef to support our patient feeding and restaurant meals.
If you are looking for a rewarding role working within our wards and you have the following skills please apply.
- Food Hygiene qualification
- Chef qualification
- Good communication (written & verbal)
- Approachable
- Organised
- Reliable
Main duties of the job
The post holder has a responsibility for the provision of a high quality catering service. The post holder may work in any area within LUFT which offers a catering service, this can include patients feeding, Staff dining area, any of the trusts retail outlets and hospitality.
The preparation and service of meals to patients of LUFT and any other areas where the trust has an SLA. The trust operates a menu with a number of selections, but if needed may need to prepare special meals to ensure the patients receive quality meals.The post holder must clean their area during and after service.
Ensuring that the quality of food produced is to the high standard from the catering department and ensuring that the Catering departments HACCP policy is adhered to at all time. Ensuring that food waste is kept to the minimum.
The post holder will have a good knowledge of special and therapeutic diets as well as dietary needs including Vegetarian and Vegan
requirements.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
Food Preparation - Preparing any food required to produce the dishes required
Cooking and Service
Check food for correct temperature before service. And record on the trusts HACCP sheets. Take appropriate action is food fails
Check the quality of food to comply with the Trusts standards. Take appropriate action if the food fails
Have knowledge of special therapeutic diets and be able to respond to a request for the provision of a special diet at short notice.
Observe good hygiene practises and keep up to date with current food hygiene and training legislation. Ensure the documentation for the trusts HCCP policy is completed, and any fails rectified and retested
Please refer to the attached job description for a full list of duties
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- 3 GCSE or Equivalent
- NVQ level 2 or equivalent in catering
- CIEH level 2 food hygiene
- Allergen Training
Desirable criteria
- Must be prepared to study for CIEH level 3 food hygiene certificate
- Must be prepared to study for Level 2 Award in Identifying and Controlling Food Allergen Risks
Experience
Essential criteria
- Demonstrable experience in a catering environment
- Experience of working within a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience in an industrial catering environment
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of special dietary requirements.
- Knowledge of cooking skills.
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications. Please complete and submit your application in good time to avoid disappointment.
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