Assistant Chef / 2nd Chef

Bupa Global; Poole; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Assistant Chef to join their team. In this role, you will utilize your culinary skills to create diverse and nutritious menus tailored to the dietary needs of residents. You will also lead a kitchen team, ensuring adherence to health and safety regulations while delivering an exceptional dining experience. This position offers a supportive environment focused on well-being and personal growth, making it an exciting opportunity for those passionate about culinary arts and care. Join a team where your contributions truly matter and help make health happen for residents every day.

Benefits

Free meal on every shift

28 days holiday

Sick pay scheme

Interest-free annual travel loan

Access to discounts at gyms

Parental leave schemes

Menopause Plan

Annual healthcare allowance

Wagestream for early wage access

Long service rewards

Qualifications

• Passion for cooking and creating nutritional menus.
• Experience in managing kitchen teams and adhering to safety guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Create varied and nutritional menus based on residents' preferences.
• Train and manage kitchen staff in food preparation and service.

Skills

Cooking

Menu Planning

Team Management

Adherence to COSHH and HACCP

Education

Culinary Arts Certification

Tools

Kitchen Equipment

Job description

Job Description - Assistant Chef / 2nd Chef (THE069M)

Requisition Title

Assistant Chef / 2nd Chef

Job Number:

THE069M

The Lindsay

47A Lindsay Road Poole

Dorset BH13 6AP

Assistant Chef / 2nd Chef

The Lindsay Bupa care Home. 47A Lindsay Road, Poole, BH13 6AP

Salary : £13.39 -£14.90 per hour/depending on experience

Contract - Perm Contract

State shifts - 33 hours per week

Welcome bonus*

The Lindsay is a care home offering nursing, residential, dementia and palliative care. Short stays and day care are offered to help both carers and their elderly loved ones at times when they need a break or a little extra support.

The Lindsay is situated a few minutes from the centre of Westbourne and all its amenities – shops, cafes, restaurants and pubs. The home has a cinema and café as well as lounges, a library and private dining areas for family and friends to come and enjoy when visiting their loved ones or celebrating a birthday or anniversary together.

This home also benefits from an onsite beauty salon, with a full-time hairdresser offering a brilliant service to all the residents.

At The Lindsay, staff take great care to focus on the person. It’s important for residents to feel at home, so it creates a friendly environment with an individually appropriate balance of care and independence.

The chefs create well-crafted menus made with the freshest ingredients. Soon after a resident arrives at The Lindsay, staff discuss their personal preferences and dietary needs with them.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Using your passion for cooking and fresh ingredients to create varied and nutritional menus in line with dietary needs and preferences of our residents.
• Putting forward ideas to deliver an excellent dining experience, helping our residents to feel at home.
• Training and managing the kitchen team in prepping, cooking and serving of food.
• Adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, company policies and procedures, budgets, managing orders and deliveries.
• Catering for special events or seasonal activities, such as summer fetes, Christmas parties and birthdays (as required).

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support.
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350.
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
• 28 days holiday.
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift.
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets.
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site.
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site.
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health.
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

* Your starter bonus will be paid to you in the next available pay run once you have completed four weeks’ service and will be subject to deductions for tax and NI. T&Cs Apply.

**Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UK's Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.