Assistant Chef kitchen assistant Bank

Bupa Healthcare; North East; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the North East of England is seeking an Assistant Chef / Kitchen Assistant to create nutritional menus and ensure food safety standards. This role involves training a kitchen team, managing food orders, and adhering to health regulations. Candidates should be passionate about cooking and enjoy working with ingredients. Bupa offers flexible working options, a free meal on shifts, and other benefits, promoting a supportive work environment focused on diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Comprehensive induction

Free meal on every shift

DBS Check and Uniform provided

Discounts at gyms and fitness facilities

Qualifications

• Experience in food preparation and cooking.
• Knowledge of food safety and hygiene standards.
• Ability to manage kitchen staff effectively.

Responsibilities

• Create varied and nutritional menus for residents.
• Train and manage the kitchen team in food prep.
• Adhere to COSHH and HACCP guidelines.

Skills

Culinary Experience

Food Handling

Kitchen Experience

Food Safety Experience

Basic Math

Job description

Assistant Chef / kitchen assistant Bank

Forster Street Off Plessey Road Blyth NE24 3BG

CQC rating: Good

Rating: 9.6

Salary from £13.04 per hour negotiable on experience

Bank – to cover chefs for annual leave or to fill in for kitchen assistants if required. Could include weekend work.

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)

Benefits

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

• Flexible working patterns to fit around you
• Comprehensive induction (fully paid)
• Free meal on every shift
• DBS Check and Uniform provided and paid for by Bupa
• 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. Thats 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 will make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

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.

Key Skills

Culinary Experience, Food Handling, Restaurant Experience, Food Preparation Experience, Food Service, Kitchen Experience, Hospitality Experience, Basic Math, Food Safety Experience, Retail Sales, Cooking, Sanitation

Employment Type: Hourly

Experience: years

Vacancy: 1