Bank Chef

Elysium Healthcare; St. Neots; On-site; Part time

Job summary

Join a leading healthcare provider as a Bank Chef at St Neots Neurological Centre, where you will enjoy the flexibility of choosing your shifts. Contribute to the kitchen team by preparing high-quality meals and supporting the Head Chef in daily operations. This role offers a calm working environment and opportunities for career progression within a stable company.

Benefits

Hourly rate of £14.00

Two-week paid induction

Free meals and parking

Mandatory training

Wellbeing support

Pension contribution

Qualifications

• Experience preparing and producing quality food to a high standard.
• Knowledge of menu planning and costing.

Responsibilities

• Supporting the Head Chef for the day-to-day running of the kitchen.
• Preparing, planning and cooking meals to a consistently high standard.
• Adhering to Food Hygiene Regulations and safety procedures.

Skills

Food Preparation

Menu Planning

Supervising

Education

GCSE or equivalent English

City & Guilds 706/1 and 2

Basic Food Hygiene

Job description

Are you a Chef looking for the perfect work-life balance? This opportunity might just be your perfect fit.

Become a valued member of our staff bank at St Neots Neurological Centre in St Neots in the role of Bank Chef and enjoy the flexibility to choose shifts that align with your schedule.

As a crucial part of the kitchen team, you’ll play a vital role in crafting daily meals for service users, staff and visitors. Dive into food preparation and elevate your role by providing guidance and training to your peers.

It’s a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you’ll be able to manage your workload and enjoy creating delicious meals. There’s a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly.

As a Bank Chef you will be:

• Supporting the Head Chef for the day-to-day running of the kitchen.
• Maintaining good food storage procedures and stock rotation according to established procedures.
• Preparing, planning and cooking meals to a consistently high standard, taking account of any special requests or dietary requirements within the unit.
• Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverage in a professional and courteous services manner.
• Preparing and producing foods for conferences and banquets.
• Participating in food costings through effective cost control procedures.
• Adhering to the ‘Safer Food Better Business’ standards and record keeping.
• Adhering strictly to Food Hygiene Regulations and other safety procedures at all times.
• Taking full shift responsibility for the catering operation
• Assisting the Head Chef by researching and creating new menus ensuring meals are of a high quality and compliment healthy eating guidelines.
• Correctly filling of all paperwork in relation to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system (HACCP) i.e. Fridge temperatures, food temperature logs and cleaning schedules

To be successful in this role, you will have:

• To be 18 years or older
• GCSE or equivalent English
• City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 (or equivalent) Basic Food Preparation Cooking
• Basic Food Hygiene
• Supervising qualification or working towards
• Experience preparing and producing quality food to a high standard
• Knowledge of menu planning and costing
• Previous experience in delivery a service on mass

Where you will be working:

Howitts Lane, Eynesbury, St Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19 2JA

Join the team at St Neots Neurological Service providing care, therapeutic and rehabilitation pathways for those affected by a neurological or mental health condition for which challenging behaviour may be the leading impairment.

St Neots Neurological Service is located in the centre of town and provides assessment, treatment, rehabilitation and complex care for both males and females suffering from a broad range of neurological conditions, which is provided by a highly experienced team based on site.

What you will get:

• Hourly rate of £14.00 ( including 12.07% holiday allowance uplift)
• Two-week paid induction
• Free meals and parking
• Mandatory training to ensure you are fully able to do your job at the best of your ability.
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Pension contribution to secure your future (Optional)

There is also the option to progress into a permanent role to unlock additional benefits, including career development pathways to grow your career.

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.