Bank Chef

Elysium Healthcare; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; Part time

Job summary

Join Elysium Healthcare as a Bank Chef at Adderley Green, where you can achieve the ideal work-life balance. You will have the opportunity to prepare high-quality meals in a supportive environment and contribute to the well-being of residents with neurological issues. Enjoy flexibility in your shifts, a decent salary, and multiple perks, including free meals and career development pathways.

Benefits

Free meals and parking

Mandatory training

Wellbeing support and activities

Pension contribution (optional)

Opportunity for permanent role

Qualifications

• Minimum 18 years old, with cooking qualifications and food hygiene certification.
• Experience in food preparation and service delivery at scale.
• Supervising qualification or working towards one is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support Head Chef in kitchen operations and meal preparation.
• Maintain food storage standards and adhere to hygiene regulations.
• Create and prepare meals for a diverse clientele.

Skills

Food preparation

Menu planning

Cost control

Food hygiene

Education

GCSE or equivalent English qualification

City & Guilds 706/1 and 2

Basic Food Hygiene certification

Job description

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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 Adderley Green in Stoke-on-Trent 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 beverages in a professional and courteous 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 all paperwork related 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:

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

Where you will be working:

You will be working at Adderley Green, a specialist inpatient neurological rehabilitation and complex care service for people with neurological illnesses, acquired brain, and spinal cord injuries.

The extensive facilities cater to the specific needs of people over 18 with complex neurological care and rehabilitation requirements. You will work alongside a multidisciplinary team to deliver truly person-centered services where each individual is at the heart of everything.

Adderley Green offers a full interdisciplinary team to support and enable residents to undergo reviews of their specific and/or changing needs and work towards targeted and monitored goals utilizing nationally recognized outcome measures.

What you will get:

• Hourly rate of £13.50 (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.