Bank Chef de Partie

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust; Redhill; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 45,000; Part time

Job summary

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust in Redhill is seeking a Bank Chef (AfC Band 3) to join the hospital catering team on a flexible, zero-hours basis. Working across East Surrey Hospital, you will prepare meals and support both patient services and the staff/visitor restaurant.

You will lead kitchen activities, uphold food safety standards, and adapt to a fast-paced environment while contributing to a high-quality hospital catering service.

Qualifications

• Recognised Chef qualification (7061/2 or equivalent).
• Experience in a busy kitchen or catering operation.
• Strong teamwork, communication and leadership skills.
• Commitment to delivering exceptional food and service.
• Positive, adaptable and proactive approach.

Responsibilities

• Prepare a wide range of high‑quality, nutritious meals.
• Support and supervise kitchen team members.
• Maintain high standards of food safety, hygiene and presentation.
• Stay calm and effective in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment.
• Contribute to patient meals and staff/visitor restaurant.

Skills

Chef experience

Team leadership

Food safety

Communication

Adaptability

Education

Chef qualification (7061/2)

Job description

Main area Chef Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Bank: Cross site Hours Flexible working - 0 hours per week (As and when required) Job ref 326-8264416-RH

Site East Surrey Hospital Town Redhill Salary £16 - £33.11 per hour (Includes 12.07% WTD) Salary period Hourly Closing 22/09/2026 23:59

Job overview

About the Role

We’re looking for an enthusiastic, skilled and qualified Chefs (7061/2 or equivalent) to join our vibrant Catering Team on a Bank only basis. Working within our busy hospital kitchen and restaurant, you’ll help deliver delicious, nutritious meals that support recovery, well being, and the daily experience of more than 750 patients, staff, and visitors.

As a Bank Chef, you will play a key part in our catering service by:

• Preparing a wide range of high‑quality, nutritious meals
• Supporting and supervising kitchen team members
• Maintaining high standards of food safety, hygiene, and presentation
• Staying calm and effective in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment
• Contributing to both patient meal services and our dynamic staff/visitor restaurant

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• A recognised Chef qualification (7061/2 or equivalent)
• Experience working in a busy kitchen or catering operation
• Strong teamwork, communication, and leadership skills
• A commitment to delivering exceptional food and service
• A positive, adaptable, and proactive approach

By joining our Bank team, you will:

• Become part of a friendly, supportive, and expanding hospital catering service
• Work in a varied and rewarding environment where your skills make a real difference
• Enjoy flexible shifts that fit around your commitments
• Have access to development opportunities within a professional, growing team

Main duties of the job

If you are a qualified chef, passionate about culinary excellence and want to use your skills to help support our hospital community, we’d love to hear from you!

For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.

Please be aware that this advert may close earlier than the scheduled closing date.

Working for our organisation

We are a leading local employer with a diverse workforce of approximately 6,000 staff, dedicated to providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 780,000 individuals.

Our Trust provides both emergency and planned healthcare across East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon – covering towns like Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill. Our main hospital, East Surrey in Redhill, offers a full range of acute and specialist services and is also the closest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport. We also provide outpatient, diagnostic, and planned care services at sites including The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Oxted Health Centre, Crawley Hospital, and Horsham Hospital.

We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Criteria

• Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
• A complete and accurate application
• Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
• Evidence of essential experience for role
• Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
• Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
• Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
• Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification

Additional information

Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust operates a 24-hour service, 365 days a year. As such, all nursing, clinical, and operational roles may involve working on a 24/7 shift basis, unless otherwise specified during the recruitment process. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workforce and actively encourage applications irrespective of age, disability, gender, race and ethnicity, religion or belief and sexual orientation. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways throughout the application process.

Successful candidates will be appointed to the first pay step within the band when they start with the Trust (unless they have previous relevant NHS continuous service), thereafter individuals will progress up the pay steps in accordance with NHS Agenda for Change (AfC) terms and conditions. For part time roles you will receive a pro rata'd (proportional) salary payment based on the appropriate pay step/point and hours worked in accordance with AfC and all medical and dental terms and conditions.

We take our responsibilities to the environment extremely seriously and have an ambitious Green Plan that we’re delivering. Actions include having uniforms made from recycled plastic, 100% renewable electricity and planting 150 trees at East Surrey Hospital. Read our planhere .

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.