Chef

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (WHH); Greater London; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Training opportunities

Flexible working

Job summary

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (WHH) is seeking a motivated Chef for Halton Hospital's Catering Department. You will prepare meals for patients, staff and visitors while maintaining high quality and food safety standards under the Food Safety Acts.

Flexible hours are available to cover sickness and holidays, with a rotating shift pattern including weekends. You will join a small team, receive excellent training opportunities, and contribute to a service focused on staff wellbeing

Qualifications

• Proven ability to organise, prioritise and delegate meal service.
• Ability to work effectively within a team.
• Strong customer care and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare meals for patients, staff and visitors, ensuring high quality and food safety.
• Maintain HACCP and comply with食品 safety legislation.
• Report equipment faults or health & safety issues to the Manager.
• Follow Trust policies and contribute to a high-quality catering service.

Skills

Organising skills

Teamwork

Customer care

Education

Level 2 Food safety Certificate

NVQ Level 2 Catering

NVQ Level 3 / City & Guilds 706/1 or 706/2

Job description

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (WHH)

Chef

The closing date is 05 December 2026

We have an exciting opportunity for highly motivated enthusiastic Chef within our Catering Department at Halton Hospital. The successful candidate should have experience in large scale catering environment and excellent communications skills. The ability to work to a high standard is essential. Enthusiasm and flexibility are required, and a good knowledge of food hygiene is essential.

The postholder will cover sickness and holidays for permanent staff with the flexibility to choose hours.

Week 1 Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri, 9.00am - 6.00pm

Week 2 Wed, 9.00am - 6.00pm Saturday, Sunday 7.30am - 6.00pm

Main duties of the job

You would be part of a small friendly catering team. We pride ourselves on providing a high-quality service to the staff patients and visitors. You also get excellent training opportunities working for the Trust.

The postholder will be responsible for carrying out the preparation of meals for patients, staff and visitors, ensuring that high standards of quality and food safety are maintained.

To carry out all duties in accordance with the Food Safety Act 1990 and the Food Safety (General Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995 and any subsequent Food safety Legislation.

Reporting any equipment faults or health and Safety issues to the Manager as and when they may arise. To adhere to Trust Policies.

About us

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust is a caring and compassionate organisation that is both ambitious and innovative. We are committed to delivering the best outcomes for our patients and providing a positive experience of our staff. We aspire to be outstanding for our patients, our communities and our staff and are committed to being a great place to receive healthcare, work and learn.

Straddling the neighbouring boroughs of Warrington and Halton we are part of the Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care system. Our hospitals are ideally situated to meet the growing healthcare needs of the 330,000 population of these boroughs.

Warrington Hospital is home to our emergency, critical care and maternity services, Halton Hospital is focused on elective procedures and the Runcorn Urgent Treatment Centre, although many services are offered at both sites and in community hubs.

A CQC-rated 'good' organisation with 'outstanding' features, we are working towards university hospital status, having achieved teaching hospital status in 2019.

We employ nearly 5,000 people from over 80 nationalities, striving to be a diverse, inclusive employer and recognised leader in equality. We support flexible working, welcoming flexible applications. Proud of our many accreditations, we are embedding an anti-racist approach in all we do.

Job responsibilities

***For a full list of roles and responsibilities please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification***

Experience

• Experience working in a catering environment
• Experience in large scale catering

Qualifiations

• Good general education, Level 2 Food safety Certificate, Must have an NVQ Level 2 Catering
• Intermediate Food Hygiene Safety Certificate, Have a NVQ Level 3 or working towards one. City and Guilds 706/1 or 706/2

Skill, knowledge and competencies

• Ability to organise, prioritise and delegate meal service, able to work as team member, Excellent customer care skills
• Good knowledge of food safety legislation and the concept of HACCP

Specific role requirements

• Due to the nature of the role must be physically fit, Flexible, Reliable, Be an effective communicator.
• Must have good computer skills

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust (WHH)

£25,760 to £27,476 a yearper annum, pro rata