Chef

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust; Manchester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester is seeking a dedicated catering professional to support high-volume hospital dining services for patients, staff and visitors.

You will prepare, cook and serve foods to exacting NHS standards while planning menus, coordinating with teams and handling dietary and allergen requirements. The role requires teamwork, attention to detail, and flexibility to work evenings, weekends and holidays.

Qualifications

• Experience in large-scale catering, kitchen, or food service industry, preferably in a health care setting.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment.
• Attention to detail and ability to multitask.
• Must hold City & Guilds 7061 & 2 or L2/L3 NVQ or L2 Food Hygiene Certificate

Responsibilities

• Delivering a high standard of food preparation.
• Producing food to the highest standards.
• Ensuring food and hygiene standards are met.
• Planning menus and ordering supplies as required.
• Dealing with direct patient queries.
• Delivering Dietary and Allergen requirements.
• Providing a personalised service as appropriate.
• Preparing, cooking, and serving of all foods to patients, staff and visitors.
• Providing high quality hospitality catering for internal and external events.
• Ensuring compliance of all Catering areas.
• Providing excellent customer service to patients, families, and colleagues.
• Ensuring NHS Food Standards are adhered to.

Skills

Experience in large-scale catering

Excellent communication and teamwork

Ability to multitask

Attention to detail

Flexible hours availability

Education

City & Guilds 7061 & 2 or L2/L3 NVQ

L2 HACCP Certification

Job description

• o Delivering a high standard of food preparation
• o Producing food to the highest standards
• o Ensuring food and hygiene standards are met.
• o Planning menus and ordering supplies as required.
• o Dealing with direct patient queries.
• o Delivering Dietary and Allergen requirements.
• o Providing a personalised service as appropriate.
• o Preparing, cooking, and serving of all foods to patients, staff and visitors.
• o Providing high quality hospitality catering for internal and external events.
• o Ensuring compliance of all Catering areas.
• o Providing excellent customer service to patients, families, and colleagues.
• o Ensuring NHS Food Standards are adhered to.

Qualifications and Skills

• o Experience in large-scale catering, kitchen, or food service industry, preferably in a health care setting.
• o Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• o Ability to work effectively within a team environment
• o Attention to detail and ability to multitask
• o Must hold City & Guilds 7061 & 2 or L2/L3 NVQo L2 Food Hygiene Certificate
• o L2 HACCP Certification
• o Availability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and public holidays

The Christie is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country. We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK's National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.