Chef

Elysium Healthcare Limited; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

Birthday off

Career development

Ely-Vate access

Wellbeing support

Blue Light Card

Life Assurance

Stream wages

GP service

Maternity package

Pension

Free meals

Onsite parking

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare seeks a Second Chef in Milton Keynes to join a dedicated kitchen team. You will work 37.5 hours weekly, supporting the Head Chef and guiding peers while preparing meals for service users, staff and visitors.

The role covers event catering from World Food Day to Christmas and Easter, with scope to bring creativity while maintaining high safety standards in a supportive, sociable work environment.

Qualifications

• Age 18 or older required.
• GCSE English standard
• City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 or equivalent in Basic Food Preparation Cooking
• Basic Food Hygiene certification required
• Intermediate Food Hygiene desirable
• Experience in a similar environment and mass catering
• Experience with menu planning, costing, ordering, stock control and budgeting

Responsibilities

• Support the Head Chef for day-to-day kitchen operations.
• Maintain food storage procedures and stock rotation.
• Prepare, plan and cook meals to high standards with dietary considerations.
• Serve meals to service users, staff and visitors in a courteous manner.
• Prepare foods for conferences and banquets.
• Contribute to food costings and cost control.
• Adhere to Safer Food Better Business (SFBB) records.
• Follow Food Hygiene Regulations and safety procedures.
• Take full shift responsibility for catering operations.
• Research and create new menus aligned with healthy eating guidelines.
• File HACCP paperwork like fridge temps and cleaning schedules.

Skills

Mass catering experience

Menu planning

Costing & budgeting

Stock control

Education

GCSE English

City & Guilds 706/1 and 2

Basic Food Hygiene

Intermediate Food Hygiene (desirable)

Job description

Ready for a chef role that lets you unleash your creativity? If so, join Milton Keynesas a Second Chef working alongside a dedicated team.

Become a crucial part of the kitchen team working 37.5a week, 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.

Here’s the exciting part- the calendar is buzzing with activities, events and special occasions which you’ll also cater for. From World Food Day to festive moments like Christmas and Easter, you get to infuse your own flair and keep things exciting.

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.

Just imagine… great job satisfaction, home in time for dinner every night and two days off a week. Now that’s a recipe for a balanced work-life combo.

As a 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 filing 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’ll need:

• 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 (essential)
• Intermediate Food hygiene (desirable)Previous experience in a similar environment
• Previous experience in delivering a service on mass
• Menu planning, costing, ordering, stock control and budget experience

Where you will be working:

Location: Chadwick Drive (off Saxon Street), Eagle stone, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, MK6 5LS

You will be working at Chadwick Lodge and Eagle stone View, a medium and low secure services providing specialist treatment programmes for service users who have been detained under the Mental Health Act (1983) and have a history of offending behaviour.

The service offer a broad spectrum of evidence-based therapeutic interventions, involving service users at every stage. The hospital's consultant-led multidisciplinary team has a wealth of clinical and research experience in forensic psychiatry. All programmes are designed to reduce the risk of re-offending and to maximise the potential and enhance the quality of life of each service users.

Chadwick Lodge secure services care for service users with complex and enduring mental illness who need to achieve stability in order to benefit from multidisciplinary interventions, helping them move on to community settings whenever possible

What You’ll Get

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

• Annual base salary of £26,851
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) - plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
• Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
• Stream - instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
• Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
• Pension contribution, to help secure your future
• Free meals and onsite free parking

About your next employer:

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 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