Chef
Oxford Health NHS Trust
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Job summary
Oxford Health NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Chef for Oxford Clinic, Littlemore Mental Health Centre. This part-time role offers a balanced schedule across two alternating weeks and enhanced weekend pay, joining a friendly Catering Team to prepare nutritious meals for patients, staff and visitors.
You will ensure high-quality catering, maintain hygiene, and support wellbeing and recovery through excellent food and service in a NHS setting.
Qualifications
- Level 2 Food Safety certificate required (Level 3 desirable).
- Ability to manage workload and deliver meals to deadlines in a busy kitchen.
- Deliver high-quality catering service meeting nutritional needs of patients, staff and visitors.
Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality catering for patients, staff and visitors, ensuring nutritional, safety and presentation standards.
- Maintain a safe, clean, hygienic kitchen in line with legislation and policies.
- Prepare ingredients for cooking, salads, desserts and other menu items.
- Cook food to correct temperatures with consistent quality.
- Process meals for patients with dietary requirements, liaising with nursing staff.
Skills
Education
Job description
Chef - Oxford Clinic, Littlemore Mental Health Centre
Part-Time | Average 28.5 Hours Per Week
Are you an experienced Chef looking for a role with great work-life balance, enhanced weekend pay and the opportunity to make a real difference?
We're looking for a Chef to join our friendly Catering Team at Oxford Clinic, Littlemore Mental Health Centre. You'll prepare and deliver nutritious, high-quality meals for patients, staff and visitors, supporting wellbeing and recovery through excellent food and service.
Tuesday: 09:00 to 17:30 Saturday: 09:00 to 18:00 Sunday: 09:00 to 18:00
Monday: 09:00 to 17:30 Wednesday: 09:00 to 17:30 Thursday: 09:00 to 17:30 Friday: 09:00 to 17:30
Monday to Friday: £14.52 per hour Saturday: £18.88 per hour Sunday/Bank Holiday: £23.23 per hour
Monday to Friday: £15.93 per hour Saturday: £20.71 per hour Sunday/Bank Holiday: £25.49 per hour
- Enhanced weekend and Bank Holiday pay
- Excellent NHS pension scheme
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- No late-night shifts
- A supportive and welcoming team
- Job security and NHS benefits
- The opportunity to positively impact patient care every day
- Provide high-quality catering services for patients, staff and visitors, ensuring all food meets required nutritional, safety and presentation standards.
- Maintain a safe, clean and hygienic working environment in line with legislation, Trust policies and daily work schedules.
- Prepare ingredients for cooking or cold processing, including salads, desserts and other menu items.
- Cook food to the correct temperatures, ensuring quality, taste and consistency are maintained.
- Process and prepare meals for patients with special dietary requirements, liaising with nursing and clinical staff where necessary.
- Receive, check and record deliveries, including time, date, temperature, quantity and condition of goods.
- Assist in developing and producing a diverse four-week seasonal menu in collaboration with the food services dietician.
- Ensure all food produced meets nutritional standards and individual dietary needs.
- Complete all required documentation, including HACCP records, food safety logs, wastage reports and cleaning schedules.
- Report equipment faults or maintenance needs promptly to the supervisor.
- Maintain effective stock control, ensuring efficient use of resources and correct storage of supplies.
- Participate in all required training, including travel to designated training locations.
- Respond to complaints and service issues in a timely, professional manner.
Oxford Health is a great place to work and to be able to showcase the best of yourself when making an application please read the "candidate guide to making an application" and ensure your supporting statement is tailored to the role you are applying for and addresses any essential criteria.
As a Trust we provide physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and Northeast Somerset. Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible.
Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive: "Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"
Our values are: "Caring, safe and excellent"
We offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:
- o Excellent opportunities for career progression
- o Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
- o 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
- o NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
- o Competitive pension scheme
- o Lease car scheme
- o Cycle to work scheme
- o Employee Assistance Programme
- o Mental Health First Aiders
- o Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists apply)
- o Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team
Job responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
Job responsibilities
We hope that the advert has given you a clear understanding of the skills we are seeking and the opportunity at hand. You will need to use the supporting statement element of your application form to demonstrate your suitability for this role and you should refer to the job description, person specification and the guidance notes attached to this role to help you tailor your application. The essential and desirable criteria will be used to shortlist for interview and you should ensure that you refer to these within your application to increase your chances of being selected for interview. We are aware that some candidates may choose to use AI tools to support their application. We kindly remind applicants that submissions should remain an honest and accurate representation of their experience and must take care to ensure the use of AI tools does not generate an application that does not accurately reflect their knowledge, skills and values.
- Holds Level 2 Food Safety certificate minimum (Level 3 desirable)
- Knowledge of basic kitchen safety, food hygiene, and safe systems of work
- Training in allergen management or special diets
- Ability to manage workload, prioritise tasks, and deliver meals to deadlines in a busy kitchen environment
- Demonstrates an understanding of delivering a high-quality food service that meets the needs and preferences of service users, including respect, dignity, and individual choice
- Holds Level 2 Food Safety certificate minimum (Level 3 desirable)
- Knowledge of basic kitchen safety, food hygiene, and safe systems of work
- Training in allergen management or special diets
- Ability to manage workload, prioritise tasks, and deliver meals to deadlines in a busy kitchen environment
- Demonstrates an understanding of delivering a high-quality food service that meets the needs and preferences of service users, including respect, dignity, and individual choice
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.
Oxford Health NHS Trust
Oxford Clinic
Sandford Road Littlemore
Oxford
OX4 4XN
United Kingdom
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