Chef

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust; Slough; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK healthcare provider is seeking a passionate Chef to join their team at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough. This role involves preparing nutritious meals that support patient recovery, while enjoying benefits such as flexible working, generous leave, and training opportunities. Ideal candidates will possess experience and passion for culinary arts. The position offers a salary range of £26,240 to £27,928 per annum.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme

Car lease scheme

Retail Discounts

Staff health and wellbeing programmes

Career progression opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a chef in a quality-focused kitchen.
• A genuine passion for food, flavour, and presentation.
• Good command of written English.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook a variety of nutritious dishes using fresh ingredients.
• Cater for dietary needs and special diets with care and creativity.
• Maintain the highest hygiene and food safety standards.

Skills

Teamwork

Communication

Time Management

Food Hygiene Knowledge

Education

City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 or NVQ equivalent

Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene

Intermediate Certificate in Food Hygiene

Job description

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust's Catering Services are looking for a passionate and skilled Chef to join our friendly, dedicated team at Wexham Park Hospital in Slough.

This is your chance to make a real difference every single day -- creating delicious, homemade meals with fresh, locally sourced ingredients that support the wellbeing and recovery of our patients and keep our hardworking NHS colleagues fuelled and motivated.

Main duties of the job

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience as a chef in a quality-focused kitchen
• A genuine passion for food, flavour and presentation
• Strong teamwork, communication, and time management skills
• Food hygiene knowledge (City & Guilds/NVQ or equivalent desirable

What we can offer you:

• Flexible working opportunities
• Generous annual leave and NHS pension scheme
• Lease car scheme & Home Electronics Scheme
• Retail Discounts and access your next pay early through our Wagestream partnership
• Staff health and wellbeing programmes
• Development and career progression opportunities

About us

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

Job responsibilities

What youll do:

• Prepare and cook a variety of nutritious dishes using fresh ingredients and NHS menu plans
• Cater for dietary needs and special diets with care and creativity
• Maintain the highest hygiene and food safety standards
• Contribute to menu development and new ideas for patient and staff meals
• Support occasional hospitality and function catering
• Assisting with stock control, storage, temperature checks, and kitchen cleanliness.
• Contributing to menu development and improving patient and staff meal offerings

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Please note sponsorship is not provided for this role.

We reserve the right to close the advert early if sufficient applications are received.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 or NVQ equivalent
• Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene
• Intermediate Certificate in Food Hygiene
• Knowledge of HACCP

Experience

• Career structure that shows a logical progression to a chef position in a similar size and/or NHS catering operation
• Experience of working in a service led and customer focused environment
• Experience with both the commercial food service sector and/or an NHS catering operation

Skills

• Good command of written English
• Ability to work efficiently and to time
• Organised and methodical

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.

£26,240 to £27,928 a yearper annum incl HCAS