Chef | Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust; Oldham; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A large NHS trust in the United Kingdom is looking for a team member to join their Catering Department at Oldham Care Organisation. This full-time role involves producing high-quality meals and ensuring food hygiene standards. Candidates should be flexible and have experience in large-scale catering. Benefits include enhanced pay, a competitive benefits package, and a focus on employee health and wellbeing.

Benefits

Competitive benefits package

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Flexibility to meet service needs.
• Experience in large-scale catering is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Produce high-quality, nutritious meals for staff, visitors, and patients.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene standards and HACCP monitoring.
• Contribute to a high-quality professional service.

Job description

Role Overview

A great opportunity for an enthusiastic, forward‑thinking team member to join the Catering Department at Oldham Care Organisation (Royal Oldham Hospital). This full‑time role is 37.5 hours per week, Monday‑Sunday, including bank holidays on a rota basis with additional enhanced pay.

Requirements: Being flexible to the needs of the service and having experience of large‑scale catering would be an advantage.

Key Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team producing high‑quality, nutritious meals for staff, visitors and patients.
• Ensure compliance with food hygiene standards and regulations, including HACCP monitoring.
• Play an important role in the production of a high‑quality professional service.

About the Trust

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values – care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.

Benefits

We can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. You can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities.

Next Steps

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website at www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk.

This advert closes on Thursday 18 Dec 2025.