Head Chef.

NHS; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity arises for a Head Chef at South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust. You will manage the catering team, create innovative menus, and ensure excellent food service for staff and patients at Fieldhead Hospital, contributing to the well-being of the community.

Benefits

Continuous professional development

Supportive working environment

Qualifications

• Experience in a catering environment and managing standards.
• Operational skills and good food hygiene practices required.

Responsibilities

• Managing the catering team and ensuring meal quality.
• Creating menus and ensuring food safety regulations are followed.

Skills

Stock control knowledge

Technical skills

Communication

Organisational skills

Motivating staff

Education

706, 1 & 2 or equivalent NVQ

Management Certificate

Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Go back South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Head Chef.

The closing date is 02 July 2025

An exciting opportunity hasarisen for a Head Chef. We are looking to recruit a hardworking, enthusiasticindividual to join our Catering Team. Based at Fieldhead Hospital.

The successful post holderwill use flair and creativity to create new menus. You will assist the cateringdepartment to reach its full potential by developing new systems of work.

The post holder will berequired to work as part of a team in a fast-paced environment and you will beable to use your initiative to prioritise and organise daily duties.

All employees of the Trust are strongly encouraged to befully vaccinated against COVID-19 to protect patients.

We are aware that an increasing number of applicants areusing AI technology to generate responses on NHS Job application forms. We stronglydiscourage this and will conduct a thorough screening process before selectingcandidates to progress to the next stage. If you are using AI to enhance yourapplication, please disclose this in your NHS Jobs application form.

Main duties of the job

You will assist withmanaging the team to provide safe and nutritious meal service to service users,staff and visitors.

You will be responsible fortraining, mentoring and the reallocation of rotas when required.

At the time of advertising,this role does not meet the minimum requirements set by UK Visas andImmigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this reason, we areunable to sponsor anyone for a skilled worker visa for this role

We are happy to acceptapplications from candidates who can prove their right to work in the UK or viaalternative visa routes. Such applications will be considered alongside allother applications.

About us

Weare a specialist NHS Foundation Trust that provides community, mental healthand learning disability services for the people of Barnsley, Calderdale,Kirklees and Wakefield. We also provide low and medium secure services and arethe lead for the west Yorkshire secure provider collaborative.

Our mission isto help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do thisby providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employstaff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make adifference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

We encourageand welcome applications from all protected characteristic groups, we valuediversity and want our workforce to be reflective of our communities.

Beinga foundation Trust means were accountable to ourmembers, who can have a say in how were run. Around 14,300 local people(including staff) are members of our Trust.

Joinus and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improvingthe mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet andhelp each year.

Weare committedto safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people andvulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share thiscommitment.

We do reserve to right to close vacancy before the advertised closing date if necessary, so please apply as soon as possible.

Job responsibilities

To effectively deliver a catering service to service users, staff and visitors in line with NHS Estates Plan for Better Hospital Food and Food & Health Policy at the above unit.

Lead, train and supervise a team to departmental standards ensuring food hygiene regulations and Health and Safety policies are adhered to.

Ensure meals are produced to recipes and ensure they are ready for service to agreed deadlines.

Responsible for the management and training of catering/kitchen staff. Responsibility for the ordering, monitoring and recording of catering provisions.

Authorising signature on timesheets.

Have an active input and work with the Catering Manager to compile and create new menus, using flair and creativity, preparing documents to trust standards.

Undertake stock takes and inventories.

Deal with comments and feedback with necessary actions to maintain food safety and hygiene provisions.

Organise and manage the process of food delivery to service users ensuring departmental procedures and standard operating procedures are being adhered to.

Responsible for the recording of ward liaison procedures and ensuring appropriate actions are being taken.

Assist in developing the catering service to reach its full potential by developing new systems of work.

Responsible for the stock control and daily ordering of catering provisions and acting on any delivery problems.

Person Specification

Experience

• Operational and technical skills and stock control knowledge.
• Ability to use own initiative.

Qualifications

• 706, 1 & 2 or equivalent NVQ grade.
• Management Certificate or able to prove competencies at this level.
• Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate.
• Strong Health & Safety and Food Hygiene and HACCP skills.
• Experience in a similar position being responsible for standards and service working within a service led and customer focused environment.
• Working knowledge of NHS Plan Better Hospital Food Programme.
• Knowledge of special diets.
• Health eating training.

Personal Attributes

• A good communicator, able to converse easily and well at all levels.
• Flexible towards working arrangements.
• Ability to work in a stressful situation.

Physical Attributes

• Ability to undertake the duties and demands of the post. A satisfactory sickness record over the previous 2 years (subject to the need to act with fairness and equality of opportunity, particularly where the sickness is related to a disability and/or pregnancy).

Training

• Demonstrable supervisory experience.
• Demonstrable experience within a catering environment.

Special Knowledge and Skills

• Ability to use own initiative.
• Ability to motivate and encourage staff.
• Good organisational skills.
• Ability to deal with complaints.
• Ability to manage, motivate and lead a team.
• Ability to work well under pressure and able to prioritise.

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.

Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust