Head Chef.

NHS; Barnsley; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A well-regarded NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Head Chef for their Catering Team based at Fieldhead Hospital. The successful candidate will utilize their culinary skills to develop innovative menus and manage a dedicated team, ensuring health and safety standards are met while providing quality service to patients and staff.

Qualifications

• Experience in catering environment preferred.
• Strong Health & Safety and Food Hygiene skills required.
• Demonstrable supervisory experience necessary.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a catering service to staff and service users.
• Lead, train, and supervise a catering team.
• Manage and ensure compliance with food hygiene regulations.

Skills

Operational skills

Technical skills

Good communication

Organizational skills

Ability to motivate staff

Education

706, 1 & 2 or equivalent NVQ grade

Management Certificate

Advanced Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Job summary

37.5 Hours Per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Head Chef. We are looking to recruit a hardworking, enthusiastic individual to join our Catering Team. Based at Fieldhead Hospital.

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

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

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

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

Main duties of the job

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

You will be responsible for training, 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 and Immigration to sponsor candidates to work in the UK. For this reason, we are unable to sponsor anyone for a skilled worker visa for this role

We are happy to accept applications from candidates who can prove their right to work in the UK or via alternative visa routes. Such applications will be considered alongside all other applications.

About us

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

Our mission is to help people reach their potential and live well in their communities, we do this by providing high-quality care in the right place at the right time. We employ staff in both clinical and non-clinical services who work hard to make a difference to the lives of service users, families and carers.

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

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

Join us and you will be one of over 4,500 staff committed to supporting and improving the mental, physical and social needs of the thousands of people we meet and help each year.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all colleagues and volunteers to share this commitment.

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

Details Date posted

18 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Flexible working

Reference number

C9378-QA01283B

Job locations

Kendray Hospital

Doncaster Road

Barnsley

S Yorkshire

S70 3RD

Fieldhead Hospital

Ouchthorpe Lane

Wakefield

WF1 3SP

Job description 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.

Job description 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 Essential

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

Qualifications Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• Working knowledge of NHS Plan Better Hospital Food Programme.
• Knowledge of special diets.
• Health eating training.

Personal Attributes Essential

• 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 Essential

• 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 Essential

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

Special Knowledge and Skills Essential

• 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.

Person Specification Experience Essential

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

Qualifications Essential

• 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.

Desirable

• Working knowledge of NHS Plan Better Hospital Food Programme.
• Knowledge of special diets.
• Health eating training.

Personal Attributes Essential

• 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 Essential

• 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 Essential

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

Special Knowledge and Skills Essential

• 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 details Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Kendray Hospital

Doncaster Road

Barnsley

S Yorkshire

S70 3RD

Employer's website

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Kendray Hospital

Doncaster Road

Barnsley

S Yorkshire

S70 3RD

Employer's website

https://www.southwestyorkshire.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)