Head Chef

Practice Plus Group; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible shifts

Career development

Increased annual leave

Job summary

Practice Plus Group in Birmingham is seeking a Chef to join our new Hospital Catering Team. You will support the Head Chef, lead a busy kitchen, and help deliver high-quality meals to patients and staff.

The role focuses on menu development, staff supervision, and maintaining safety, hygiene, and cost controls while providing excellent customer service.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering excellent customer service and supervising or managing a team.
• Basic Food Safety and Hygiene Award (or equivalent) and CIEH Level 3 (or equivalent) or scheduled to complete these.
• Confident communicator and supportive leader, flexible, customer-focused, and able to work in a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and motivate the catering team while preparing and producing meals.
• Plan workloads and staffing, manage stock and minimise food waste.
• Develop menus catering for special dietary requirements and ensure high standards of food safety and hygiene.
• Deliver an excellent catering service within the hospital and operate within budget.

Skills

Customer service

Team leadership

Health and safety

Communication

Education

Basic Food Safety and Hygiene Award

CIEH Level 3

Job description

About The Role

Giving people better access to the care they deserve

If you are a Chef with the understanding how busy kitchen operates then we could have just the role for you.

Are you newly qualified or established in your career and fancy a change? We are currently looking for a Chef to join our new Catering Team at the Practice Plus Hospital Birmingham, and we want to hear from you!

Working 37.5 hours a week, the role is to assist the Head Chef with the management, development and delivery of all aspects of the catering service within the Hospital.

As our Head Chef, you'll take the lead on delivering an excellent catering service within our hospital. You'll have the opportunity to bring your ideas to the table, creating interesting menus while ensuring consistently high standards of food preparation, presentation and service. You'll also play a key role in leading and developing the catering team and ensuring the service operates efficiently and within budget.

What you'll be doing

We are looking for someone who has a strong understanding of and can insure that systems are in place so that all staff are aware and can work in accordance with legislation and Company policies pertaining to Health and Safety, COSHH and infection control;

This is a varied, hands‑on role where you'll lead and motivate the catering team while working alongside them to prepare and produce meals. You'll plan workloads and staffing, manage stock and minimise food waste, as well as developing menus that cater for special dietary requirements. You'll ensure the kitchen maintains excellent standards of food safety, hygiene, health and safety and infection control, while looking for opportunities to continually improve the quality of the service.

What you can expect in return

• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• Flexible shifts that enable you to work around other commitments
• Varied career development opportunities
• Increased days of annual leave with years of service.

What we'll look for in you

• You'll bring previous experience of delivering excellent customer service and supervising or managing a team, together with a good understanding of health and safety within a hospitality environment.
• You'll have a Basic Food Safety and Hygiene Award (or equivalent) and CIEH Level 3 (or equivalent), or be scheduled to complete these.
• You'll be a confident communicator and supportive leader who is flexible, customer‑focused and comfortable working as part of a multidisciplinary team. Hospitality qualifications and previous healthcare experience would be advantageous.

Our employment offers are subject to receipt of satisfactory pre‑employment checks. At Practice Plus Group, we actively promote diversity and equal opportunities. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK.