Head Chef

Harbour Healthcare; Bolton; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 39,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounts on shopping

Flex Earn - earned wage access

On-site parking

Free counselling

Career progression opportunities

Pension scheme

Staff recognition awards

Wellbeing programmes

Job summary

Harbour Healthcare is seeking a Head Chef for Bright Meadows Care Home in Breightmet Fold Lane, Bolton. This full-time role (43 hours/week, including alternate weekends) requires culinary and management experience to lead kitchen operations, menu planning, ordering, budgeting, and maintaining high food safety standards.

You will supervise staff and coordinate with care teams to meet residents’ dietary needs, while ensuring quality and compliance with guidelines. DBS checks apply.

Qualifications

• Essential experience: EHO and IDDSI, ordering, menu planning and budgets.
• Previous experience of working in a care setting.
• Qualification(s) in catering.
• Qualification(s) in food safety/hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Support the preparation, cooking, and serving of meals and snacks throughout the day in line with residents' preferences and dietary needs.
• Stock management and ordering supplies.
• Menu planning.
• Maintain food safety checks and records in line with company requirements.
• Ensure adherence to company policies and procedures.
• Follow Health and Safety procedures.
• Ensure equipment and food service areas are clean and in good condition.
• Collaborate with Activities Team for special events.
• Managing budgets.
• Oversee and ensure timely staff supervision.
• Rota scheduling.

Skills

Culinary management

Menu planning

Budgeting

Food safety

Education

Qualification in catering

Qualification in food safety/hygiene

Job description

Harbour Healthcare

Bright Meadows Care Home - Breightmet Fold Lane, Breightmet, Bolton BL2 6PP

Full Time - 43h/week including alternate weekends

£15.27 per hour

Essential experience:

EHO and IDDSI, ordering, menu planning and budgets.

We are in search of a ‘first class’ Head Chef to join our team, full time, including some weekends. The successful candidate will have culinary and management experience, be responsible for kitchen functions including ordering supplies, preparation, and maintenance of quality standards, sanitation and cleanliness, and supervision of employees.

Duties and responsibilities (although this is not a definitive list):

• Support the preparation, cooking, and serving of meals and snacks throughout the day in line with our residents’ preferences and dietary needs e.g. diabetics, texture modified food, vegetarian
• Stock management and ordering supplies
• Menu planning
• Maintain food safety checks and records as per company requirements
• Ensure that you are aware of and adhere to company policy and procedures
• Follow Health and Safety procedures
• Ensure that all equipment and food service areas are kept clean and in excellent working condition
• Work alongside the Activities Team to cater for special events taking place within the home.
• Managing budgets
• Oversee and ensure that employee supervisions are completed on a timely basis
• Rota scheduling

Essential Characteristics:

• Previous experience of working in a care setting
• Qualification(s) in catering
• Qualification(s) in food safety/hygiene

Desirable Characteristics:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Good team player
• Follow food safety requirements
• Possess good judgement, problem solving, and decision-making skills
• Effective time keeping and time management

General

• To attend and participate in staff meetings
• Complete all mandatory training and other training identified to develop skills
• To communicate effectively with other staff, relatives and visitors including professional agencies
• To practice and promote safe working practices within the Home

What are the Tangible benefits for working for Harbour?

• Discounts on Shopping, Fashion, Days out, Travel, Entertainment and lots more!
• Flex Earn - Earned wage access.
• FREE face-to-face counselling, for you and your family!
• Staff recognition award ceremonies
• £30 voucher available every month for the nominated ‘Employee of the month’
• Opportunities for training and career progression
• Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme
• Blue Light Card - up to 50% discount across 100’s of retailers
• Access to a FREE eye test and discounted glasses
• Cashback card - save up to £500 annually, can be used at over 80 big brands
• Wellbeing portal:
• FREE meditatin series
• FREE wellbeing pdcasts & live virtual events
• FREE mental health supprt programmes
• FREE wrkout plans
• FREE Live digital gym classes
• FREE mindset and wellbeing series
• Seasonal Company events, competitions and incentives
• Refer a friend scheme - earn up to £250 when referring a friend to work for Harbour Healthcare
• On-site parking

This position is subject to two acceptable references and an enhanced DBS Disclosure.

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