Head Chef

TN United Kingdom; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Head Chef to lead a dedicated team in delivering exceptional culinary experiences at a prestigious hospital. This full-time role offers a dynamic work environment, where you will manage catering services, ensure compliance with health and safety standards, and contribute to the hospital's strategic goals. With a focus on quality and customer service, you will play a vital role in enhancing patient satisfaction. Enjoy competitive benefits, including generous annual leave and private medical insurance, while making a positive impact on people's lives through outstanding care.

Benefits

35 days annual leave

Employer and employee pension

Discount and cashback platform

Free wellness screening

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Qualifications

• Previous hotel service management experience required.
• Experience in supervising a team and managing budgets.

Responsibilities

• Ensure compliance with food hygiene and safety regulations.
• Manage the Hospitality services team and day-to-day catering.

Skills

Food Hygiene

Team Management

Customer Service

Problem Solving

Microsoft Office

Education

City and Guilds or equivalent qualification

Advanced qualification in Food Hygiene

Tools

Microsoft Outlook

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

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Head Chef | Catering | Full Time, predominantly Monday - Friday with occasional weekend cover | Salary – Depending on experience | Oadby, Leicester | Free Parking | Excellent Benefits |

Spire Leicester are seeking a Head Chef to lead, drive, develop and manage a dynamic, passionate, hard-working team to deliver a customer focused, five-star experience to all Patients, Consultants and Colleagues at the hospital.

The Head Chef will play an active role within the hospital management team, attending key meetings, contributing to the delivery of the Hospital strategy within the non-clinical team, controlling budget (including staff costs) and ensuing all policies and protocols are followed.

The role will suit someone that is a hands on chef looking for the next step up into a management role.

Duties and responsibilities:

• Ensure that all legislative regulations regarding food hygiene, licensing, health & safety, risk management is complied with.
• To manage the Hospitality services team with line reports of the catering and pantry team
• To plan and organise Catering for the hospital on a day-to-day basis.
• To ensure effective day to day control of all staffing rosters and pay expenditures
• Responsible for Food Safety Standards within the hospital
• Active hands on chef role

Who were looking for:

• Previous hotel service management experience coupled with a City and Guilds or equivalent qualification
• Experience in supervising a team
• Advanced qualification/s in Food Hygieneor a relevant catering qualification.
• Customer oriented; friendly and able to exude an approachable attitude towards patients and colleagues.
• A problem-solving approach and a leader of change
• A professional attitude with a concern for quality and customer service
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Word, and Excel
• Ability to adapt menus to meet special dietary requirements.
• Hospitality (or Hospital) background - desirable
• Experience of managing a budget - desirable

Hours: Full-time permanent, Mon - Sun 5 days out of 7 from shifts between the hours of 7am - 8pm

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• 35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays
• Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options
• Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers
• Free Bupa wellness screening
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance We commit to our employee’s well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications

About Us

At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We’re committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development.

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards.