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Bupa; Farnham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Free healthcare support

Annual allowances for healthcare

Wagestream early wage access

28 days holiday

Sick pay scheme

Long service rewards

Free meal on every shift

Pension plans

Job summary

Bupa in Farnham is seeking a kitchen lead to create nutritious menus for residents and mentor the kitchen team. You will drive high dining standards and ensure compliance with COSHH and HACCP while managing orders and budgets.

The role emphasises leadership, innovation in cooking, and delivering a home-from-home dining experience for residents.

Qualifications

• Passion for cooking with experience in a fresh food kitchen and relevant hygiene certificates.
• Natural leader, open to new ideas, with an innovative approach to cooking.
• Enjoy mentoring and supporting others to deliver excellent dining experiences.

Responsibilities

• Create varied and nutritious menus aligned with residents' dietary needs and preferences.
• Train and mentor the kitchen team to deliver an excellent dining experience.
• Maintain high standards and manage paperwork (COSHH, HACCP, policies) including budgets and orders/deliveries.
• Cater for special events and seasonal activities as required.

Skills

Cooking

Leadership

Menu planning

Hygiene certificates

Tools

COSHH

HACCP

Job description

CQC rating: GOOD

Bank contract

9.5 hour shifts, covering annual leave/sickness

We make health happen

Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.

You'll help us make health happen by:

Using your passion for cooking and experience in a fresh food kitchen to create a varied and nutritional menu in line with the dietary needs and preferences of our residents

Using your natural leadership skills to train and mentor the kitchen team to deliver an excellent dining experience

Being innovative in your approach to cooking and maintaining high standards

Managing all mandatory paperwork including: adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, company policies and procedures, budgets, managing orders and deliveries

Catering for special events or seasonal activities, such as summer fetes, Christmas parties and birthdays (as required)

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

A passion for cooking with previous experience working in a fresh food kitchen and relevant hygiene certificates. You want to create and deliver an excellent dining experience at each meal and make our residents feel at home. You're a natural leader, open to new ideas with an innovative approach to cooking, always maintaining high standards. You'll enjoy mentoring and supporting others and you'll cherish the little moments with our residents, sharing your love of food with them.

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support

Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350

Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes

28 days holiday

We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.

Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!

Free meal on every shift

Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets

We offer a range of Bupa pension plans - find out more on our career site

Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site

Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health

Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa?

We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to ”Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

*** Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UK's Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.