The job posting is for a temporary Chef position at Barchester Healthcare, a leading healthcare provider in the UK. The role involves working in a care home setting, assisting the Head Chef in creating nutritious and well-balanced menus for the residents. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work with fresh, seasonal produce and contribute to a warm and welcoming environment within the home.
Main duties of the job
As a Bank Chef at Barchester, you will have the chance to deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long weeks. You will assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious, flavoursome and well-balanced menus whilst working with residents to tailor menus around them. Barchester is consistently reinvesting and growing, with several more new build homes due to open, and they can offer long-term career growth and opportunities for ambitious chefs.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. They are consistently reinvesting and growing, with several more new build homes due to open and join the Barchester family. Barchester can offer long-term career growth and opportunities for ambitious chefs who pride themselves on working at the highest of standards. They are also the only healthcare provider in the UK to be accredited as one of the best companies to work for.
Job responsibilities
Are you a qualified chef looking to work with fresh seasonal food, with the opportunity to have more of a work-life balance and make what you do matter?
Working as a Bank Chef at Barchester, you will have the chance to deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long weeks. You will assist the Head Chef in creating nutritious, flavoursome and well-balanced menus whilst working with residents to tailor menus around them. We are proud to deliver person-centred hospitality across all our services and look for warm, motivated and passionate chefs who are driven by quality.
Barchester is one of the UK’s leading healthcare providers, with over 224 homes and hospitals across the country. We are consistently reinvesting and growing, with several more new build homes due to open and join the Barchester family. Barchester can offer long-term career growth and opportunities for ambitious chefs who pride themselves on working at the highest of standards.
We are also the only healthcare provider in the UK to be accredited as one of the best companies to work for.
Need to Have
A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents
Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent
Experience in helping lead and inspire a team
A good understanding of nutrition
Experience of working with fresh seasonal food
The ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within our home
Good understanding of HACCP
Need to Do
Help manage the kitchen in the Head Chef's absence
Work with fresh produce to deliver high-quality and wholesome dishes cooked at the highest standards
Help create a warm, efficient, and fun environment
Work within budget
Complete regular audits
Manage stock control
Assist in leading and motivating a team
Rewards Package
Work-life balance - working days with alternate weekends
Free learning and development
A range of holiday, retail, and leisure discounts
Opportunity to showcase your talent at the annual Barchester Hospitality Awards
Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme
If you are a passionate Chef who is keen to be part of a company that is driven by quality and who loves to celebrate life, Barchester is the place to be.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* The successful candidate should hold a City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent qualification, have experience in helping lead and inspire a team, a good understanding of nutrition, and experience of working with fresh seasonal food. They should also have the ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within the care home and a good understanding of HACCP.
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.
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