Chef

Chef de Partie / Hospital Chef | Elland Full Time | Permanent | 37.5 hours per week |

Spire Elland has a great opportunity for a Chef to come and join there busy catering department

As Chef, you'll play a key role in delivering a first-class dining experience for our patients, staff and visitors. You'll prepare and present nutritious, high-quality meals whilst maintaining the highest standards of food safety, hygiene and customer service.

Working closely with the Head Chef and wider hospitality team, you'll help ensure the smooth day-to-day operation of the kitchen and deputise when required.

Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to):

- Preparing and cooking fresh, high-quality meals for patients, staff and visitors

- Supporting the delivery of specialist dietary requirements and nutritional needs

- Maintaining excellent standards of food presentation and service

- Ensuring compliance with food safety, HACCP and health & safety procedures

- Assisting with stock control, deliveries and kitchen administration

- Supporting catering for meetings and special events

- Maintaining a clean, safe and organised kitchen environment

- Working collaboratively with colleagues across the hospital

Who are we looking for?

We're keen to hear from chefs who are passionate about producing high-quality food and delivering excellent customer service.

You will ideally have:

- Previous experience in a busy catering, hospitality or healthcare environment

- Experience preparing meals for large numbers of people

- A Level 3 Food Safety qualification

- Strong communication and teamwork skills

- A positive and flexible approach

- The ability to work effectively under pressure

- A commitment to maintaining the highest standards of food quality and hygiene

Benefits:

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

- Private medical insurance

- Life assurance

- Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

- Driving clinical excellence

- Doing the right thing

- Caring is our passion

- Keeping it simple

- Delivering on our promises

- Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

We commit to our employee’s well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent healthcare group in the United Kingdom, running 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland. It provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care, operates a network of private GPs and provides workplace health services to over 800 corporate clients. It also delivers a range of private and NHS mental health, musculoskeletal and dermatological services.

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.