This is a temporary Regional Bank Chef opportunity with Barchester Healthcare, supporting their care homes in the Ashington and Bedlington areas. The role offers a great work-life balance, with flexible hours and the chance to work across multiple locations, delivering hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long hours. Barchester is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, with over 260 homes and hospitals, and this role provides an opportunity for career growth and development.
Main duties of the job
As a Regional Bank Chef, you will be responsible for creating nutritious, flavoursome and well-balanced menus, while taking ownership of the kitchen and ongoing team development. You will work in a person-centred hospitality environment, providing a warm and welcoming experience for residents. The role requires a personable and warm approach, with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents, as well as experience working with fresh seasonal food and a good understanding of nutrition. You will also need to have a good understanding of HACCP and COSHH, and knowledge of modified diets using the IDDSI framework.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, with over 260 care homes and hospitals across the country. The company is driven by quality and high standards, and is consistently reinvesting and growing, with several new build homes due to open and join the Barchester family. Barchester offers long-term career growth and opportunities for ambitious chefs who pride themselves on working at the highest standards.
Job responsibilities
Are you a passionate and qualified Chef looking for a better work life balance? If you are keen to be part of a company that is driven by quality and high standards, Barchester is the place to be!
We have a Regional Bank Chef opportunity to support our care homes in the Ashington and Bedlington areas.
Working days only with the chance to work flexible hours as well as multiple locations. You will also have the chance to deliver hotel/restaurant standards without the split shifts and long hours. Our chefs have full autonomy in creating nutritious, flavoursome and well balanced menus, whilst also taking ownership of their kitchen and ongoing team development.
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 and high standards.
Barchester is one of the UKs leading healthcare providers, with over 260 homes and hospitals across the country. We are consistently reinvesting and growing, with several more new build homes due 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.
Your Benefits and Rewards
Work life balance - working days only
Flexible hours and shifts
Bank encampments of 12.07%
Free learning and development
Opportunity to showcase your talent at the annual Barchester Hospitality Awards
Tax Code Review Service to check you're on the right code and paying the right level of tax
Option to join our monthly staff lottery alongside your colleagues nationwide
Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend' scheme, earning up to £500* per referral
Great opportunityto internally apply for permanent positions across all Barchester homes
Your Experience and Qualifications
A personable and warm approach with a genuine interest in the wellbeing of residents
Hold City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent
Experience of working with fresh seasonal food with a good understanding of nutrition
The ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within our homes
Confidence engaging with residents
Experience working with a front of house team to ensure the restaurants are set up to a high standard
Good understanding of HACCP and COSHH
Knowledge around modified diets using the IDDSI framework (If new to care, we will train and develop chefs on these techniques)
We are exceptionally proud of our Barchester Chef Academy, where chefs have the opportunity to learn new techniques and further develop their skills, whilst also sharing their knowledge to support the growth of others across the business. This fantastic academy experience is held throughout the year and is offered to all of our chefs.
If you are a passionate Chef who is keen to be part of a company that is driven by quality and who love to celebrate life, Barchester is the place to be
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Person Specification
Qualifications
* You will need to hold a City & Guilds/NVQ/SVQ or equivalent qualification, and have experience of working with fresh seasonal food with a good understanding of nutrition. You should also have the ability to create a warm and welcoming environment within the care homes, and confidence engaging with residents. Experience working with a front of house team to ensure the restaurants are set up to a high standard is also required.
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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