Job Description:
Chef Manager
Location: The Sidcup Care Home, 2-8 Hatherley Road, Sidcup DA14 4BG
Contract: Permanent – Full Time
Hours: 40 hours per week.
Salary: £14.89 - £18.35 per hour depending on experience
CQC rating: Good
Carehome.co.uk rating: 9.6 / 10
The Sidcup offers nursing and residential care, both long-term and short stay care.
The home is a purpose-built with modern comforts and conveniences. It prides itself on its warm and homely environment where residents can relax and feel safe inside the home and in the gardens. All bedrooms have en suite facilities and are furnished to a high standard.
The home consists of two floors, with dining rooms and lounges on each floor. The home also benefits from its own cinema lounge, large well- maintained gardens, its own hairdressing salon, and private lounge, ideal for family events and celebrations. The home has visiting professionals such as physiotherapists and chiropodists.
As an enhanced service to residents, weekly GP visits are conducted at The Sidcup Care Home, enabling residents to receive regular, personalised medical reviews as part of their approach to person-centred care.
At mealtimes a wide range of nutritious dishes are offered, always made with fresh ingredients. Residents’ dietary needs and personal preferences are always taken into account by the chef. The chef will visit residents to make tailored menus if necessary. There are regular tea rounds throughout the day with fresh cakes after lunch.
As well as regular, organised activities such as quizzes, bingo, film afternoons, board games and arts and crafts sessions, trips out to local places of interest, visiting entertainers and pantomimes, as well as tai chi and holistic massage and aromatherapy.
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:
1. 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
2. Using your natural leadership skills to train and mentor the kitchen team to deliver an excellent dining experience
3. Being innovative in your approach to cooking and maintaining high standards
4. Managing all mandatory paperwork including: adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, company policies and procedures, budgets, managing orders and deliveries
5. 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.
Benefits
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:
6. 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
7. Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
8. Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
9. 28 days holiday
10. 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.
11. Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
12. Free meal on every shift
13. Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
14. We offer a range of Bupa pension plans - find out more on our career site
15. Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
16. Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
17. 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.