Chef | Manchester | Private Hospital | Flexible working hours | Zero hour contract | £12.95 per hour plus excellent benefits

Spire Manchester Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Chef to join our dynamic and experienced hospitality team working on an as and when basis to help cover sickness and annual leave in our team.

Spire Manchester Hospital offers a comprehensive range of specialist treatments in purpose-built private hospital facilities in Didsbury. Part of the award-winning Spire healthcare group, we’re world-class experts offering fast access to specialised and personalised healthcare using some of the latest diagnostic and treatment technologies.

Working Hours: Varied shifts across 7 days a week
Contract type: Bank/Zero hours

As Chef, you will be responsible to supervise, prepare, present and co-ordinate the day to day delivery of high quality food and beverage.
Ensuring that all work is carried out in a hygienic and methodical manner at all times and to deputies in the
absence of the Senior Chef.

Duties and Responsibilities (not limited to):

• To ensure all HACCP and health and safety guidelines are recorded and followed
• To assist with the service of food to staff, patients, consultants and visitors in all areas when
  required to do so
• To service the Staff Restaurant and maintain flow of food to service counters as required to the
  specified standard
• To prepare food and beverages for special functions and assist with other related activities as
  directed
• To produce meals for patients/visitors/consultants and staff at the required times, adhering to the
  specified standards of preparation, production and presentation
• To adhere to all statutory regulations, pertaining to the safety and hygiene operations of the
  kitchen and ancillary areas
• To check in all deliveries as necessary making sure that all records are recorded
• To undertake cleaning duties as per cleaning schedules and maintain clean and tidy working
  conditions at all times
• To maintain a high standard of personal hygiene and appearance at all times, reporting for duty
  at the designated time, dressed in the correct uniform
• To meet the needs of individual patients who may have specific dietary needs or preferences

Who are we looking for?

• Experience of working in a kitchen environment, have experience of cooking for large numbers of people
• Experience of working in a restaurant style kitchen, wards and with visitors
• Basic food hygiene and/or catering certificates are desirable but not essential
• Good communication skills
• Ability to establish rapport with all customers
• Have a committed approach to providing great customer service
• Accept responsibility for the identification of own training and development needs
• Have the ability to work under pressure
• Ability to work evenings and weekends on a rota system

Benefits

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team

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

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

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

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.