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Bank Chef | Murrayfield Hospital, Edinburgh | Competitive rates of pay | Weekly pay
Spire Murrayfield Hospital is looking for a Chef to join their fantastic catering team on a bank basis. This is a brilliant opportunity for someone looking for part time hours between the working hours of 7am and 7pm.
Duties and responsibilities:
Working as part of our Catering department you will be responsible for helping the Head Chef with food preparation of simple hot and cold meals, in line with our corporate menu for staff and visitors. This will include preparing meals from scratch in line with our corporate menu and assisting with ensuring high standards of health and safety are met. You will be expected to work within all sections of our kitchen including sandwiches, the grill and desserts, as you assist with providing a high quality catering service.
There will also be a requirement to organise corporate events and have an involvement in developing these.
Who we're looking for:
- Experience of working in a kitchen environment
- A passion for catering
- A good understanding of health and safety within a kitchen environment
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
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
- 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.
Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group that has been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 40 years. We have 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland.
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
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Experience of working in a kitchen environment
- A passion for catering
- A good understanding of health and safety within a kitchen environment
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This advert is for Bank Cook with Spire Healthcare Ltd in EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, United Kingdom. It is listed as a Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is Competitive rates of pay. The contract type is Bank. The application deadline is 03 Sep 2026.
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