Chef

Hospital Cook | Cambridge | Full Time | Permanent | 37.5 hours per week | No Late Nights | 35 days holiday | £1,000 Joining Bonus (T&Cs Apply)

Looking for a chef role that gives you your evenings back?

At Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital, we're looking for an experienced Hospital Cook to join our friendly hospitality team. This is a fantastic opportunity to use your culinary skills in a rewarding healthcare environment, creating nutritious, high-quality meals for patients, visitors and colleagues.

Unlike many hospitality roles, you'll benefit from structured shifts, a supportive team environment and an improved work-life balance with no late-night finishes

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?

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

Working Hours

• 37.5 hours per week
• Shifts between 7:00am and 6:00pm
• Monday to Sunday rota
• Alternate weekends required

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.