# Chef

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Chef
- **Grade:** Band 3
- **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Working shifts between 6am-11pm)
- **Closing date:** 2026-09-15T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-01T08:22:32.796Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Norfolk/Kings_Lynn/The_Queen_Elizabeth_Hospital_Kings_Lynn_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Catering/Catering-v8229611
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8229611?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.qehkl.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Chef to join team QEH .

As part of the Catering Team you will be cooking meals for staff and patients through the day and night in all aspects of food preparation and cooking following Food Hygiene Guidelines .

You will have previous experience managing your own time and resources and experience of working within a team . Catering and Hygiene Qualifications required for this post.

### Main duties of the job

An opportunity has become available within the Catering department for a Chef.

We are looking to recruit a Proactive Chef to cook and provide a wide variety of meals, including ethnic and allergen free meals to a high standard; working cost effectively to meet the standards, policies and objectives of the department.

You will work safely and in a hygienic environment and assist and support Line Managers, the Head Chef, the Catering Manager and other teams as directed and required.

If this role appeals to you, and fits your profile, we would love to hear from you.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information about this role.

### Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- Level 2 Food Hygiene
- Allergen Training City & Guild 706 1&2 or NVQ (professional Cookery) equivalent

**Desirable**

- Level 3 Hygiene
- Level 3 HACCP

### Skills, abilities, and knowledge

**Essential**

- Knowledge of HACCP
- Knowledge of Allergens
- Knowledge of IDDSI Descriptors
- Able to use initiative, make decisions and be a motivated team player
- Ability to develop new skills

## Documents

- [our values (pdf, 1.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2570)
- [our trust (pdf, 674.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2671)
- [say hello to stream (pdf, 7.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2393)
- [establishing identity (pdf, 243.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1315)
- [recruitment policy overview (pdf, 125.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2961)
- [job description and personal specification (pdf, 228.8kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10539273)

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