Chef

Job summary

Join Our Award-Winning Team as a Chef at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust.

Are you an experienced and confident Chef with a passion for creating high-quality food? Do you thrive in a fast-paced, team-focused environment? If so, wed love to hear from you.

The Catering Department at Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust is seeking a skilled Chef to join our dedicated team primarily based at Pinderfields Hospital, where we proudly serve over 2,100 visitors per day.

Your Role:

As a Chef, you will play a vital role in ensuring the consistent delivery of top-quality meals. Youll help maintain the highest standards across our kitchen operations and contribute to the smooth running of our busy hospital restaurant.

What Were Looking For:

• Strong culinary skills with a genuine passion for food
• Experience in large-scale catering
• Excellent attention to detail and food presentation
• A positive, motivated attitude and the ability to work collaboratively as part of a team

Why Join Us?

We believe in nurturing talent. At Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust, we support our staff to grow their careers, develop new skills, and enjoy meaningful and rewarding work. You'll be part of a vibrant, supportive culture with opportunities for progression and personal development.

What We Offer:

• A full-time position (37.5 hours per week) with a rotating shift pattern
• The opportunity to be part of a dynamic and friendly catering team
• A role with real impact providing meals to staff and visitors

Main duties of the job

• Preparation and cooking of all meals and menu items including special diets in accordance with the standard recipes and agreed menus.
• Ensure that all dishes are properly cooked and attractively presented, advise and assist with service as required.
• Undertake food preparation and service in the restaurant areas to include order service, special dishes on theme days and for any other special event as required.
• Practice good levels of stock rotation and correct storage of all the perishable items ensuring that all refrigerated and frozen items are stored at the correct temperatures and are dated.
• Handling of food products in accordance with food hygiene legislation and the Trust Food Safety Policy (HACCP).
• Complete quality assurance and departmental food safety/HACCP monitoring or recording as required.
• Work at all times in a clean and tidy manner ensuring strict adherence to food hygiene and safety regulations.
• Cooking of foods to the highest standards.
• Working to the strict hygiene requirements as laid down or required.
• Ensuring the highest standards of personal and working hygiene practices.
• Ensure the correct and economical use of materials and equipment is carried out.
• Report to the manager any item of foodstuff considered by the post holder to be unsuitable for use.
• Deliver and receive routine information informing colleagues and service users of dietary information, informing catering staff of allergens relevant to the daily menu during daily staff briefings.

About us

We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation. We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers,home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more. If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Details

• Date posted: 30 June 2026
• Pay scheme: Agenda for change
• Band: Band 3
• Salary: £25,760 to £27,476 a year
• Contract: Permanent
• Working pattern: Part-time
• Reference number: 001414
• Job locations: Dewsbury District Hospital, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF1 4DG, United Kingdom

Job responsibilities

• Level Two Food Hygiene Certificate (IEHO).
• Catering 706 1&2 or equivalent.
• Strong Leadership skills with a proven track record and experience in similar role.
• The hygienic handling of food products in accordance with food hygiene legislation.
• Taking and recording of temperatures.
• Supervising other team members.
• Stock Control.
• Stock Rotation.
• Stock Taking.
• Food Safety.
• Menu planning.