Assistant Head Chef

Job Description

Chef | Woodthorpe Hospital | Full Time 37.5 Hours

The role

An exciting opportunity for a Chef has arisen at Woodthorpe Hospital. Working alongside our long established team, you will be responsible for the development and provision of high quality freshly made nutritious meals served to our patients and staff on a daily basis. The role includes supervising Catering Assistants and being responsible for all aspects of the kitchen.

What you'll bring with you

You will be confident self-motivated with previous experience in a fast paced catering environment. It is essential to have a passion for creating good food to a high standard with a very high standard of food safety and excellent customer service.

Candidates must have certificates in Food Hygiene and Safety and NVQ up to Level 2 in Catering and Hospitality.

Benefits

• 25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays

• Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options

• Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period

• Flexible shift patterns available where possible

• Enhanced Competitive Parental Leave Policies (launched 2023)

• Private Healthcare for you and dependents includes online GP

• Life Assurance (Death in Service)

• Free Training and Development via the Academy

• Free Parking on site for workers (where possible)

• Subsidised staff restaurant (where possible)

• Over 8,000 discounts and special offers via benefits portal

• Book discounted cinema tickets on the dedicated cinema portal

• The Blue Light Card Scheme

About us

We're Ramsay Health Care UK. With 35 hospitals, 7,600 staff and 200,000 patients treated every year, we're one of the leading independent healthcare providers in England. We deliver a wide and comprehensive range of specialised clinical services from routine to complex surgery, day case procedures, cancer care, diagnostic services and physiotherapy. In addition, we also have our three standalone decontamination units which are essential to supporting our clinical outcomes. 94% of our facilities are rated Good' by the CQC, and we are extremely proud of the high quality of our staff as well as excellent relationships with doctors and our strong, longstanding partnership with the NHS.

We're part of a global hospital group with over 50 years' experience that operates in 11 countries across the world. As people caring for people, our ethos helps make a huge difference in the lives of millions. We know that our people are our most important asset to our organisation, and are the key to our success and continuing growth.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. We reserve the right to close our adverts prior to the announced closing date to ensure a quality recruitment process.

We care.

It's more than what we do, it's who we are. Everything we do is about striving to deliver the best care. And it's a belief that's as true today as it was when we welcomed our first patients in 1964.

The Ramsay Way culture recognises that our people are our most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success.

We are proud to support the UK's Armed Forces and Reservists and have already achieved the Silver Award as part of the MOD's Armed Forces Covenant Employer Recognition Scheme. The scheme recognises employers who actively support Defence while encouraging other organisations to adopt the same behaviours in their workplace. As a company we are committed to supporting the wider Armed Forces community and this includes our staff as well as our patients.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to background and DBS checks.