Assistant Head Chef - Urgent Hiring

We are hiring a resourceful Assistant Head Chef to join our stellar team at Ramsay Health Care in Colchester England United Kingdom
Growing your career as a Full Time Assistant Head Chef is an incredible opportunity to develop competitive skills.
If you are strong in persuasion, people management and have the right experience for the job, then apply for the position of Assistant Head Chef at Ramsay Health Care today!

Job Description

Chef

Location: Oaks Hospital, Colchester

Hours:  37.5 hours per week - (Monday to Sunday Shifts)

Salary: Depending on experience + Benefits

Summary:
Oaks Hospital is one of Essex's leading private hospitals with an excellent reputation for delivering high quality private hospital treatments and services.

Located on the outskirts of Colchester, the hospital opened on this site in 1994 and currently has 57 bedrooms including three twin-bedded rooms all with en-suite facilities to ensure complete privacy throughout your stay.

Staff are friendly and professional and respect individual patient needs at all times. Oaks Hospital has a tradition of working closely with Consultants and patients to ensure the best quality healthcare is consistently being delivered.

The Role:

An exciting opportunity for a qualified Chef has arisen for our Oaks hospital, based in Colchester.

As Chef, you will be working alongside our Head Chef and Second chef, and 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 the all aspects of the kitchen in the absence of the Head Chef/Second Chef. 

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.  

Benefits:

• 25 Days Leave + Bank Holidays (Pro-Rata)
• Buy & Sell Flexi Leave Options
• Private Pension where Ramsay will match up to 5% after a qualifying period
• 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:

Ramsay Health Care UK is a well-established global hospital group with over 50 years’ experience. We are a global provider operating in 11 countries with 77,000 staff who treat 8 million patients each year. It is well respected within the healthcare industry and is one of the leading providers of independent hospital services in England. We are well known for our strong, long-standing relationship with the NHS.

We love people with a positive, “can do” attitude who want to make a difference in their work. "Our employees are Ramsay." The skills and commitment of our employees forms the basis for our success.

We know our people are our greatest asset, our business is growing and we would like you to join us. “The Ramsay Way” culture recognises that people – staff and doctors – are Ramsay Health Care’s most important asset and this has been key to our ongoing success. 

We are proud of our ‘Speak Up for Safety’ programme and ensure that the patient is at the heart of everything we do. Join us and have more ‘Time to Care’. 

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all. This position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check. 

We value your application and welcome any questions you may have prior to applying. Please be advised that we reserve the right to close our advertisements 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.

Benefits of working as a Assistant Head Chef in Colchester England United Kingdom:

● Learning opportunities
● Advancement opportunities
● Advantageous package