Chef in Liverpool

The words ‘chef’ and ‘social life’ don’t often go together. Well, this time they do. With this job you will not work evenings, you will only work 5 days a week, and you will not be under heavy pressure and stress.  

Instead, you will work 37.5 hours a week at Victoria Gardens in Liverpool as part of the Catering Team, with responsibility for the provision of high quality meals that meet the nutritional and dietary requirements of the residents  working within agreed budgetary guidelines.

It’s a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you’ll be able to manage your workload and enjoy creating meals. There’s a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly. 

Just imagine… home in time for dinner every night. Two days off a week. And not stressed to the hilt. 
 
Your responsibilities will include:

• To ensure that food preparation meets all Food Hygiene standards
• Manage all stocks and stores ensuring all food is correctly marked and correct stock rotation systems are in place
• To develop and maintain good relationships with the residents, relatives and staff through regular contact giving information, support and advice whenever and as often as required.
• To maintain concise records and provide reports as necessary.

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

• GCSE or equivalent English
• City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 (or equivalent) Basic Food Preparation Cooking
• Basic Food Hygiene (Intermediate desirable)
• Supervising qualification or working towards
• Experience preparing and producing quality food to a high standard
• Knowledge of menu planning and costing
• Some supervising experience

What you will get

• Annual salary of £21,547 + Benefits
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Career development and training
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package
• Flexible working opportunities

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check and much more.
 
About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

The safety of our service users and colleagues is our priority and as such we encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID-19.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.