Chef in Middlesbrough

If you are an experienced chef who is passionate about cooking and are looking for a new opportunity with family-friendly hours, then join the supportive team as a Chef at The Bridge in Middlesbrough.

Working 37.5 hours a week (8am-6pm Monday-Sunday), you will help prepare and cook patient and staff meals, ensuring meals are nutritious, appetising, and take into account any special requests or dietary requirements.

• Participating in food purchasing through established procedures with an emphasis on cost and quality control
  
• Participating in food costs through effective cost control procedures
  
• Maintaining good food storage procedures and stock rotation according to established procedures
  
• Preparing and cooking meals to a consistently high standard
  
• Preparing and producing foods for conferences and banquets

• 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 £21,684  + Benefits
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals and parking
• Wellbeing support and activities
• Continuous training including support for further catering qualifications 
• Pension contribution
• Life Assurance
• Enhanced Maternity Package

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, car leasing without a credit check, holiday financing 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.