Head Chef

4 months ago

Leicestershire, United Kingdom Spire Healthcare Full time

Head Chef | Catering | Full Time, predominantly Monday - Friday with occasional weekend cover | Salary – Depending on experience | Oadby, Leicester | Free Parking | Excellent Benefits |

Spire Leicester are seeking a Head Chef to lead, drive, develop and manage a dynamic, passionate, hard-working team to deliver a customer focused, five-star experience to all Patients, Consultants and Colleagues at the hospital. 

The Head Chef will play an active role within the hospital management team, attending key meetings, contributing to the delivery of the Hospital strategy within the non-clinical team, controlling budget (including staff costs) and ensuing all policies and protocols are followed.

The role will suit someone that is a hands on chef looking for the next step up into a management role.

Duties and responsibilities:

Ensure that all legislative regulations regarding food hygiene, licensing, health & safety, risk management is complied with. To manage the Hospitality services team with line reports of the catering and pantry team To plan and organise Catering for the hospital on a day-to-day basis. To ensure effective day to day control of all staffing rosters and pay expenditures Responsible for Food Safety Standards within the hospital Active hands on chef role 

Who were looking for:

Previous hotel service management experience coupled with a City and Guilds or equivalent qualification Experience in supervising a team Advanced qualification/s in Food Hygiene or a relevant catering qualification. Customer oriented; friendly and able to exude an approachable attitude towards patients and colleagues. A problem-solving approach and a leader of change A professional attitude with a concern for quality and customer service Proficient in Microsoft Office, particularly Outlook, Word, and Excel Intermediate Food Hygiene Certificate (Level 3) Ability to adapt menus to meet special dietary requirements. Hospitality (or Hospital) background - desirable Experience of managing a budget - desirable

Hours: Full-time permanent, Mon - Sun 5 days out of 7 from shifts between the hours of 7am - 8pm 

Benefits 

We offer employees a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to: 

35 days annual leave inclusive of bank holidays  Employer and employee contributory pension with flexible retirement options  Spire for you’ reward platform - discount and cashback for over 1000 retailers  Free Bupa wellness screening Private medical insurance  Life assurance We commit to our employee’s well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward. 

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people. 

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications 

About Us 

At Spire Healthcare, caring is our passion. We have been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 25 years. We’re committed to looking after people, both patients and staff. We deliver high standards of care to our insured, self-pay and NHS patients across 39 hospitals and 33 clinics, medical centres and consulting rooms. Our successful business is led by an experienced and stable senior management team, we provide the highest quality of care through the latest medical technology, new facilities, and a focus on inspiring leadership and employee development. 

We have achieved our market leading position because of our Purpose, which is to 'make a positive difference to people's lives through outstanding personalised care'. Everyone at Spire is aligned to this purpose, which underpins a culture of respect, inclusion, passion and collaboration across our business, enabling us to achieve more than 98% of our hospitals being rated ‘Good’ or ‘Outstanding’ by the Regulators; these are sector leading standards. 

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