Chef

Reference

PRI81265

Location

Woodbourne Priory Hospital, 21 Woodbourne Road, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B17 8BY

Priory Group Division

Healthcare

Vacancy Type

Permanent - Full Time

Salary

£22,000

Hours

37.5

Job Advert - Division Information

Ready for the recognition and rewards you deserve?

We don’t just talk about putting employees first. We know that Priory wouldn’t exist without their combined energy, expertise and effort.  So we invest heavily in training, provide first-class support, promote collaborative teamwork and give everyone on our team the opportunities and resources to achieve their full potential.

Job Advert Role Description

Set in the leafy suburb of Edgbaston, close to Birmingham City centre, Woodbourne Priory Hospital is set in beautiful grounds, conveniently located for access to the West Midlands motorway network and with good local public transport links.

Our unique range of services gives our colleagues the opportunity to develop skills and experience of working with a broad range of mental health conditions across five mental health service lines, across the hospital’s seven wards.

The hospital provides a diverse range of inpatient services, including acute and psychiatric intensive care, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, specialist Eating Disorder and private acute and addictions treatment programmes.  Our multi-disciplinary teams deliver personalised treatment programmes to our patients and have established an excellent reputation for providing the highest standards of care.

If you are looking for an employer that’s passionate about supporting your career progression, where you can work as part of a committed, diverse and experienced team, and you share our passion for delivering outstanding care to make a real and lasting difference to patients’ lives, then Woodbourne Priory Hospital is the place for you!

As part of the Support Services team and reporting to the Head Chef, the role entails ensuring high quality service is delivered to our clients through the creation and presentation of meals.

The ideal candidate will be qualified to a minimum standard of NVQ level 2 in catering and with a current food hygiene certificate, you will be assisting in the production of high quality meals according to the menu and in line with client needs ensuring that special requests and/or dietary requirements are adhered to.

You will be a capable team player who is reliable, with exceptional customer service and who possesses excellent communication skills.  You will be able to successfully manage pressurised situations and have experience of working in a busy kitchen.

What we’d like from you:

•           Catering qualification (NVQ level 2 essential, NVQ level 3 preferable)

•           Current Food Hygiene Certificate

•           Excellent organisational capability

•           Ability to work in a busy and sometimes pressurised environment

•           Committed to delivering outstanding customer service

•           Able to use own initiative

•           Effective communication skills

What we’d like to give you:

•           A competitive salary

•           Enhanced disclosure cost coverage

•           Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing training

•           25 days annual leave plus bank holidays

•           Birthday Holiday  - Your Birthday as an extra days annual leave

Shift patterns

• Monday to Friday  7am to 2pm or 10am to 6.30pm
• Weekends 7am to 6.30pm           

CVs from agencies will not be accepted.  We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the stated closing date if we receive a sufficient amount of acceptable applications.

Due to limits on sponsorship allocations, we are not currently in a position to offer sponsorship to new candidates for these roles, this remains under review.

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Division DBS info

About us

As one of the UK’s leading providers of behavioural care and specialist support services, Priory promise a challenging and fulfilling career with the support of a world class organisation willing to invest in your development. 

Across our network of hospitals, residential care homes and supported living services, we are making a real and lasting difference to the lives of the people we support.

Priory maintains that vaccination remains our very best line of defence against COVID-19 and believes that our colleagues working with vulnerable individuals have a professional duty to be vaccinated.  As part of our wider infection control efforts, and to meet our commissioner and customer requirements, we continue to record vaccination status for all colleagues and we therefore request that you disclose this information as part of your application. Your vaccination status will not affect any offer of employment and will be held in line with GDPR requirements.  We thank you for your understanding. 

Disclosure

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.

Closing Date

30/09/2023