Chef

Reference

PRI93942

Location

Priory Hospital Cheadle Royal, 100 Wilmslow Road, Manchester, SK8 3DG

Priory Group Division

Healthcare

Salary

£25,000.00

Hours

37.5

Vacancy Type

Permanent - Full Time

Job Advert - Division Information

Providing quality, inspiring innovation and  delivering value is what we set out to achieve at Priory Healthcare. Enabling our patients with mental health illness to receive a truly integrated and holistic approach to their treatment, regardless of complexity or severity, thanks to the knowledge and expertise of our multidisciplinary clinical teams.

Job Advert Role Description

Responsibilities:

Undertakes the planning, preparation and cooking of meals, taking account of any special requests or dietary requirements within the unit.

 Ensuring operational standards comply with the company’s Food Safety policies and guidelines and statutory regulations.

 Takes full shift responsibility for the catering operation (in the absence of the Head Chef).

 Ensures the cost-effective and efficient control of stock including placing orders for food products and the checking/reconciliation of deliveries.

 Monitors and adapts food production ensuring that there is a minimum amount of wasted food.

 Researches, develops and creates varied and interesting menus, which take account of healthy eating guidelines and any dietary requirements of the particular resident group.

 To ensure that wherever possible the people who use the service are provided with variety and choice, with full regard for dietary, nutritional and religious requirements, adapting to the changing needs of the people who use the service so their diets can be amended accordingly when needed

 Responsible for food safety standards and the standard of kitchen cleaning.

 Experience producing meals for large groups on time and to budget

 Supervises assigned catering staff ensuring their quality of work continues to meet required operational standards including food safety and cleanliness.

Experience:

- Experience within a professional kitchen environment
- Experience producing meals for large groups on time and to budget

What we are looking for in you…

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and embrace a diverse workforce.  We employ people from all walks of life because they embrace our hospitals values;

Putting people first  -  We put the needs of our service users above all else.
Being supportive  -   We support our employees, our service users and their families when they need us most.
Acting with integrity  -  We are honest, transparent and decent. We treat each other with respect.
Being positive  -  We see the best in our service users and each other and we strive to get things done. We never give up and we learn from our mistakes.
Striving for excellence   -   For over 140 years, we have been trusted by our service users with their care. We take this trust seriously and constantly strive to improve the services we provide.

A career with Priory Cheadle Royal not only enables you to manage your own career pathway whilst paying a competitive salary, we also have a range of other benefits such as

Free on site parking
Subsidised meals
Priory Perks discount portal
Wellbeing committee
Comprehensive Induction

We would welcome all applicants.  If you can see yourself joining our team, apply to join now!

 

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.

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 Pre-Employment checks. 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.

Job Description

Chef.pdf

Closing Date

31/07/2024