Head Chef
Posted 6 hours 40 minutes ago by NHS
As Head Chef, you will take full ownership of the kitchen operation, delivering exceptional food and leading a motivated team.
- Lead and inspire the catering team to deliver outstanding food and service
- Oversee production of patient, staff, and hospitality meals
- Support the design of menus, including specialist diets and seasonal offerings
- Manage budgets, stock control, and cost efficiency
- Ensure strict compliance with food safety, HACCP, and health & safety regulations
- Maintain excellent kitchen standards, hygiene, and cleanliness
- Drive continuous improvement across catering services
- Collaborate with clinical and front of house teams for a seamless service
You are a confident and experienced chef with strong leadership skills and a passion for delivering high standards.
- City & Guilds 706 Level 2 / NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent)
- Food Safety Level 2 certification
- Proven experience supervising catering teams
- Experience managing budgets and controlling costs
- Strong understanding of special diets and nutrition
- Excellent organisational, communication, and admin skills
- Flexible, reliable, and customer focused approach
- Higher level food safety or health & safety qualifications
- Experience in healthcare or similar environments
- Location: The Horder Centre, Crowborough
- Contract Type: Permanent, Full Time
- Shift Pattern: 5 days out of 7 Monday to Sunday: shift times vary from 6:30am - 2:30pm, 7:00am - 3pm, 10:30am - 6:30pm, 6:30am - 6:30pm
- Salary: up to £33,891.00 per annum, depending on experience + shift enhancements
- Right to work in the UK: Candidates must provide evidence of right to work before commencing. No visa sponsorship will be accepted.
We are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected characteristics by applicable law.
As a disability confident employer, we are pleased to offer full support should you require an alternative method of applying or any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.
In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies before the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.
Due to the nature of work here at Horder Healthcare, and to ensure that we remain committed to our Safeguarding policy, any applicant upon an initial offer of employment will be subject to pre employment checks, including an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. References and Occupational Health checks will also be taken before appointment.
Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.