Job responsibilities
Title: Chef
Salary: 17,669 - 19,632 per annum
Hours/Contract: Full Time, 35 hours per week (offering 2 different shift patterns)
Contract Type: Permanent
Based: Liverpool Hospice
Closing date: 13th April 2022
Interview date: TBC
We are seeking a Chef to join our amazing team at our Liverpool Hospice!
As the Chef, you will assist the Head Chef in preparing nourishing, well-balanced meals at a consistently high standard to our patients, visitors, staff and volunteers whilst maintaining a high level of food hygiene.
This is a hands-on role, where you will be required to demonstrate strong practical, imaginative and creative cooking skills. You will be well organised, flexible and pro-active in your approach to work. Excellent communication and customer service skills are also a must, together with the ability to self-motivate and manage your time effectively. You will have fantastic interpersonal skills together with exceptional levels of integrity and self-awareness.
You will be responsible for assisting the Head Chef with the adequate supervision if the Catering Assistants.
This role covers the whole range of the catering service, including the patient food service, functions and buffets.
If you are looking for a truly rewarding role with genuine job satisfaction, this may just be for you!
What we are looking for:
- City & Guilds 706/1, 706/2 or equivalent or NVQ level 2 Basic Food Hygiene
- High levels of Health and Safety awareness
- Excellent cooking skills with the ability to develop and plan menus
- Relevant catering and supervisory experience
What?s in it for you:
- Continued access to NHS Pension Scheme (subject to eligibility)
- Marie Curie Group Personal Pension Scheme
- Season ticket loan
- Loan schemes for bikes; computers and satellite navigation systems
- Continuous development
- Industry leading training programmes
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible Working
Please click here for the full job description.
Marie Curie is committed to its values, which underpin our work. We take stringent steps to ensure that the people who join our organisation through employment or volunteering, are suitable for their roles and are committed to safeguarding all our people from harm. This includes our staff, volunteers and all those who use or come into contact with our services. We are dedicated to creating not just a safe place to work but also a supportive and rewarding one.
We are committed to a world where everyone can thrive and fulfil their potential. We are devoted to the social justice imperatives and organisational benefits of full diversity, inclusion and equity in the workplace, and are a Stonewall champion. We actively encourage and welcome applications from candidates of diverse cultures, perspectives and lived experiences.
This role will be subject to receiving a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure check.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early. Agencies need not apply.
