Chef

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen at Musgrove Park Hospital to work in the award-winning catering team in our new custom-built kitchen.

We are looking for an experienced Chef who is flexible and can work under pressure in a busy hospital environment.

Main duties of the job

To lead and assist in the efficient operation of the Catering Service for patients and the provision of all other meals throughout the hospital. You must have suitable knowledge of culinary skills, food safety and necessary nutrition to help strengthen decision making whilst working in a healthcare environment.

Although patients across Somerset FT are served through a cook freeze catering system it is vital that chefs have the ability to innovate and produce food to the very highest standard.

The service is a 7-day operation and there is a shift system in place to ensure that chefs have a consistent pattern of working to include bank holidays .

As a catering team, there is a strong focus on collaboration with nursing and dietetic colleagues across the trust. Ensuring everybody involved in nutrition for patients has an understanding of food being part of the recovery process.

About us

As an organisation, the NHS offers a wide range of benefits including flexible working, pension contributions, market leading annual leave allowance, career progression and regular conversations, not to mention our Blue Light Card and NHS exclusive discounts.

The benefits of working in Somerset include the idyllic countryside, with our areas of outstanding beauty and stunning coastlines. You will get to enjoy these perks whilst still only being a stone's throw away from bustling city centres like Bristol, Bath and Exeter and only two hours away from London.

There are excellent educational facilities in the area and, when compared to other regions, house prices are reasonable. You will experience the best of both in Somerset, the countryside and the cosmopolitan - there is truly something for everyone!