Chef

Location: Bosbury

Ready for a chef role that lets you unleash your creativity? If so, join Stanley Houseas a Chef working alongside a dedicated team. Become a crucial part of the kitchen team working 37.5 hours a week , crafting daily meals for service users, staff and visitors. Dive into food preparation and elevate your role by providing guidance and training to your peers.

Here's the exciting part- the calendar is buzzing with activities, events and special occasions which you'll also cater for. From World Food Day to festive moments like Christmas and Easter, you get to infuse your own flair and keep things exciting. It's a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you'll be able to manage your workload and enjoy creating delicious meals.

There's a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly. Just imagine… great job satisfaction, home in time for dinner every night and two days off a week. Now that's a recipe for a balanced work-life combo. As a Chef you will be:
Supporting the Head Chef for the day-to-day running of the kitchen. Maintaining good food storage procedures and stock rotation according to established procedures. Preparing, planning and cooking meals to a consistently high standard, taking account of any special requests or dietary requirements within the unit. Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverage in a professional and courteous services manner.

Preparing and producing foods for conferences and banquets. Participating in food costings through effective cost control procedures. Adhering to the ‘Safer Food Better Business' standards and record keeping. Adhering strictly to Food Hygiene Regulations and other safety procedures at all times. Taking full shift responsibility for the catering operation Assisting the Head Chef by researching and creating new menus ensuring meals are of a high quality and compliment healthy eating guidelines.

Correctly filing of all paperwork in relation to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system (HACCP) i.e. Fridge temperatures, food temperature logs and cleaning schedules To be successful in this role, you'll need:
To be 18 years or older GCSE or equivalent English City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 (or equivalent) Basic Food Preparation Cooking Basic Food Hygiene (essential) Intermediate Food hygiene (desirable) Previous experience in a similar environment Previous experience in delivering a service on mass Menu planning, costing, ordering, stock control and budget experience Where you will be working:
Bosbury, Hereford, Herefordshire,HR8 1HB
You will be working at Stanley House, a service which offers a multidisciplinary approach to its long term care provision and provides the specialised care and expert therapeutic interventions. Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, you will support and enable residents to undergo reviews of their specific and/or changing needs. Stanley House offers therapies and activities which include Physiotherapy and Art therapy and receives input from a Professor in Neuropsychiatry and monthly specialist GP clinics.

Residents at Stanley House have varying needs, from being able to manage some of their own needs, to being fully reliant. This includes personal care involving washing, dressing, shaving and helping with continence needs. Helping residents to eat is also a big part of the daily routine. End-of-life care is also provided to enable residents to stay in the comfort and familiar surroundings at Stanley House, where their family can also be supported.

There's plenty of fun to be had too, through supporting residents to take part in regular communal activities, from providing wheelchair and walking assistance, to afternoons of laughter with bouncy castles, family fun days and trips to the local café, shops and bowling. Its these precious moments that are most rewarding and make it all worthwhile. What You'll Get At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you'll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:
Annual base salary is competitive…