Assistant Chef - Band 2

Job summary

The Catering services at Grantham District Hospital are looking to appoint 2 x part Assistant Chefs due to Staff leaving and restructuring within the department.

The job is full time (16 hours per week) normally 8.30 am to 2.30 pm which will also including working alternate weekends.

Flexibility will be required as from time to time these times may alter due to staff Annual leave or other related absences.

The department runs 365 days a year Serving our patients, visitors and staff

Main duties of the job

The main duties of the job is preparing, cooking and serving meals for both patients and staff.

You may also sometimes work in the Restaurant cooking / Serving staff meals.

You will be joining a small team of 12 staff ranging from chefs and Catering Assistants working within a Finishing Kitchen unit providing over 100 Patient meals meals a day .

About us

Our Trust is situated in the beautiful county of Lincolnshire and is one of the biggest acute hospital trusts in England, serving a population of more than 700,000 people. We provide acute and specialist services to people in Lincolnshire and neighbouring counties. We have an annual income of £643 million (20/21) and we employ nearly 8,500 people.

Our Board have recently agreed a new vision statement - "Outstanding Care Personally Delivered" - stating their ambition for our Trust to be among the best.

We also have a five year Integrated Improvement Plan setting out how we will achieve our strategic objectives, for patients, services, people and partners, the last recognising that our future success depends on our ability to ensure the Lincolnshire healthcare system is successful in achieving its ambition to help people live healthier lives and provide care closer to where people live.

Our latest CQC report increased our ratings for being effective and well-led from 'Requires Improvement' to 'Good'. Our rating for caring remained as 'Good'.

This is in recognition of the huge amount of work that our amazing staff have done to improve the quality of care for our patients in recent years.

We are committed to helping our staff balance their work and home lives and ensure they feel supported, valued and appreciated.