Bank Chef

Impington, England, United Kingdom

7/3/2025

Job Description

Bank Chef | Cambridge | Catering | Hospitability | Private Hospital | Competitive Rates

Join our Team - Cook with Care at Spire Healthcare

Spire Cambridge Lea Hospital is looking for an enthusiastic and reliable Bank Chef to join our hospitality team. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced chef to work in a rewarding healthcare environment, supporting the wellbeing and recovery of our patients through high quality, nutritious meals.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Prepared and cook balanced, high-quality meals for patients, staff and visitors in line with dietary requirements and hospital guidelines
• Ensure food is produced to a high standard and presented attractively
• Maintain high standards of hygiene, food safety, and kitchen cleanliness
• Work flexibly to cover shifts as required including weekends
• Support the wider catering team with stock managerment and kitchen operations
  
  

Shift Patterns available: either a 7am - 3pm or 11am - 7pm shift weekdays and long days at weekends 7am - 6pm (Rate Enhancements at weekends)

Who We're Looking For

• Experience of working in a kitchen environment
• Food Hygiene certificate (Level 2 essential) Level 3 desirable
• Passion for good food, with a strong understanding of dietary needs and nutrition
• Ability to work under pressure and as part of a collaborative team
• A good understanding of health and safety within a kitchen environment
  
  

Benefits

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card discounts
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team
  
  

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group that has been putting patients at the heart of everything we do for over 40 years. We have 39 hospitals and 8 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications