# Bank Chef

**Company**: Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
**Location**: London
**Salary**: £18.08 an hour
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

Join the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust Bank as a Chef and play a vital role in supporting patient care across one of the UK's leading NHS trusts.

As a Chef, you'll have the flexibility to choose shifts that suit you while working as part of a dedicated team committed to work in conjunction with the ward and kitchen to provide a high quality, helpful and courteous service to patients and staff.

**Main duties of the job**

- Prepare and serve meals to patients, staff, and visitors.

- Follow recipes, food safety, and hygiene standards.

- Support menu planning and special dietary requirements.

- Supervise food production and stock rotation.

- Maintain clean, safe, and organised kitchen areas.

- Ensure equipment is used safely and reported when faulty.

- Deliver meals on time and to the required standard.

- Monitor food quality, temperatures, and cleaning records.

- Assist with stock deliveries and storage.

- Record food wastage and check food expiry dates.

- Support the day-to-day running of the catering service.

- Train and support new team members.

- Handle customer feedback and resolve issues professionally.

- Build positive working relationships across the Trust.

- Comply with Trust policies, health & safety, and food hygiene regulations.

- Participate in training, meetings, and personal development activities.

**About us**

- Flexible working to fit around your lifestyle

- Choose the shifts that work for you

- Competitive hourly rates

- Gain valuable experience within a leading NHS Trust

- Work as part of a supportive and friendly team

- Make a meaningful contribution to patient care and recovery

**What We're Looking For**

- Positive, flexible, and professional approach to work.

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

- Good organisational and time management skills.

- Able to prioritise tasks and meet deadlines.

- Respectful, reliable, and committed to high standards of service.

- Ability to build positive working relationships with colleagues and customers.

- Able to meet the requirements of the role with reasonable adjustments where applicable.

## Skills

### Required
- City & Guilds 1 & 2 Catering
- NVQ level 3
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
- Good level of numeracy and literacy skills
- Knowledge of HACCP
- Proven catering experience

### Nice to have
- Intermediate Food Hygiene
- IOSH Managing Safely
- Working within healthcare
- Knowledge/previous experience of health and safety

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