Job summary
- Main area
- Chef
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 413-111075-EF-TM
- Employer
- The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Catering - E00774
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £25,760 - £27,476 Pro Rate, Per Annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 25/09/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Chef
Band 3
Job overview
Do you want to work as part of an innovative Catering Team within one of Europe’s leading and the UK’s best Cancer Care Centres?
We have a rare opportunity for you to join our inspirational catering team here at “the Christie” as a Chef within our Catering Team. Encouraging healthier lifestyles, our Team of Chefs is skilled in transforming fresh, seasonal ingredients into nutritious home-cooked meals that place our patients, families, and colleagues “At the heart of what we do”. Do you have what it takes to provide exceptional food with exemplary customer service, with a smile, in a fast-paced, caring environment?
Main duties of the job
What will you be doing:
• Delivering a high standard of food preparation
• Producing food to the highest standards
• Ensuring food and hygiene standards are met.
• Planning menus and ordering supplies as required.
• Dealing with direct patient queries.
• Delivering Dietary and Allergen requirements.
• Providing a personalised service as appropriate.
• Preparing, cooking, and serving of all foods to patients, staff and visitors.
• Providing high quality hospitality catering for internal and external events.
• Ensuring compliance of all Catering areas.
• Providing excellent customer service to patients, families, and colleagues.
• Ensuring NHS Food Standards are adhered to.
Qualifications and Skills:
• Must hold City & Guilds 7061 & 2 or L2/L3 NVQ
• L2 Food Hygiene Certificate
• L2 HACCP Certification
• Experience in large-scale catering, kitchen, or food service industry, preferably in a health care setting.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to work effectively within a team environment
• Attention to detail and ability to multitask
• Availability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, and public holidays
Working for our organisation
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, looking after more than 64,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 25% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We are the largest radiotherapy provider in the NHS with one in 20 treatments delivered at The Christie. We have up to 15 linear accelerators operating across our network of sites. We operate the largest chemotherapy unit in the UK on our main site and treatments are also provided at 13 other networked sites, and in patients homes. And as a specialist tertiary surgical centre, we focus on rare cancers, complex procedures, and multidisciplinary approaches to cancer surgery, specialising in colorectal, peritoneal, gynaecological, urological and plastic surgery.
We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years. We have been named by the UK’s National Institute for Health Research (NIHR), as one of the best hospitals providing opportunities for patients to participate in clinical research studies, with more than 800 studies open at any time, caring for over 3,000 patients.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- City & Guilds 7061&2 or NVQ Level 2/3 in Food Production
- L2 Food Hygiene Certificate
Experience
Essential criteria
- Large Scale industrial Catering
- Awareness of dietetic and allergen requirements
Desirable criteria
- Large Scale Catering in a Healthcare setting
Skills
Essential criteria
- Effective Interpersonal and communication skills
Desirable criteria
- Effective Interpersonal and communication skills
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Food Safety Legislation
- H.A.C.C.P Principles and their application within Catering
- Therapeutic Diets
- COSHH
Values
Essential criteria
- Ability to demonstrate the Organisational values & Behaviours
Other
Essential criteria
- Commitment to the delivery of high-standard service
- Highly Motivated Individual with initiative and willingness to develop and make improvements
- Look for opportunities to develop services
Desirable criteria
- Flexibility
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Joshely Contreras Hernandez
- Job title
- Executive Head Chef
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 446 3227
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