Job overview

The catering department at Midland Metropolitan University Hospital is looking to recruit a part time qualified and  experienced Chef to work within our Winter Garden Restaurant, producing a hot meal service for staff, patients and visitors who visit the restaurant

Applicants must have City & Guilds 7061 & 2 or equivalent and level 3 Food Safety Certificate and also have experience working within a similar catering environment. Candidates must have high standards of work, be an outgoing, hard-working and enthusiastic individual that is able to work on their own initiative.

Hours 24.5 hours per week based on a two week rota

Shift pattern 

Week 1

Monday, Tuesday, Saturday & Sunday 10.30am - 17.00pm

Week 2

Monday & Tuesday 6.30am - 14.00pm, Wednesday & Thursday 10.30am - 17.00pm

Applicants are required to be flexible in their approach to hours and duties and able to work additional shifts as and when required.

Main duties of the job

To carry out duties to the required standards as efficiently and effectively as possible as part of the production team, to provide a high quality service providing safe and nutritious food to patients, staff and visitors in compliance with the Food Safety Regulations. This post requires good communication skills.

Duties include prepare, cook and store meals for staff, hospitalities in accordance with standardised recipes, completion  of all control paperwork and general cleaning duties.

Working for our organisation

Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust (SWB) serves Birmingham and the Black Country – one of the country’s most culturally diverse areas. It’s a friendly and welcoming place – a place where you can belong, and a place where you can grow. 

We care for our patients, we care about our population, and we care about our people.  

Our values – Ambition, Respect and Compassion – are at the heart of who we are. They guide us every step of the way; how we work with each other, and how we look after our patients and their families; how we respect and value the rich diversity of our team and our community.   
Our Trust has always aspired to be more than a hospital, more than a healthcare provider. Our purpose is to “Improve the Life Chances and Health Outcomes of our Population.” It is what inspires, drives, and unites us every day. It’s what makes us unique.

We want working at SWB to feel like more than just a job. We want our Trust to be a place where you can feel you belong. A place where you feel happy, safe, and rewarded. A place where you can develop your career in whatever way you choose.  When we say we’re ‘with you all the way’ we want you to know that we mean it. Visit the SWB website to find out more about our ambitions and people plans.  

Multi-site working 

The four partner Trusts of the Black Country Provider Collaborative (Dudley Group NHS FT, Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, and Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust) are actively working in partnership to deliver a collective vision focused on providing "better, faster and safer care to the population of the Black Country and beyond". 

To support this vision, we are (where appropriate and safe to do so) actively looking at new models of care which:

Against this context, although this post is hosted by Sandwell & West Birmingham NHS Trust, there may be an expectation to work flexibly across the four partner Trusts to better meet patient and service needs.