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Job summary

Main area
Catering
Grade
DSFS Grade C
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref
166-DSFS-7846028
Employer
Derbyshire Support Facilities Services
Employer type
NHS
Site
Chesterfield Royal Hospital
Town
Chesterfield
Salary
£26,598 - £28,345 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
08/04/2026 23:59
Interview date
17/04/2026

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Head Chef

DSFS Grade C

Job overview

Head Chef Role 37.5hr per week

DSFS are looking to recruit the right person into the position of  Head Chef who will  join our team on a full-time basis, working within Cafe at the Royal, located at the main entrance at Chesterfield Royal Hospital.

This opportunity offers shifts  5 days per week,  Monday to Friday, working shifts with starting times of 7am  and finishing at 3pm.

Our team is the focal point for patients, visitors and staff  in the Hospital. We are looking for someone who is an experienced Chef and will thrive in this role, creating the right environment for our staff and visitors alike.

Main duties of the job

  •  Responsible for overseeing kitchen operations, preparing high-quality meals, and managing kitchen staff to ensure an exceptional dining experience for our customers,
  • Create and develop menus using seasonal ingredients,  ensuring dishes are cost effective and nutritious,
  • Ability to work as part of a team. 
  • Ability to issue instructions in a calm manner 
  • Ability to keep calm under pressure
  • You will be pivotal in ensuring full compliance where all Food Safety Guidelines and being adhered to.

Working for our organisation

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Ltd. (DSFS) is a subsidiary company that’s 100% owned by Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

DSFS has just over 900 staff across Soft and Hard Facilities Services, and our corporate services including, ICT, Patient Records, Switchboard, Procurement, Finance and Clinical Engineering. Very much part of the ‘Chesterfield Royal family’, DSFS builds on solid NHS foundations to offer a more commercial approach that’s dynamic, flexible, and proactive.

DSFS are proud to be striving to achieve a truly diverse and inclusive flexible workforce by valuing and welcoming everyone’s abilities, uniqueness, and individuality. All our colleagues have the right to and should be able to feel 100% themselves at work; we believe that all our people add to and should improve our culture and not just fit in with it. By embracing our diverse backgrounds and differences our culture becomes richer and makes us stronger together. 

Derbyshire Support and Facilities Services Limited currently do not offer a Certificate of Sponsorship, any applications which require sponsorship will not be considered

Please see below link for the DSFS website.

DSFS - Derbyshire Support & Facilities Services Limited | DSFS

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the Job description and Person Specification in the attachments. This document contains a full detailed description of the role and what the main responsibilities and duties are along with the criteria that are required.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Level 3 Advanced Food Hygiene Qualification
  • Trained to Diploma level in Catering City & Guilds 706/1 & 2 or equivalent NVQ’s
  • Level 4 Food Safety or equivalent knowledge or working towards accreditation
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and understanding of current issues in the NHS relating to catering services

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in a similar position being responsible for standards and service working within a service led and customer environment
  • Able to make decisions
Desirable criteria
  • Experience within commercial/branded retail and/or NHS catering operations
  • Experience with menu planning

Skills & Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Able to manage, motivate and lead a team
  • A good communicator, able to converse easily and well at all levels
  • Enthusiastic and having a passion for food
  • Excellent customer care skills
  • Work well under pressure and able to prioritise
  • Strong knowledge of HACCP, COSSH and Health and Safety legislation
Desirable criteria
  • Computer literate

Personal Attributes

Desirable criteria
  • Self-motivated and able to motivate others
  • Team worker
  • Able to work on their own initiative

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Ann Cowan
Job title
Retail Catering Manager
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01246 513873
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