Job summary
- Main area
- Chef
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 3
- Contract
- Bank
- Hours
- Flexible working - 0 hours per week (As and when required)
- Job ref
- 326-7876447-RH
- Employer
- Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- East Surrey Hospital
- Town
- Redhill
- Salary
- £16 per hour (Includes 12.07% WTD)
- Salary period
- Hourly
- Closing
- 12/04/2026 23:59
- Interview date
- 24/04/2026
Employer heading
Bank Chef de Partie
NHS AfC: Band 3
Job overview
About the Role
We’re looking for an enthusiastic and skilled Chef (7061/2 or equivalent) to join our vibrant Catering Team on a Bank only basis. Working within our busy hospital kitchen and restaurant, you’ll help deliver delicious, nutritious meals that support recovery, well being, and the daily experience of more than 750 patients, staff, and visitors.
As a Bank Chef, you will play a key part in our catering service by:
- Preparing a wide range of high‑quality, nutritious meals
- Supporting and supervising kitchen team members
- Maintaining high standards of food safety, hygiene, and presentation
- Staying calm and effective in a fast‑paced, high‑volume environment
- Contributing to both patient meal services and our dynamic staff/visitor restaurant
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- A recognised Chef qualification (7061/2 or equivalent)
- Experience working in a busy kitchen or catering operation
- Strong teamwork, communication, and leadership skills
- A commitment to delivering exceptional food and service
- A positive, adaptable, and proactive approach
By joining our Bank team, you will:
- Become part of a friendly, supportive, and expanding hospital catering service
- Work in a varied and rewarding environment where your skills make a real difference
- Enjoy flexible shifts that fit around your commitments
- Have access to development opportunities within a professional, growing team
Main duties of the job
If you’re passionate about culinary excellence and want to use your skills to help support our hospital community, we’d love to hear from you!
For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.
Working for our organisation
We are a leading local employer with a diverse workforce of approximately 6,000 staff, dedicated to providing healthcare services to a growing population of around 780,000 individuals.
Our Trust provides both emergency and planned healthcare across East Surrey, North-East West Sussex, and South Croydon – covering towns like Crawley, Horsham, Reigate, and Redhill. Our main hospital, East Surrey in Redhill, offers a full range of acute and specialist services and is also the closest trauma unit to Gatwick Airport. We also provide outpatient, diagnostic, and planned care services at sites including The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Oxted Health Centre, Crawley Hospital, and Horsham Hospital.
We are proud to be an inclusive employer, and we work hard to create an environment where everyone feels valued and supported. At our Trust, we strive to be the best place to work and receive care. We are dedicated to supporting you in your current role while helping you grow and develop your career. As part of our team, you will have access to excellent training opportunities, flexible working, dedicated support networks, and a strong emphasis on health and wellbeing to ensure a thriving and positive work environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For further information regarding the role please read the attached job description and person specification.
Person specification
Criteria
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- A complete and accurate application
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Evidence of essential experience for role
- Meet the essential education/qualifications required for the role
- Hold the necessary mandatory professional/clinical registration
- Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
- Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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
- Caroline Given
- Job title
- Facilities Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01737768511
- Additional information
Ext 2670
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