Job vacancy: Chef, Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, Slough

Job summary

Main area: Chef
Grade: Band 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Part time - 37.5 hours per week (working 5 days out of 7 including weekends)
Job ref: 151-LC334-D

Employer: Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Wexham Park Hospital
Town: Slough
Salary: £26,240 - £27,928 per annum incl HCAS
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 05/11/2025 23:59

Chef

Band 3

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

What you’ll do:

Prepare and cook a variety of nutritious dishes using fresh ingredients and NHS menu plans
Cater for dietary needs and special diets with care and creativity
Maintain the highest hygiene and food safety standards
Contribute to menu development and new ideas for patient and staff meals
Support occasional hospitality and function catering
Assisting with stock control, storage, temperature checks, and kitchen cleanliness.
Contributing to menu development and improving patient and staff meal offerings

Please refer to the full Job Description and Person Specification for further details.

Please note sponsorship is not provided for this role.

We reserve the right to close the advert early if sufficient applications are received.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 or NVQ equivalent
Foundation Certificate in Food Hygiene

Desirable criteria

Intermediate Certificate in Food Hygiene
Knowledge of HACCP

Experience

Essential criteria

Career structure that shows a logical progression to a chef position in a similar size and/or NHS catering operation
Experience of working in a service led and customer focused environment

Desirable criteria

Experience with both the commercial food service sector and/or an NHS catering operation

Skills

Essential criteria

Good command of written English
Ability to work efficiently and to time
Organised and methodical

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust (FHFT) is proud of its strong reputation, record of achievement and ambition for the future. We serve a population of over 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and South Buckinghamshire, and remain committed to improving the health and wellbeing of our communities.

Our new organisational strategy – FHFT 2030 – sets out our ambition to be the best place to receive care and the best place to work in the NHS. Underpinned by our Trust values – Committed to Excellence, Working Together, Facing the Future, and being a modern, compassionate, Healthcare Organisation – we are creating a culture where our people can thrive and patients always come first.

We continue to invest heavily in our services and facilities. This includes the development of a new hospital at Frimley Park, major expansion of diagnostics and inpatient capacity, and the continued transformation of services across our sites. We have already delivered a brand-new £100m state-of-the-art Heatherwood Hospital, a £49m Emergency Assessment Centre at Wexham Park, and a £10m upgrade to maternity services.

We are also committed to sustainability and the NHS Net Zero ambition. Our new hospital and estate developments are being designed to be environmentally responsible, energy efficient, and future-proofed, featuring on-site renewables energy and intelligent energy systems. Through our green plan, we are embedding sustainable practices across all areas of care and operations, ensuring we reduce our environmental impact while improving population health and wellbeing. Our staff are key to helps us deliver on our ambition and to ensure sustainability is a core component of care delivery and our operations.

Alongside estates’ investments, we are embedding a strong focus on digital innovation and quality improvement. Our electronic patient record (Epic), launched in 2024, is already enabling safer, more connected, and more effective care for patients, while giving staff the tools they need to do their best work. Our electronic patient record also supports safe and effective digitised care pathways, savings time and carbon, whilst delivering excellent quality of care.

Everything we do is guided by our values, shaping how we care for patients, support colleagues, and build a sustainable future for healthcare together.