Assistant Chef / 2nd Chef

Assistant Chef / 2nd Chef
Knights Grove Care Home, Thomas Road, North Baddesley, Southampton SO52 9EW
£12.79 - £14.29 Depending on experience
£1000 Welcome bonus
30 hours per week - Sunday, Monday and Tuesday - 7am - 5pm.
We make health happen
Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.
Our fantastic Kitchen Team is the magic behind each delicious dish we serve our guests. They are passionate about all things food and take great pride in each dish they prepare.
We are looking for an equally passionate Assistant Chef to join the team and help create and deliver an excellent dining experience for our residents.
You'll help us make health happen by:
+ Using your passion for cooking and fresh ingredients to create varied and nutritional menus in line with dietary needs and preferences of our residents
+ Putting forward ideas to deliver an excellent dining experience, helping our residents to feel at home
+ Training and managing the kitchen team in prepping, cooking and serving of food
+ Adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, company policies and procedures, budgets, managing orders and deliveries
+ Catering for special events or seasonal activities, such as summer fetes, Christmas parties and birthdays (as required)
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
+ My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
+ Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
+ Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
+ 28 days holiday
+ We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
+ Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
+ Free meal on every shift
+ Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
+ We offer a range of Bupa pension plans - find out more on our career site
+ Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
+ Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
+ Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK
Why Bupa?
We're a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to "Be you at Bupa", we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That's why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim tooffer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We'll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
If you require information regarding this role in an alternative format, please email: (url removed)
Your starter bonus will be paid to you in the next available pay run once you have completed four weeks' service and will be subject to deductions for tax and NI. T&Cs Apply.
Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UK's Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.