Assistant Chef

Job title: Assistant Chef

Location: The Highgate Care Home, 12 Hornsey Lane, Highgate, London, N6 5LX

Salary: £12.79 - £14.29 per hour depending on experience

Contract: 6 months Fixed Term

Shift Pattern: 40 hours per week

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

• Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support - all available via one phone number 24/7

• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Long service

• For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!

• Wagestream

• Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes

• 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

• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK
• A good work-life balance meaning you can be happy and productive at work and also have time for yourself and your friends & family

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 to offer 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: careers@bupa.com