ChefNHS AfC: Band 3

Main area

N/A

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 3

Contract

Permanent

Hours

• Full time
• Part time

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

435-1LSC-UHMBT-131-26

Site

Furness General Hospital

Town

Barrow-in-Furness Cumbria

Salary

£25,760 - £27,476 Per Annum Pro Rata

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

11/11/2026 08:00

• Lancashire and South Cumbria Provider Collaborative (OneLsc)

The five provider NHS trusts in Lancashire and South Cumbria are working together as partners, delivering joint priorities to improve health and healthcare.

Together, we aim to drive up quality by sharing skills and best practice, pooling our resources and standardising the way we work to reduce variation and duplication.

We want to ensure patients have equal access to the same high-quality care wherever they live. We also want our colleagues to have the same high-quality experience wherever they work.

One Lancashire and South Cumbria (One LSC) and University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay has a firm commitment to strengthening the diversity of our workforce, and therefore welcome and encourage applications from likeminded people who can support our ambition to become effortlessly inclusive. We are particularly keen to hear from protected groups - including BAME, LGBT+ and people with a disability.

Job overview

We are currently looking at recruiting a two Chef's within our busy kitchen,

Are you that Chef who has natural flare and likes daily challenges within the workplace? then you might be the Chef we are looking for we are looking for someone who can work of their own initiative and bring different ideas to our department.

The ideal candidates should have achieved their Food Preparation and cooking NVQ level 2 or the equivalent, have good communication skills and be able to work under pressure.

Main duties of the job

Providing nutritional meals to our patients and other service users which includes providing specialist diets

Ensuring that trust policies and practices are adhered to which includes filling in trust documentation

Taking ownership of own training and ensuring all relevant training that is required for the job role is up to date

Working for our organisation

We operate from three main hospitals-Furness General Hospital (FGH) in Barrow, the Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI), and Westmorland General Hospital (WGH) in Kendal, as well as a number of community healthcare premises including Millom Hospital and GP Practice, Queen Victoria Hospital in Morecambe, and Ulverston Community Health Centre.

FGH and the RLI have a range of General Hospital services, with full Emergency Departments, Critical/Coronary Care units and various Consultant-led services.

WGH provides a range of General Hospital services, together with an Urgent Treatment Centre, that can help with a range of non-life threatening conditions such as broken bones and minor illnesses.

All three main hospitals provide a range of planned care including outpatients, diagnostics, therapies, day case and inpatient surgery. In addition, a range of local outreach services and diagnostics are provided from community facilities across Morecambe Bay.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Providing nutritional meals to our patients and other service users which includes providing specialist diets

Ensuring that trust policies and practices are adhered to which includes filling in trust documentation

Taking ownership of own training and ensuring all relevant training that is required for the job role is up to date

Person specificationinterviewEssential criteria

• Catering Experience
• Holds NVQ2 or equivalent
• Holds intermediate Food Hygiene
• Experience in Specialist Diets

Desirable criteria

• Willing to work towards Intermediate Food Hygiene
• willing to work towards the necessary training required for specialist diets

quetsionEssential criteria

• knowledge of allergens

Desirable criteria

• to update knowledge of allergens

Dear Potential Applicant,

It is important you are made aware of the following as regards your application to East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

• Please note that the salary advertised is for full time hours. If this post is less than 37.5 hours per week, the salary will be pro-rata. For posts on Agenda for Change pay-scales, new entrants to the NHS will normally commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
• This vacancymay close before the closing date if the recruiting manager deems sufficient applications have been received. Therefore it is advised to complete your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.**
• Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
  
  *Please note that shortlisting is completed anonymously with candidates being assessed against the essential criteria for the post.Therefore only applicants, who can clearly demonstrate how they meet our person specification criteria in their application, will be short-listed.

Disclosure and Barring Scheme (DBS)

If the role you are applying for is identified as either controlled or regulated activity as defined in in the Safeguarding vulnerable Groups Act (2006) any offer of employment is provisional upon a satisfactory DBS check being obtained.

The healthcare sector is exempted from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

In line with other NHS organisations in the North West Region, the Trust is now passing the charge for undertaking a DBS check on to candidates in the event they are successfully appointed into the post for which they have applied. Candidates can choose whether to pay this over 1-3 months as a deduction from the monthly salary. However, if you are applying for a post as a BANK worker, the payment must be made in full at the time of employment checks. By applying for this vacancy you are agreeing to this undertaking in the event you are successfully appointed.

The cost for an Enhanced DBS, is £45.90 and for a Basic & Standard, this is £24.90 this cost includes a £4.90 admin fee.

This cost is not applicable for a Volunteer post

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