Job Description

Chef / Cook

Spire Regency Hospital, Macclesfield

Bank/Zero hour contract | Flexible working hours | £13.31 per hour plus excellent benefits

Are you an experienced Chef or Cook looking for a rewarding role where your work makes a real difference every day?

Spire Regency Hospital, in Macclesfield is looking for a Chef / Cook to join our friendly and experienced hospitality team on a bank/ad-hoc basis basis to help cover sickness and annual leave. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a hospital environment where high-quality food, excellent service, and patient care go hand in hand.

Spire Regency Hospital, Macclesfield takes pride in providing a high standard of care to all patients. With a wide range of specialties offered, you can get fast access to expert healthcare, from consultations and diagnosis to personalised treatment and aftercare.

Working Hours

Shifts are scheduled between:

• 7am to 3pm or 11am to 7pm over 7 days - flexibility is required

Contract Type

Bank/zero hour

About the Role

As a Chef / Cook, you will play an important role in supporting the day-to-day delivery of high-quality food and beverages across the hospital.

You will help prepare and present meals for patients, staff, consultants, and visitors, ensuring all food is delivered to a high standard and in line with hygiene, safety, and nutritional requirements.

You will also support the wider catering team and deputise in the absence of the Senior Chef when required.

Key Responsibilities

Your duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Preparing, cooking, and presenting meals to the required standard
• Supporting the delivery of food and beverages for patients, staff, consultants, and visitors
• Assisting with service in the staff restaurant and ensuring food counters are well stocked
• Preparing food and beverages for special functions and hospital events
• Supporting patients with individual dietary needs or preferences
• Ensuring all HACCP, food hygiene, and health and safety guidelines are followed and recorded
• Checking deliveries and ensuring accurate records are maintained
• Carrying out cleaning duties in line with kitchen schedules
• Maintaining clean, safe, and tidy working conditions at all times
• Supporting colleagues and building positive working relationships across the team
• Maintaining high standards of personal hygiene and professional appearance

Who we are looking for:

We are looking for someone who takes pride in preparing great food and delivering excellent service.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Experience working in a kitchen environment
• Experience cooking for larger numbers of people
• Previous experience in a restaurant-style kitchen, hospital, ward, or visitor-facing catering environment
• Good communication skills
• A positive and professional approach to customer service
• The ability to build rapport with patients, visitors, colleagues, and consultants
• A calm and organised approach when working under pressure
• Flexibility to work evenings and weekends on a rota basis
• A willingness to take ownership of your own training and development

Basic food hygiene and / or catering certificates would be desirable, but they are not essential.

Benefits:

We offer employed colleagues a competitive salary as well as a comprehensive benefits package which includes but is not limited to:

• Bank colleagues are paid weekly
• We offer competitive rates to our bank colleagues who work on a flexible basis, often to cover busy periods, sickness, or annual leave
• Save an average of £50 per month with our free onsite car park
• Access to Spire Healthcare pension
• Access to Blue Light Card
• Free uniform
• Free DBS
• Full induction, including mandatory training updates
• Opportunities for further training and progression into permanent posts
• Knowledge, support and guidance through your recruitment journey from Spire’s specialist Resourcing Team

We commit to our employees well-being through work life balance, on-going development, support and reward.

Our Values

We are extremely proud of our heritage in private healthcare and of our values as an organisation:

• Driving clinical excellence
• Doing the right thing
• Caring is our passion
• Keeping it simple
• Delivering on our promises
• Succeeding and celebrating together

Our people are our difference; it's their dedication, warmth and pursuit of excellence that sets Spire Healthcare apart.

Spire Healthcare is a leading independent hospital group in the United Kingdom and the largest in terms of revenue. From 38 hospitals and over 50 clinics across England, Wales and Scotland, Spire Healthcare provides diagnostics, inpatient, day case and outpatient care.

For us, it's more than just treating patients; it's about looking after people.

Closing date: In order to streamline our recruitment process, we reserve the right to expire vacancies prior to the advertised closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.