NHS

Cook


Pay23,875.00 / year
LocationSheerness/England
Employment typeFull-Time

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  • Job Description

      Req#: E0279-25-1202?language=en&page=801&sort=publicationDateDesc

      Job summary

      We are looking for a passionate and experienced Cook to join our team as a Cook for a busy hospital restaurant and 3 wards!

      Based in Sheppey Community Hospital, you will be responsible for providing 3 main meal choices and 2 dessert choices per day whilst ensuring the kitchen and associated areas are cleaned in accordance with the departments standards and schedule. You will prepare food and accept deliveries and will help support the team in meeting the needs of the Catering service and complement the delivery of service user care by our clinical staff.

      This is a part-time position (15 Hours per week across a flexible working pattern)

      Main duties of the job

      As a Cook, your main responsibilities will include:

      • Providing 3 meal choices and 2 dessert choices per day
      • Cleaning to departments standards and ensure a HACCP plan is followed in relation to food delivery, preparation, cooking and serving.
      • Be flexible with working hours to support with any changes to maintain service to the wards

      About us

      About the Company

      We change lives by transforming health and care.

      Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

      Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

      While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

      To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

      Details

      Date posted

      01 July 2025

      Pay scheme

      Other

      Salary

      £23,875 to £23,875 a year

      Contract

      Permanent

      Working pattern

      Full-time

      Reference number

      HCRGCG/TP/116242/16002

      Job locations

      HCRG Care Group

      Sheerness

      Kent

      ME12 3LT


      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      As a Cook , youll be part of our valued team basedat Sheppey Community Hospital in North Kent.

      You will feel valued as a Cook within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

      • A salary of £23,875 FTE with access to a group pension
      • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
      • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
      • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
      • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
      • An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
      • The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
      • Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location
      Job description

      Job responsibilities

      As a Cook , youll be part of our valued team basedat Sheppey Community Hospital in North Kent.

      You will feel valued as a Cook within HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:

      • A salary of £23,875 FTE with access to a group pension
      • Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
      • Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
      • Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
      • Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
      • An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
      • The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission
      • Free tea, coffee and milk at your base location

      Person Specification

      General Requirements

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      Person Specification

      General Requirements

      Essential

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      Desirable

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      Disclosure and Barring Service Check

      This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

      Employer details

      Employer name

      HCRG Care Group

      Address

      HCRG Care Group

      Sheerness

      Kent

      ME12 3LT


      Employer's website

      https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

      Employer details

      Employer name

      HCRG Care Group

      Address

      HCRG Care Group

      Sheerness

      Kent

      ME12 3LT


      Employer's website

      https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

  • About the company

      National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.

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