Mobile Chef
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Part-time, Flexible working
- Hours / week
- 25
- Posted
- 24/08/2026
- Closes
- 20/09/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
This role is for a Mobile Chef to join the Catering Team, working 25 hours per week on a permanent contract. The successful candidate will provide high-quality patient meals across Hopewood, Lings Bar Hospital, and Wells Road Centre, ensuring food is prepared safely and meets nutritional standards. The role involves catering for diverse service users, including those in CAMHS, mental health, neurodevelopmental, and rehabilitation services. Flexibility to cover various sites due to staffing needs is required.
Essential criteria
- Recognised Catering and Support Services Qualification
Desirable criteria
- City & Guilds 706/1 or equivalent (NVQ/Apprenticeship Level 2)
- Experience as a qualified chef
- Ability to cook small and large quantities including special diets
- Experience in quality monitoring and of food production
- Experience in staff supervision of catering services
- Experience in producing menus/special diets
- Experience in ordering supplies
- Evidence of Working Knowledge
- Knowledge of relevant NHS procedures and practices, including legal requirements
- Good communication skills
- Accurately complete documentation
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Computer literate
- Training
- Level 2 Food Safety Certificate
- Health & Safety Workplace Certificate
- City & Guilds 706/2 or equivalent (NVQ/ Apprenticeship Level 3)
- Values and Behaviour
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
- Contractual Requirements
- Shift working
- oA full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010
- Recognised Catering and Support Services Qualification
- City & Guilds 706/1 or equivalent (NVQ/Apprenticeship Level 2)
- Experience as a qualified chef
- Ability to cook small and large quantities including special diets
- Experience in quality monitoring and of food production
- Experience in staff supervision of catering services
- Experience in producing menus/special diets
- Experience in ordering supplies
- Evidence of Working Knowledge
- Knowledge of relevant NHS procedures and practices, including legal requirements
- Good communication skills
- Accurately complete documentation
- Ability to work unsupervised
- Computer literate
- Training
- Level 2 Food Safety Certificate
- Health & Safety Workplace Certificate
- City & Guilds 706/2 or equivalent (NVQ/ Apprenticeship Level 3)
- Values and Behaviour
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork
- All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust's expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation
- Contractual Requirements
- Shift working
- oA full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010
Useful to know
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Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Mobile Chef
The closing date is 20 September 2026
Job summary
We are looking for a Mobile Chef to join our Catering Team on a permanent 25 hours per week contract. The post is based at Hopewood, however the successful candidate will be required to work across Hopewood, Lings Bar Hospital and Wells Road Centre to provide chef cover and support service delivery where required.
The role will involve working flexibly across all three sites, including covering periods of sickness, annual leave, training and other staffing gaps.
A driving licence and access to a vehicle would be desirable but are not essential, as all three hospital sites are served by established public transport links. It is also highly unlikely that the successful candidate would be required to work across multiple sites on the same day.
Further discussion regarding the working pattern and working across sites will take place at interview.
Previous experience working in a busy catering environment is essential.
Main duties of the job
To be responsible for the provision of high-quality patient meals by undertaking approved catering processes and procedures, ensuring all food is prepared, handled and served safely and in accordance with food hygiene legislation, Trust policies and nutritional standards.
The postholder will provide chef support a
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