Bank Chef
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Bank
- Pattern
- Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 06/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
Candidates needing sponsorship are encouraged to apply.
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“Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.”Quoted verbatim from the source advert
Role summary
Join the Catering team at Royal Hampshire County Hospital as a Bank Chef, preparing and cooking high-quality, fresh, and nutritious meals for patients, staff, and visitors. This role involves working in a busy hospital kitchen, ensuring food safety, allergen awareness, and nutritional standards are met. You will contribute to a service recognized nationally for its fresh-cooked catering. The ideal candidate is skilled, passionate, and able to work effectively in a high-volume production environment.
Essential criteria
- Basic food hygiene certificate
- City and Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- Intermediate food hygiene certificate
- City and Guilds 706/3
- Computer literate
- Experience and Knowledge
- Experience of large scale food production
- Ability to work autonomously
- HACCP, COSHH
- Working knowledge of Health and Safety
- Experience working in an NHS Catering environment
- Knowledge of legislation - The Food Act 1990
- Food Hygiene Regulations 1995
- Skills and Ability
- Effective team member with the ability to work unsupervised.
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Effective organisational skills and ability to manage time and prioritise work
- Attention to detail
- Agility to change work pace to meet needs of service.
- Ability to make judgements unaided and to work pro-actively.
- Other role specific requirements
- Professional manner and organised approach
- Enthusiastic, determined and assertive
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Flexible
- Calm under pressure
- Occasional flexibility in working hours may be required
- High levels of personal hygiene
- Physically fit
- Training and Qualifications
- Basic food hygiene certificate
- City and Guilds 706/1 and 706/2 or equivalent
- Intermediate food hygiene certificate
- City and Guilds 706/3
- Computer literate
- Experience and Knowledge
- Experience of large scale food production
- Ability to work autonomously
- HACCP, COSHH
- Working knowledge of Health and Safety
- Experience working in an NHS Catering environment
- Knowledge of legislation - The Food Act 1990
- Food Hygiene Regulations 1995
- Skills and Ability
- Effective team member with the ability to work unsupervised.
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Effective interpersonal and communication skills.
- Effective organisational skills and ability to manage time and prioritise work
- Attention to detail
- Agility to change work pace to meet needs of service.
- Ability to make judgements unaided and to work pro-actively.
- Other role specific requirements
- Professional manner and organised approach
- Enthusiastic, determined and assertive
- Ability to work on own initiative
- Flexible
- Calm under pressure
- Occasional flexibility in working hours may be required
- High levels of personal hygiene
- Physically fit
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 14d
Plenty of time to prepare a strong application.
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Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Bank Chef
The closing date is 06 October 2026
Job summary
We're looking for a skilled, passionate chef to join our Catering team at Royal Hampshire County Hospital.
If you're energetic, hardworking and committed to delivering high-quality, freshly cooked, nutritious food, this is an exciting opportunity to make a real difference to the experience of our patients, staff and visitors.
About the Role
As a Chef within our busy hospital kitchen, you will play an important role in ensuring our meals are fresh, wholesome and attractively presented. You will work as part of a supportive and experienced team, preparing meals to meet nutritional standards and supporting our wider catering service.
Our Catering Department is one of only a handful within the NHS that delivers true fresh-cooked catering on-site for both patients and retail services. We are proud to be recognised as one of only seven Exemplar Fresh Cooked Sites nationally, showcasing best practice in high-quality, nutritious food provision. Our chefs work closely with dietitians, nutritionists and clinical teams to cater for a wide range of medical, cultural and specialist dietary requirements -- ensuring every patient receives safe, appropriate and nourishing meals tailored to their needs.
Main duties of the job
- Preparing and cooking dishes using fresh ingredient
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