Chef Manager

Chef Manager

Harts House Care Home - harts Grove, Woodford Green IG8 0BF

CQC rating\: Good

Carehome.co.uk rating\: 9.6 / 10 

Salary \: £29,203 - £36,088 depending on experience + £2000 annual bonus*

Perm contract 

Shifts - 40 hours days including alternative weekends  

Welcome bonus\: £1000**

We make health happen

Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives. 

Harts House has well-trained, experienced staff who strive to provide a high standard of nursing, residential and dementia care.

They’re here when you and your loved ones need them most. For planned respite or last-minute trips. A safe space to recover after an operation, to experience what their home’s like before moving long-term, or to simply relax. Whatever the reason, their doors are open.

The home provides accommodation designed with comfort and relaxation in mind. Pleasing interior aesthetics including an art deco fireplace, an opulent main lounge and French windows can be enjoyed as well spacious en-suite bedrooms, each offering views of the landscaped gardens.

The home’s in-house chefs create well-crafted menus made with the freshest ingredients and try to cater for all ethnicity groups. Soon after a resident arrives at Harts House, staff discuss their personal preferences and dietary needs with them. Residents can enjoy sociable mealtimes in one of the dining rooms, or in the privacy of one’s own bedroom. The home provides nutritionally balanced meals for residents and always offers both a cold and hot option at each mealtime.

There is a real sense of community at Harts House. They offer a seven-day holistic weekly activities programme that incorporates creative, social, physical, musical, animal and recreational activities. There is always something going on, from monthly trips, themed events, seasonal parties, weekly ‘stay and play’ with the neighbouring pre-school to personalised one-to-ones for residents if they prefer.

You’ll help us make health happen by:

• Using your passion for cooking and experience in a fresh food kitchen to  create a varied and nutritional menu in line with the dietary needs and preferences of our residents
• Using your natural leadership skills to train and mentor the kitchen team to deliver an excellent dining experience
• Being innovative in your approach to cooking and maintaining high standards
• Managing all mandatory paperwork including\: adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, company policies and procedures, budgets, managing orders and deliveries
• Catering for special events or seasonal activities, such as summer fetes, Christmas parties and birthdays (as required)

Benefits

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• 28 days holiday
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Free meal on every shift
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do. 

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.  That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. 

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

* Your welcome bonus will be paid to you in the next available pay run once you have completed four weeks’ service and will be subject to deductions for tax and NI.

** You'll also be eligible to receive a quarterly bonus based on performance. Chef Managers who achieve 6 Key Performance Indicators (KPI's) will receive a quarterly incentive of £500 (subject to usual tax & NI deductions)

*** Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UK's Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.