Chef

We are looking for chefs who are up for the challenge to join our busy kitchen at the Princess Alexandra Hospital. You'll be part of a dedicated team preparing meals for our patients and people to the highest standard., You will be responsible for your own food preparation section and controlling cooking and service operation and providing assistance to the other chefs. You will also support with remodelling of menus, optimising productivity and maintaining kitchen stock.

We can offer flexible shifts to ensure we cover our service from 6am to 7pm, 7 days a week.

When you start with us you will have a comprehensive 6-month probationary period to ensure you are properly supported as you learn your new job and what is expected; ensuring we identify any training and development needs and put objectives in place to support you in your role and career with us.

Our Organisation

The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop's Stortford, and St Margaret's Hospital in Epping.

We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop's Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire.

Our Values

The Princess Alexandra Promise to our patients as identified by our 3 values which will contribute to improving our patient experiences:

Patient at heart - Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts

Everyday excellence - Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both

Creative collaboration - Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care

The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level.