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Chef

Elysium Healthcare

Ledbury, HR8 1HBView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£26,130

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

31 October 2026

12 days left

Job description

Ready for a chef role that lets you unleash your creativity? If so, join Stanley House as a Chef working alongside a dedicated team. Become a crucial ...

As a Chef at Stanley House, you'll work in a creative role alongside a dedicated team, crafting daily meals for service users, staff, and visitors. Working 37.5 hours a week, you'll engage in food preparation while providing guidance and training to your peers. Your calendar will be filled with activities, events, and special occasions to cater for, infusing your flair into diverse meals. Interact regularly with people outside the kitchen in a calm, pleasurable environment. Key responsibilities include supporting the Head Chef with daily kitchen operations, maintaining food storage procedures, planning and cooking meals to high standards, preparing foods for conferences, participating in cost control procedures, and adhering to food hygiene regulations. You'll also assist in menu creation to ensure meals complement healthy eating guidelines, filling paperwork related to HACCP, and taking full shift responsibility for catering operations.

Ready for a chef role that lets you unleash your creativity? If so, join Stanley House as a Chef working alongside a dedicated team.

Become a crucial part of the kitchen team working 37.5 hours a week, crafting daily meals for service users, staff and visitors. Dive into food preparation and elevate your role by providing guidance and training to your peers.

Here’s the exciting part- the calendar is buzzing with activities, events and special occasions which you’ll also cater for. From World Food Day to festive moments like Christmas and Easter, you get to infuse your own flair and keep things exciting.

It’s a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you’ll be able to manage your workload and enjoy creating delicious meals. There’s a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly.

Just imagine… great job satisfaction, home in time for dinner every night and two days off a week. Now that’s a recipe for a balanced work-life combo.

  • Supporting the Head Chef for the day-to-day running of the kitchen.
  • Maintaining good food storage procedures and stock rotation according to established procedures.
  • Preparing, planning and cooking meals to a consistently high standard, taking account of any special requests or dietary requirements within the unit.
  • Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverage in a professional and courteous services manner.
  • Preparing and producing foods for conferences and banquets.
  • Participating in food costings through effective cost control procedures.
  • Adhering to the ‘Safer Food Better Business’ standards and record keeping.
  • Adhering strictly to Food Hygiene Regulations and other safety procedures at all times.
  • Taking full shift responsibility for the catering operation
  • Assisting the Head Chef by researching and creating new menus ensuring meals are of a high quality and compliment healthy eating guidelines.
  • Correctly filing of all paperwork in relation to the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point system (HACCP) i.e. Fridge temperatures, food temperature logs and cleaning schedules

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

  • To be 18 years or older
  • GCSE or equivalent English
  • City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 (or equivalent) Basic Food Preparation Cooking
  • Basic Food Hygiene (essential)
  • Intermediate Food hygiene (desirable)
  • Previous experience in a similar environment
  • Previous experience in delivering a service on mass
  • Menu planning, costing, ordering, stock control and budget experience

Bosbury, Hereford, Herefordshire,HR8 1HB You will be working at Stanley House, a service which offers a multidisciplinary approach to its long term care provision and provides the specialised care and expert therapeutic interventions. Working as part of the multidisciplinary team, you will support and enable residents to undergo reviews of their specific and/or changing needs. Stanley House offers therapies and activities which include Physiotherapy and Art therapy and receives input from a Professor in Neuropsychiatry and monthly specialist GP clinics.

Residents at Stanley House have varying needs, from being able to manage some of their own needs, to being fully reliant. This includes personal care involving washing, dressing, shaving and helping with continence needs. Helping residents to eat is also a big part of the daily routine.

End-of-life care is also provided to enable residents to stay in the comfort and familiar surroundings at Stanley House, where their family can also be supported.

There’s plenty of fun to be had too, through supporting residents to take part in regular communal activities, from providing wheelchair and walking assistance, to afternoons of laughter with bouncy castles, family fun days and trips to the local café, shops and bowling. Its these precious moments that are most rewarding and make it all worthwhile.

At Elysium Healthcare, we believe in taking care of the people who care for others, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your wellbeing, growth, and future:

  • Annual base salary is competitive
  • The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
  • Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals
  • Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
  • Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance
  • Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts
  • Life Assurance, for added peace of mind
  • Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
  • 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion, to ensure you are the best you can be
  • Enhanced Maternity Package, so you can truly enjoy this special time
  • Pension contribution, to help secure your future
  • Free Meals & local free parking

Elysium Health care has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure

Elysium Healthcare, with over 8,000 employees, delivers specialized care through a network of over 90 services across England and Wales, covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education. It is part of Ramsay Health Care, a global network spanning 10 countries and employing over 86,000 people. At Stanley House in Bosbury, you'll be part of a multidisciplinary team providing long-term care, therapy, and activities to residents with varying needs. Stanley House offers diverse therapies including Physiotherapy and Art therapy, with support from a Professor in Neuropsychiatry and monthly specialist GP clinics. The service emphasizes a multidisciplinary approach to enable residents to undergo reviews of their needs, ensuring a supportive and inclusive environment dedicated to their overall well-being.

Qualifications

Essential

  • To be successful in this role, you'll need to be 18 years or older, GCSE or equivalent in English, City & Guilds 706/1 and 2 (or equivalent) in Basic Food Preparation Cooking, Basic Food Hygiene (essential), Intermediate Food hygiene (desirable), previous experience in a similar environment, experience delivering a service on mass, and experience in menu planning, costing, ordering, stock control, and budgeting.

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Provenance

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First seen

2 October 2026

Last checked

6 October 2026

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