Sous Chef

AtHorder Healthcare, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional care and service. Our catering team plays a vital role in supporting recovery and wellbeing through nutritious, high-quality food. If youre ready to bring your creativity and leadership to a rewarding environment, wed love to hear from you.

Based from The Horder Centre, Crowborough, this is a full-time role, working on a Monday to Sunday shift basis of 5 of 7 with shifts ranging from 6:30am - 6:30pm.

Working within a key team here at Horder Healthcare, we have an exciting opportunity for a creative and passionate Sous Chef
to join our experienced catering team. Assisting the Corporate Catering Manager and Head Chef in the day-to-day running of the kitchen, leading the kitchen in the Head Chefs absence, ensuring that the food is prepared and served to a high-quality and standard, as well as assisting with the menu planning and preparation. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking to grow with their career within a professional and rewarding environment.

Horder Healthcare has been committed to caring since 1954 when we were called 'The Horder Centre for Arthritis'. We've come a long way since then. Our consultants are amongst the most skilled, experienced and innovative in their field. Our staff love to work here, so it makes sense that our patient outcomes are in the top 99%.

We have grown into a multi-service healthcare provider, with hospitals in Crowborough and East Grinstead, and outreach clinics in Eastbourne and Seaford. We are committed to making a positive impact to the health of individuals and the communities in which we work.

Not only have we developed an international reputation for orthopaedic and musculoskeletal care, our partnership with The McIndoe Centre - the birthplace of pioneering plastic surgery treatments, means that we can deliver high-quality plastic, reconstructive, maxillofacial, ophthalmology and orthopaedic services from world-class consultants to an even greater number of people.

We know that our working lives are fundamental to emotional wellbeing. Our employees are as valuable to us as our patients and we see it as our duty to nurture an engaged and skilled workforce. To do this we ensure employees have access to training and development opportunities as well as being a flexible and diverse workplace.

We are committed to caring, and committed to you.

AtHorder Healthcare, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional care and service. Our catering team plays a vital role in supporting recovery and wellbeing through nutritious, high-quality food. If youre ready to bring your creativity and leadership to a rewarding environment, wed love to hear from you.

Working within a key team here at Horder Healthcare, we have an exciting opportunity for a creative and passionate Sous Chef
to join our experienced catering team. Assisting the Corporate Catering Manager and Head Chef in the day-to-day running of the kitchen, leading the kitchen in the Head Chefs absence, ensuring that the food is prepared and served to a high-quality and standard, as well as assisting with the menu planning and preparation. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is looking to grow with their career within a professional and rewarding environment.

Based from The Horder Centre, Crowborough, this is a full-time role, working on a Monday to Sunday shift basis of 5 of 7 with shifts ranging from 6:30am - 6:30pm.

About you:

• City & Guilds 706 Level 2, NVQ Level 3 or equivalent C.I.E.H. Level 2 Food Safety Certificate.
• Prior experience within a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• Excellent communication skills, to help build those all-important and respected relationships with our patients and your colleagues.
• Exposure to menu planning, with a keen interest in current food and dietary trends.
• Proactive and forward thinking, with a passion for continued learning.
• A working ethic aligned to our core values as a group:
  Caring, Friendly, Quality, Integrity and Pride.

Location: The Horder Centre, Crowborough

Contract Type: Full-time, Permanent

Working Pattern: Monday to Sunday shift basis of 5 out of 7 days

Salary: up to £26,500 per annum

Right to work in the UK

In accordance with Home Office guidance, successful candidates will be required to evidence their right to work in the UK before commencing employment. We have assessed this role and it does not meet the criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. As such, we will not be accepting any visa sponsor ships for this role, and candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK independently, without sponsorship from Horder Healthcare.

At Horder Healthcare, we are proud to champion and celebrate diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging in all areas of our business. We are committed to creating an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to protected…