Job Description

Cook

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We are looking for a Cook to join our friendly catering team based at the Hospice. You will be responsible for the food preparation, cooking and serving of all meals for patients, staff and visitors.
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We are looking for a Cook to join our friendly catering team based at the Hospice.

You will be responsible for the food preparation, cooking and serving of all meals for patients, staff and visitors. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in a catering role, ideally in a healthcare environment but not essential. You will have excellent customer service skills and hold a Basic Food Hygiene certificate.


St Elizabeth Hospice is an independent charity and hospice, which improves life for people in the East Suffolk, Great Yarmouth and Waveney areas living with a progressive or life-limiting illness.


Established in 1989, the hospice has built a reputation for delivering high-level care to patients and the community it serves. Through medicine and therapy, they ease pain; give life purpose and make life liveable. Last year the charity supported over 4,000 patients and their families.


The hospice's work is centred on the individual's needs and they provide specialist support wherever it is needed; whether that is in the home, another setting in the community, in hospital or in the hospice itself. Support is provided to patients and their families via the Inpatient Unit, the Community Care Unit including outpatient's clinics, home visits from the community nursing, medical or therapy team, the OneCall 24/7 telephone helpline and bereavement support.


In 2023, St Elizabeth Hospice merged with East Coast Hospice to form a collaborative approach to developing achievable and sustainable specialist palliative care services for people living in the Great Yarmouth and Waveney area.


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Work Pattern

Week 1:

Monday 07.30 - 16.00


Tuesday 07.30 - 16.00


Wednesday 07.30 - 16.00


Thursday 07.00 - 16.00


Friday 07.30 - 16.00

Week 2:

Tuesday 07.30 - 16.00


Wednesday 07.30 - 16.00


Thursday 07.30 - 16.00


Friday 07.30 - 16.00


For more details about this role please read the job description and person specification or contact Jules Kennedy, Catering and Domestic Team Leader jules.kennedy@stelizabethhospice.org.uk


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Details
Closing date Sunday 13 July 2025
Location Ipswich
Status Permanent
Salary 23,997.50 per annum (WTE: 24,825)
Hours Average of 36.25 hours per week over a 2 week rota

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The hospice offers a generous benefit package, including:


27 days annual leave entitlement Pension scheme Life Cover Cycle to Work Scheme Car Leasing Scheme Health Service Discounts Occupational Sick Pay Blue Light Card Employee Assistance Programme

For more details about this role please read the job description and person specification.



Only applicants selected for interview will be contacted, and invitation to interview will be sent by email. If applying, please keep a check on your emails including your spam/junk folders.