Cook

Burnley, BB12 7DX

Position: Cook
Care home: Wytham Lodge 
Location: Wytham Street, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 7DX
Contract type: Part time 20 hours per week and full time 40 hours per week
Rate: £13.27 per hour

Are you an experienced Cook looking for a new challenge? Join us as our new Cook at Wytham Lodge care home in Burnley.

In this role, you’ll cook delicious, healthy and nutritious meals for the people we support. 

You’ll ensure that everyone has a positive dining experience, to increase nutritional intake, promote social interaction and build a sense of community. 

This is an exciting opportunity to join a brand new team, in a state of the art, purpose built home. You’ll have the chance to really make your mark.

About Exemplar Health Care 

Wytham Lodge is part of Exemplar Health Care, one of the country’s leading nursing care providers. 

When open, Wytham Lodge will support adults living with acquired brain injuries, complex mental health needs, dementia and physical disabilities. 

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

Our Cooks make delicious and nourishing meals for people with a range of dietary requirements. 

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

  • preparing, cooking and serving food 
  • understanding people’s needs, likes and choices to develop suitable menus
  • interacting with the people we support to get feedback on meals 
  • complying with food hygiene standards
  • completing relevant checks and maintaining records
  • being a great team player, working as part of the wider Catering Team.

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy, and ongoing training programmes.

Download our job description to read more: 

https://brochures.exemplarhc.com/view/188992798/ 

About you

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re also:

  • a cook with a flair for creating delicious and nutritious meals for varied dietary requirements 
  • creative in menu development and food preparation
  • an excellent team player 
  • adaptable and flexible 
  • someone with excellent verbal and written communication skills. 

We like our Cooks to have a food hygiene certificate and a relevant catering qualification, but these aren’t necessary.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including: 

  • excellent supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects 
  • access to wages before payday  
  • retail and lifestyle reward discounts
  • free DBS check
  • 24/7 counselling and support
  • Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email pod6@exemplarhc.com

Please note, applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time. 

We will never ask for payment for job opportunities. Any website or individual requesting money for a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) while claiming to represent us is not associated with our organisation. If you’re asked for money in connection with a role, please contact recruitment@exemplarhc.com.

About Exemplar
Health Care

We're one of the UK's leading providers of nursing care for adults living with complex needs, with more than 60 care homes across England. 

Everything we do is guided by our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success, and teamwork.

This creates a supportive environment where colleagues can grow and make every day better for the people we support.

Getting to Wytham Lodge

Wytham Lodge, Wytham Street, Padiham, Burnley, BB12 7DX

Wytham Lodge is a short drive from the A65 and other major roads including the A6068 and A671.

There are limited parking spaces in the home’s car park. Street parking is available in the surrounding area.

The home is a short walk from several bus stops.

  • Warwick Drive bus stop (stop ID: langdmap), which is accessed by buses 972 and M1 Mainline.
  • Oxford Close bus stops in both directions (stop IDs: langdmam and lanawjgd), which are accessed by buses 65, 972, and M1 Mainline.

There are two train stations in the local area.

  • Hapton – 1 mile away (21 minute walk).
  • Burnley Central – 3.4 miles away (13 minute drive).