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Cook
Location
Home Close
Salary & Benefits
£13.70 per hour
Vacancy Type
Permanent
Closing Date
Wednesday 1 October 2025
Cook
Home Close, Fulbourn
Pay rate £13.70 per hour
30 hours per week (including alternate weekends)
Do you have a passion for preparing and cooking meals and want to help make a difference in people’s lives?
If you are kind, compassionate and committed, we would love for you to join our kitchen team in our lovely nursing home, Home Close, catering for 72 residents.
At Home Close we provide person-centred nursing, residential, respite and dementia care. The entire team work hard to treat our residents like family as we work within their home.
What would a typical day look like?
- Liaising with our residents to prepare a variety of home cooked meals in accordance with various allergy and dietary requirements.
- Supporting the head chef with menu writing, ordering and stock control.
- Using your creativity for our regular theme nights, where we prepare dishes from around the world.
The successful candidate will have experience in working in a professional kitchen, have good organisational skills and knowledge of good kitchen practices and food hygiene standards. City and Guilds or NVQ qualifications are preferred but not essential as they can be provided through our Academy.
In return we offer a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Company Pension
- 5.6 weeks paid holiday pay
- Refer a Friend scheme worth up to £1000 per person
- Employee Assistance Programme to support your mental health and wellbeing
- Extensive training courses through our Healthcare Homes Academy
- Qualifications and Apprenticeship opportunities including Level 2 and Level 3 in Food Production
- Blue Light Card offering a number of discounts across retail and hospitality
- Recognition and Long Service awards
Established in 2005, Healthcare Homes Group has an existing portfolio comprising of 48 residential and nursing homes located across East Anglia and the South of England. We are a Top 20 provider within the care sector and our ethos is to deliver the best person-centred care to all our residents.
If you are looking for a new and rewarding role and want to be part of our growing team of healthcare professionals, then get in touch or apply today.
About Home Close
At Home Close we provide person-centred nursing, residential, respite and dementia care. The entire team work hard to treat our residents like family as we work within their home.
We are lucky enough to be situated in a lovely area of the country on the outskirts of Cambridge and we’re proud of our facilities we offer to our residents. We have a specialist nursing team and the whole team always work to provide varied and engaging activities and compassionate care centred by respect, dignity and choice.
To find out more about Home Close follow this link.