Sous Chef 80-100%

You can count on our team: professionally and personally. Become part of it.

The University Psychiatric Clinics Basel offer a stimulating environment where people engage for people, make a difference, and can develop themselves further. We place great value on close interprofessional collaboration and maintain a respectful and open culture. This includes attractive employment conditions with a suitable working model and progressive social benefits.

Healthy, high-quality nutrition means quality of life for both patients and staff. Therefore, we attach great importance to this area. In addition to around 250 people who take their meals in the staff restaurant, 400 patients are catered for daily.

Sous Chef 80-100%

What to expect

• Professional and timely preparation of (diet) dishes and meals as well as the associated administrative preliminary and follow-up work (e.g. calculating dishes)
• Working in all areas of the kitchen
• Use of a high percentage of high-quality fresh products. Convenience products are used only very sparingly and specifically
• Acceptance of plating on the line
• Development of new creations with modern innovative products
• Ordering of meat, fish, vegetables, fruits, as well as economat items as needed
• Active participation in menu and work planning as well as quality assurance
• Transfer and training of kitchen staff expertise
• Kitchen-side support of the OrgaCard system and the MBS 5 recipe management
• Implementation and compliance with legal hygiene requirements

What distinguishes you

• Basic training as a cook with a federal diploma (EFZ) as well as additional training as a diet cook
• Further training as a head chef BP
• Leadership training at CAS level
• Several years of professional experience in a comparable position and/or advantageously in upscale gastronomy
• Open-minded, flexible, independent and resilient personality
• High customer and service orientation as well as excellent communication skills in German
• Enjoyment and creativity in cooking
• Structured working method with creative and innovative sense of responsibility
• Advanced IT skills
• In-depth knowledge of OrgaCard is an advantage
• Team player

What we offer you

• Responsible and interesting activity in a challenging environment
• Qualified and motivated team
• Work clothing, footwear and provided set of knives
• Workplace with modern infrastructure and daylight, embedded in a beautiful park area
• Progressive continuous shifts with short breaks
• Attractive employment conditions under the GAV (such as 30 days holiday/time off per year and above-average pension fund benefits)
• TNW network: U-subscription at a discounted price (job ticket)

The permanent position is available from 1 October 2026 or by arrangement.

Do you have questions? Contact us

For further questions, please contact Ulf Wein, Head of Kitchen, at the telephone number: +41 61 325 52 64. For general questions, Isabelle Bühler, HR Business Partner, is available at +41 61 325 50 48.

We look forward to your online application.

About UPK Basel https://www.upk.ch/ueber-uns.html

Attractive and contemporary employment conditions https://www.upk.ch/ueber-uns/karriere-und-bildung/was-wir-bieten

Would you like to get a first impression? Then feel free to take a look at our virtual 360-degree tour on our site plan:

https://www.upk.ch/ueber-uns/standorte-und-lageplan/lageplan-upk-campus