Kitchen Porter

NHS; Kendal; On-site; GBP 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Elysium Healthcare as a Kitchen Porter in Kendal, where you will enjoy a calm working environment. This role includes serving food, maintaining cleanliness, and supporting the catering team, with a competitive salary and benefits including 33 days annual leave and career development opportunities.

Benefits

33 days annual leave including Bank Holidays

Free meals and parking

Wellbeing support and activities

Career development and training

Pension contribution

Life Assurance

Enhanced Maternity Package

Retail discounts and special offers

Qualifications

• Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP is essential.
• Experience of working within a similar role is required.

Responsibilities

• Serving food and beverages to service users, staff, and visitors.
• Maintaining storage procedures and stock rotation.
• Ensuring cleanliness of all areas and equipment.

Skills

Knowledge of COSHH

Knowledge of HACCP

Experience in similar role

Job description

Job summary

This is a temporary Kitchen Porter role at Elysium Healthcare's Ann House facility in Kendal. The role involves serving food and beverages, maintaining storage and cleaning procedures, and assisting with deliveries. It offers a calm working environment with a good work-life balance, competitive salary and benefits.

Main duties of the job

Working 37.5 hours across five days, you can join the catering team at Ann House as a Kitchen Porter where unlike most kitchen environments, you will not be under heavy pressure and stress. Reporting to the Head Chef, you will support with preparing meals, maintaining a clean and safe working environment, and assist with deliveries. It's a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you'll be able to manage your workload and develop your career. There's also a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Details Date posted

21 May 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,058 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

1307135239

Job locations

Elysium Healthcare

Kendal

LA9 6AA

Job description Job responsibilities

Working 37.5 hours across five days, you can join the catering team atAnn Houseas a Kitchen Porter where unlike most kitchen environments, youwill not be under heavy pressure and stress.

Reporting to the Head Chef, you will support with preparing meals, maintaining a clean and safe working environment, and assist with deliveries.

It’s a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you’ll be able to manage your workload and develop your career. There’s also a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly.

Just imagine… home in time for dinner every night. Two days off a week, and not stressed to the hilt.

As a Kitchen Porter, you will be:

• Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverages.
• Maintaining storage procedures and stock rotation.
• Ensuring that all areas, equipment and furniture are cleaned and stored correctly
• Responsible for the departments cleaning chemicals and equipment.

To be successful in this role, you'll need

• Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP
• Experience of working within similar role.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £25,058
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals andparking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Job description Job responsibilities

Working 37.5 hours across five days, you can join the catering team atAnn Houseas a Kitchen Porter where unlike most kitchen environments, youwill not be under heavy pressure and stress.

Reporting to the Head Chef, you will support with preparing meals, maintaining a clean and safe working environment, and assist with deliveries.

It’s a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you’ll be able to manage your workload and develop your career. There’s also a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly.

Just imagine… home in time for dinner every night. Two days off a week, and not stressed to the hilt.

As a Kitchen Porter, you will be:

• Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverages.
• Maintaining storage procedures and stock rotation.
• Ensuring that all areas, equipment and furniture are cleaned and stored correctly
• Responsible for the departments cleaning chemicals and equipment.

To be successful in this role, you'll need

• Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP
• Experience of working within similar role.

What you will get:

• Annual salary of £25,058
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
• Free meals andparking
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
• Pension contribution to secure your future.
• Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
• Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.

About your next employer

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move.

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP, and experience of working within a similar role.

Person Specification Qualifications Essential

• Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP, and experience of working within a similar role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details Employer name

Elysium Healthcare

Address

Elysium Healthcare

Kendal

LA9 6AA

Employer's website

https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details Employer name

Elysium Healthcare

Address

Elysium Healthcare

Kendal

LA9 6AA

Employer's website

https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)