Kitchen Assistant

NHS; Abertillery; Hybrid; GBP 23,090 - 28,221; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 33 days

Free meals

Free onsite parking

Pension contribution

Blue Light Card

Wellbeing support

Career development

Wage access

Job summary

Elysium Healthcare in Wales is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to join the catering team at Aberbeeg. Working 37.5 hours, you will support meal prep and maintain a clean, safe working environment, with a calm workload and opportunities to develop your career.

Enjoy a social role with interaction beyond the kitchen and a stable schedule with two days off each week. Reporting to the Head Chef, you will handle deliveries, assist with stock and ensure compliance with safety standards and COSHH/HACCP

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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 department's cleaning chemicals and equipment.

Skills

COSHH knowledge

HACCP knowledge

Job description

Job Overview

Working 37.5 hours you can join the catering team at Aberbeeg as a Kitchen Assistant 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. Its a calm and pleasurable working environment, where youll be able to manage your workload and develop your career. Theres 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.

Responsibilities

• 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 department's cleaning chemicals and equipment.

Qualifications

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

Benefits

• Annual base salary of £25,656.
• The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (including bank holidays) – plus your birthday off and the option to buy additional annual leave, in our annual selection window.
• Career development and training to help you achieve your professional goals.
• Access to our Rewards & Benefits platform Ely-Vate; Your one-stop destination for everyday savings, exclusive benefits, and wellbeing hub!
• Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a healthy work‑life balance.
• Access to Blue Light Card, which provides a range of exclusive offers and discounts.
• Life Assurance.
• Stream – instant access to earned wages when you need it, plus access to save, directly from your wages, alongside financial wellbeing support.
• 24/7 GP service and second medical opinion.
• Enhanced Maternity Package.
• Pension contribution.
• Free meals and onsite free parking.

About Your Employer

Elysium Healthcare has over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 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.

Equal Opportunity

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.

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.