Kitchen Assistant

NHS; Clevedon; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

A prominent care provider in Clevedon is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to support food preparation and maintain high hygiene standards. The ideal candidate will hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate a caring attitude towards residents. This role requires teamwork and involves shifts including alternate weekends.

Qualifications

• Hold Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques.
• Demonstrate initiative and display a positive work attitude.

Responsibilities

• Support food preparation and maintain a clean environment.
• Ensure all food handling meets hygiene standards.
• Respond positively to colleagues and follow work instructions.

Skills

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Knowledge of Health and Safety

Team working

Caring attitude

Job description

Overview

This role as a Kitchen Assistant at Avery Healthcare in Clevedon offers an opportunity to make a positive impact on residents' lives every day. You will be part of a caring, supportive team that values respect, compassion, and exceptional care.

About the role

Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is to support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents.

Job responsibilities

Responsibilities include:

• Understanding the principles of safe food handling to ensure all food preparations are at the highest standards of hygiene.
• Contributing fully to team working, responding positively to colleagues, and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
• Advising on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
• Acting accordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.

Shift details

Shift Details - 08:30 - 19:00 with alternate weekends

About You

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.

• Hold Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
• Be an efficient worker, capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
• Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude to team working.
• Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.

About Avery

At Avery, we're not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we're a place where people love to work. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day.

Please note this role will require:

• A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• To be successful, you will need to hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene. Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments is also required.

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.