Kitchen Assistant

Healthcare Ireland Group; Newtownards; Vor Ort; GBP 12.000 - 17.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Paid annual leave

Overtime available at an enhanced rate

Pension plan (if applicable)

Uniforms and PPE provided

Monthly incentives and recognition

Free parking

Continuous professional development

Access NI fee paid

Opportunities for progression

Values led culture

Zusammenfassung

Healthcare Ireland Group seeks a Kitchen Assistant at Blair House Care Home in Newtownards. You will work with the kitchen team to support meal service, stock control and food safety, ensuring high-quality, resident-focused dining experiences.

The role requires good English, the right to work in the UK and prior catering or kitchen experience. You will join a values-led team with opportunities for development and progression, receive ongoing training, PPE, and support to work safely in a busy

Qualifikationen

• The Right to Work in the UK.
• Good verbal and written English.
• Previous catering or kitchen experience.
• Knowledge of food safety and hygiene practices.

Aufgaben

• Stores and accounts for catering stock and equipment per standards.
• Delivers meals and catering supplies to areas in unit.
• Assists with basic food preparation under direction.
• Cleans kitchen and service areas per standards.
• Maintains a clean environment across the home and adheres to regulations.
• Undertakes other duties as designated by Chef or Cook.

Kenntnisse

Food safety

English communication

Kitchen teamwork

Catering experience

Jobbeschreibung

Kitchen Assistant

The Home

Blair House Care Home is a registered Nursing Home located on the outskirts of Newtownards, overlooked by Scrabo Tower. It is close to the town centre with different transport options available. Blair House Care Home has a total of 85 beds across 4 units including Residential Dementia, Nursing Dementia, Frail and Elderly Nursing, and a newly opened Mental Health Unit. The team in Blair House Care Home are well experienced in their fields and provide high quality care to all of our residents.

The Role

The Kitchen Assistants in our Homes play a key role in ensuring the smooth and safe operation of our kitchens, ensuring that residents receive high quality meals and dining experiences. The role is essential to the wellbeing of our residents through the provision of high-quality, person-centred dining experiences.

Working as part of the Kitchen team, reporting to the Chef the role is about a lot more than preparing and serving meals – the Kitchen Assistant will support with ensuring the dietary needs of our residents are met in addition to contributing to a safe and positive working environment.

About the role

Main Responsibilities

• Ensures that all catering stock and equipment is correctly stored and accounted for in accordance with the company’s Assured Safe Catering standards.

• Delivers meals and other catering supplies to various areas within the unit in a timely and efficient manner.

• Under direction, assists with the basic preparation of food items.

• Ensures all cleaning within the kitchen, catering and servery areas (as appropriate) is completed and complies with the company’s Assured Safe Catering standards.

• Delivers and maintains a clean and tidy environment throughout the home, in line with operational standards and ensures that work processes comply with statutory regulations.

• Undertake any other duties that may be reasonably required as designated by the Chef or Cook.

The Benefits:

• Paid annual leave

• The chance to be part of a growing healthcare company

• Continuous professional development and training

• Values led culture

• Overtime available at an enhanced rate

• Opportunities for progression

• Pension plan (if applicable)

• Attractive hourly rate

• Access NI fee paid for

• Uniforms and PPE provided

• Monthly incentives and recognition awards

• Free parking

We do not offer sponsorship for this role .

Healthcare Ireland are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.

About the company

Healthcare Ireland provides care services in an environment where individuality is emphasised and the privacy and dignity of all our residents is recognised. We currently have over 1,800 employees throughout our 25 Homes. We are incredibly proud of not only the work our employees do, but the quality of care we are able to offer as result of their commitment.

We started Healthcare Ireland Group in July 2015 with the opening of Bradley Manor Care Home. Our categories of care include general and dementia nursing, dementia residential, mental health, physical disability and learning disability.

Required Criteria

• The Right to Work in the UK
• A good standard of both verbal and written English
• Previous catering, kitchen or food preparation experience
• Good knowledge of food safety and hygiene practices

Desired Criteria

• Previous experience in a care home or healthcare environment

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