Kitchen Assistant

NHS; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care home provider in Sittingbourne is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to support food preparation and maintain hygiene standards. The ideal candidate must hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and possess knowledge of Health and Safety. Responsibilities include ensuring a high-quality service and acting respectfully towards residents. This role is vital in creating a caring environment for the residents.

Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Efficient worker capable of sustained physical effort.
• Positive and flexible attitude towards teamwork.

Responsibilities

• Support the catering function in food preparation.
• Maintain a clean environment for safe food production.
• Ensure high-quality service to residents.

Skills

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Knowledge of Health and Safety

Teamwork

Initiative

Caring attitude towards residents

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Overview

Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, with a vision of creating meaningful lives together. They are passionate about providing exceptional care and creating a supportive, inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

Job responsibilities

As a Kitchen Assistant, your focus will be 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 the residents. You will be responsible for understanding the principles of safe food handling, contributing to team working, advising on supply and quality of items, and acting respectfully towards residents and their visitors.

• Understanding the principles of safe food handling to ensure all food preparations in the kitchen meet 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 with respect towards residents and their visitors, upholding the dignity and individuality of each resident.

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.

Our ideal candidate must:

• 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 sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
• Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude to teamwork.
• Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards the residents.

About Avery

At Avery, we are not just one of the UK\'s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we are a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With a vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing 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

• You should 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.