Kitchen Assistant - Bank

NHS; Chorleywood; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Chorleywood is seeking a Kitchen Assistant to support food preparation and maintain cleanliness in a care home setting. The ideal candidate will hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and exhibit a caring, respectful attitude towards residents. Join a team that values quality service and a positive working environment. This role involves bank shifts from 07:00 to 19:00.

Qualifications

• Holder of a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate is essential.
• Knowledge of health and safety procedures is critical.
• Ability to demonstrate a caring attitude towards residents.

Responsibilities

• Support catering function in food preparation.
• Maintain cleanliness for safe food production.
• Act respectfully towards residents and visitors.

Skills

Basic Food Hygiene

Health and Safety knowledge

Teamwork

Initiative

Caring attitude

Education

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Job description

Overview

This is a temporary Kitchen Assistant role at Avery Healthcare's care home in Chorleywood. The focus will be on supporting 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.

Main duties

As a Kitchen Assistant, your responsibilities will include understanding the principles of safe food handling, contributing to team working, advising on supply and quality of items, and acting with respect towards residents. You should have a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, knowledge of health and safety, and demonstrate efficiency, initiative, and a caring attitude.

Shift details

Shift Details - Bank Shifts - 07:00 – 19:00

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.

Other responsibilities will include:

• Understanding the principles of safe food handling, to ensure all food preparations undertaken in the kitchen are to the highest standards of hygiene.
• Contributing fully to teamwork, 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 the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
• Acting accordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting 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 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 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. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.

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

• Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, knowledge of Health and Safety, Moving and Handling, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.

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.