Kitchen Assistant - Bank

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

Job summary

A residential care provider in Leicester seeks a Kitchen Assistant to support food preparation and maintain high hygiene standards. The ideal candidate will have a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate teamwork skills. Responsibilities include ensuring safe food handling, advising on supply quality, and creating a caring environment for residents. Join a passionate team dedicated to meaningful experiences for all.

Qualifications

• Demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
• Understand Moving and Handling techniques and COSHH assessments.
• Exhibit initiative and a positive attitude in team settings.

Responsibilities

• Support food preparation and maintain cleanliness in the kitchen.
• Ensure safe food handling and hygiene standards.
• Advise on supply quality and timely ordering of goods.

Skills

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

Knowledge of Health and Safety

Efficient worker

Caring attitude

Team working skills

Job description

Overview

This role is for a Kitchen Assistant 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 at Avery Healthcare's care home in Leicester.

Main duties

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.

• 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 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 the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
• Acting accordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.

About us

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 creating meaningful experiences for both residents and their team, offering exceptional care across their growing network of over 100 homes and building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.

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're not just one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes; we're a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we're passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our 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.

Requirements

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.

Job description

Disclosures

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.