Kitchen Assistant - Bank - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Merle Common; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Free learning and development opportunities

Potential for permanent position

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare in Merle Common is seeking a part-time Bank Kitchen Assistant. In this flexible role, you'll provide essential food and hospitality services to our residents, enabling exceptional care and support.

Your commitment to high standards and your caring approach will enhance the dining experience of residents. Prior similar experience in a commercial or care environment is appreciated but not mandatory. This role can lead to permanent opportunities based on performance.

Qualifications

• Committed to maintaining high standards in the kitchen and food preparation.
• Reliable, considerate, and caring in approach.
• Similar experience in a commercial or care setting is useful.

Responsibilities

• Provide first-class food and hospitality to residents.
• Produce meals and create fulfilling dining experiences.
• Cover planned or unplanned absences.

Skills

Attention to detail

People skills

Flexibility

Job description

About the role

This is a casual, part‑time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you’ll help to provide the first‑class food and hospitality that enables us to give our residents exceptional all‑round care and support. A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our residents’ wellbeing and helping them enjoy daily life with us, which is why the role of Bank Kitchen Assistant is so important. Providing cover for any planned or unplanned absences, you’ll help to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. You’ll be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too. There’ll be plenty of opportunities for you to get to know our residents – and enhance their hospitality experience.

About you

When you join us as a Bank Kitchen Assistant, you’ll play a crucial role in the success of your care home. That’s why we’re looking for someone who’s committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process. You should be reliable, considerate and caring in your approach, and flexible when it comes to your work patterns. Formal qualifications aren’t necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.

Rewards package

As well as competitive pay, you can look forward to a role that offers true flexibility and plenty of free learning and development opportunities. As one of the UK’s leading healthcare providers, we take catering seriously and even run a fiercely‑contested annual Barchester Hospitality Awards. If you do well in this role it could lead to a permanent one.

Hours and availability

As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it, such as for annual leave or sick leave, the hours and days you work will vary.

If you’d like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you’d expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.