Kitchen Assistant - Bank - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is hiring a casual Bank Kitchen Assistant at a care home in Milton Keynes. You’ll help produce meals and deliver a welcoming dining experience, adapting to changing cover needs and ensuring residents receive nutritious, tasty options.

The role offers flexible, part-time hours with bank shifts to cover annual leave and sickness. No formal qualifications are required, but reliability, thoughtfulness, and a caring approach are essential to support our residents and colleagues.

Qualifications

• Reliable and caring approach to food handling and resident interaction.
• Flexible and able to cover shifts as needed.
• Experience in a kitchen or care setting is helpful but not required.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing meals and serving residents.
• Maintain cleanliness and hygiene in the kitchen.
• Support the warmth and hospitality of dining experiences for residents.

Skills

Reliability

Compassionate care

Teamwork

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 enable 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.

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.