Kitchen Assistant - Bank - Care Home

NHS; Perth; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in healthcare is seeking a Bank Kitchen Assistant to join their team. This role is essential for providing exceptional food and hospitality to residents, ensuring their wellbeing through nutritious meals. You'll have the opportunity to create a fulfilling dining experience while working flexibly to cover planned and unplanned absences. With no formal qualifications necessary, this position values reliability and a caring approach. Join a supportive environment where your contributions can lead to permanent opportunities and a rewarding career in healthcare.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Free learning and development opportunities

Potential for permanent position

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications required, experience in care or commercial setting preferred.
• Must be reliable, caring, and flexible with work patterns.

Responsibilities

• Provide cover for absences and help produce meals for residents.
• Enhance the dining experience and support colleagues in the kitchen.

Skills

Attention to detail

People skills

Reliability

Flexibility

Education

Experience in a commercial or care setting

Job description

Job Summary

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.

Main Duties of the Job

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 Us

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, operating over 200 care homes and 20 independent hospitals. They take catering seriously and even run a fiercely-contested annual Barchester Hospitality Awards.

Date Posted: 09 April 2025

Pay Scheme: Other

Salary: £12.51 an hour

Contract: Bank

Working Pattern: Flexible working

Reference Number: 1278386493

Job Responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE
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.

Note: 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.

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential:

• Formal qualifications aren't necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.

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.

Employer Details

Employer Name: Barchester Healthcare

Address: Perth, PH1 1SB

Employer's Website: Barchester Healthcare