Kitchen Assistant - Bank - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Southampton; On-site; GBP 12,398 - 16,531; Part time

Job summary

Barchester Healthcare is looking for a Bank Kitchen Assistant to join a care home in a casual, part-time capacity. You’ll assist in preparing meals and helping to deliver a first-class dining experience for residents, supporting overall wellbeing and daily life with us.

Flexibility is key as you’ll cover planned or unplanned absences, bringing care, attention to detail and a friendly hospitality approach. This role offers meaningful work within a leading UK healthcare provider.

Qualifications

• Reliable, considerate and caring in approach.
• Flexible when it comes to work patterns.
• Formal qualifications aren’t required; prior care or commercial kitchen experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing meals and contributing to a high-quality dining experience for residents.
• Provide support to cover planned or unplanned absences in the kitchen.
• Maintain cleanliness and safety standards in line with care home policies.

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.