About this role
Job summary 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 mainta
Main duties of the job As a Bank Kitchen Assistant in a Barchester care home, you will play an important role in providing top-quality food and hospitality services. Your responsibilities will include preparing meals, covering planned or unplanned absences, and creating a satisfying dining experience for residents. The role is casual and part-time, offering flexible work opportunities. While formal qualifications are not necessary, experience in a similar role within a commercial or care setting is beneficial. The role is vital to ensuring residents have a healthy and nutritious diet, which contributes to their overall well-being and enjoyment of life. You will also have opportunities to build relationships with residents and enhance their hospitality experience. The position offers competitive pay and development opportunities, and success in this role could potentially lead to a permanent position.
About us Barchester Healthcare is a prominent provider of healthcare services in the UK, committed to delivering high-quality care to its residents. They ensure a supportive environment where the needs of the residents are prioritized and well attended to. Barchester Healthcare places emphasis on the importance of a nutritious diet for their residents, which reflects in the role of the Kitchen Assistant being a significant component of their care framework. The organization also values career development, offering free learning opportunities and running an annual Hospitality Awards to recognize excellence in service. As a part of Barchester, staff are expected to maintain high standards, aligning with their mission to provide compassionate, expert care to their residents. This reputable organization values flexibility, responsibility, and ensuring residents' needs are met with care and efficiency.
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ABOUT THE ROLEThis 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 YOUWhen 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 PACKAGEAs 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Formal qualifications are not necessary, but 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 Barchester Healthcare
Braunton
EX33 2LH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)