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 maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process.
Main duties of the job This is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working as a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home. You will help provide first-class food and hospitality to enable exceptional all-round care and support for residents. A healthy, nutritious diet is vital for residents' wellbeing, making your role crucial. You will provide cover for planned or unplanned absences, produce meals, and create a fulfilling dining experience. You will have opportunities to know residents and enhance their hospitality experience. Joining us as a Bank Kitchen Assistant, you must maintain the highest standards in the kitchen and during food preparation. You should be reliable, considerate, and flexible and experience in a commercial or care setting is useful. The position offers competitive pay, true flexibility, and free learning and development opportunities. Successful performance may lead to a permanent role. As a Bank position, hours and days vary as needed for leave cover.
About us Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, dedicated to offering quality care to individuals across their facilities. Known for their commitment to excellence, Barchester prides itself on delivering high standards of service and care to their residents. The organisation values its staff and provides numerous opportunities for personal and professional growth, ensuring that employees can develop their skills through various training and development programmes. Barchester Healthcare also hosts an annual Barchester Hospitality Awards, reflecting its serious approach to catering excellence. As an employer, they offer roles that are both flexible and rewarding, enabling staff to have a positive impact on the lives of residents. Barchester is committed to fostering an environment where staff are seen as valuable assets, contributing not only to the kitchen but beyond.
Job description Job responsibilities
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.
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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 Barchester Healthcare
Bridlington
YO15 3NT
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)