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 whos committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process.
Main duties of the job This casual, part-time role offers flexible working hours. As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll assist in providing first-class food and hospitality, ensuring the residents receive exceptional care and support. The role is crucial as a healthy diet contributes to the wellbeing and daily enjoyment of residents. Responsibilities include covering for planned or unplanned absences, meal preparation, and ensuring a fulfilling dining experience for each resident. You will be an important asset to colleagues and your impact will extend outside the kitchen, offering opportunities to enhance residents' experiences. Candidates should maintain high standards in the kitchen, be reliable, considerate, and flexible. No formal qualifications are necessary, but experience in similar settings would be beneficial.
About us Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care and support across the UK, with a focus on delivering exceptional service. They emphasize the importance of nutrition and hospitality in enhancing the wellbeing and daily life of their residents. The organisation values its employees, offering flexible roles and various learning and development opportunities. Committed to high standards, they hold an annual Hospitality Awards to recognize outstanding contributions. Barchester strives to create a rewarding environment, ensuring quality care reflective of what one would want for their loved ones.
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
No formal qualifications are necessary; however, similar experience in a commercial or care setting is 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
Bristol
BS15 1PN
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)