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. You should be reliable, considerate and caring in your approach, and flexible when it comes to your work patterns. Formal qualificatio
Main duties of the job As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, your role is to provide first-class food and hospitality to our residents, ensuring their wellbeing and enhancing their daily life. This casual, part-time role offers flexible working arrangements, as you provide cover for planned or unplanned absences. You'll assist in meal production and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. Alongside kitchen duties, you'll have opportunities to get to know the residents and improve their overall hospitality experience. Commitment to high standards, reliability, consideration, care, and work pattern flexibility are key. Formal qualifications are not required, but experience in a similar role is beneficial. If you excel, this role could lead to a permanent position. We also offer competitive pay and free learning and development opportunities. As a leading UK healthcare provider, we value catering highly, with even a Barchester Hospitality Award. Your attention to detail and people skills will thrive in our organisation, providing care you'd expect for your loved ones.
About us Barchester Healthcare is a leading UK healthcare provider, known for its exceptional care and support for residents in care homes. Our focus is on delivering quality care through first-class food and hospitality, tailored to enhance the wellbeing and daily life of our residents. We believe a nutritious diet is crucial for residents' health and a positive living experience. We value our staff, offering development opportunities, flexible working arrangements, and fostering a supportive work environment. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in initiatives like the Barchester Hospitality Awards, which highlight outstanding contributions in catering. We strive to maintain high standards in all aspects of our care, ensuring our team feels valued and residents receive the best possible support.
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
Formal qualifications are not 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
Southampton
SO30 2ZS
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)