About this role
Job summary ABOUT THE ROLE 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.
Main duties of the job As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at Barchester care home, your role will involve supporting the kitchen staff to provide exceptional food and hospitality services to residents. You will cover for any absences and assist in meal production to ensure a great dining experience for every resident. The role allows you to interact with residents, thereby enhancing their hospitality experience. The position demands high standards in the kitchen and food preparation process. Barchester seeks someone reliable, considerate, caring, and flexible in work patterns. While formal qualifications aren't necessary, previous experience in a commercial or care setting would be advantageous. The job offers competitive pay with flexibility and opportunities for learning and development. Successful performance could lead to a permanent role.
About us Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, focusing on providing exceptional care and support to residents across its homes. The organisation is known for its first-class food and hospitality services that contribute to the overall well-being of residents. Barchester values a nutritious diet as crucial for ensuring residents health and enhancing their daily life experiences. The organisation offers flexible roles with learning and development opportunities, and even conducts an annual Hospitality Awards to recognize excellence in catering. Barchester strives to provide quality care, akin to what one would expect for their loved ones, creating a rewarding work environment.
Job description Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLEAs 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 for this role, but any similar experience in a commercial or care setting would be advantageous.
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
Stamford
PE9 3TJ
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)