About this role
Job summary This position is a casual, part-time role as a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home in Birtley. The role is designed to offer flexible working patterns, providing cover for any planned or unplanned absences in the kitchen. In this position, you will assist in preparing meals and enhancing the dining experience for the residents, contributing to their overall wellbeing. This job offers a dynamic work environment where you can make a real difference in the quality of care provided to residents. You will also have the opportunity to learn and develop new skills in a role that values flexibility and dedication.
Main duties of the job 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. ABOUT YOU: When you join us as a Bank Kitchen Assistant, you'll play a crucial role in the success of your care home. We're looking for someone who's committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen.
About us Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, deeply committed to offering exceptional care for residents in their care homes. They focus on delivering high-quality food and hospitality, recognizing the importance of a nutritious diet in improving residents' wellbeing. Barchester Healthcare takes great pride in its flexible roles that cater to the varying needs of its staff while ensuring operational efficiency. Their annual Barchester Hospitality Awards reflects their commitment to excellence in catering services. Candidates excelling in their temporary roles have the potential to secure permanent positions, further enhancing their career prospects.
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 aren't necessary for this role, although 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
Birtley
DH3 2BH
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)