About this role
Job summary Please note- The rate of pay advertised is inclusive of the 12.07% bank worker enhancement. 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
Main duties of the job This role is for a Bank Kitchen Assistant at Barchester Healthcare, offering a casual and part-time position with flexible working. The primary focus is to provide first-class food and hospitality to residents, ensuring their wellbeing through a healthy, nutritious diet. The job involves covering planned or unplanned absences and collaborating with colleagues to enhance the dining experience. The organisation values commitment to high standards in food preparation. Experience in a commercial or care setting is beneficial, but not required. The role provides competitive pay, flexibility, and opportunities for learning and development. Success in this role could lead to a permanent position. Working hours and days vary based on the organisation's needs.
About us Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, committed to delivering exceptional care and support through providing first-class food and hospitality. The company takes catering seriously and even hosts an annual Barchester Hospitality Awards to promote excellence in this area. As a care home provider, Barchester Healthcare places great emphasis on the wellbeing of its residents, ensuring they enjoy a healthy, nutritious diet as part of their daily lives. The organisation offers roles like the Bank Kitchen Assistant to provide additional support and cover for absences, reflecting its commitment to maintaining high standards of care and service.
Job description Job responsibilities
Please note- The rate of pay advertised is inclusive of the 12.07% bank worker enhancement.
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; however, similar experience 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
Ross-on-Wye
HR9 7BQ
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)