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.
Main duties of the job The role of Kitchen Assistant - Bank at Barchester Healthcare involves being part of a team that provides exceptional food and hospitality services in a care home setting. The position is part-time and temporary, offering flexible working conditions to accommodate varying schedules due to planned or unplanned absences such as annual or sick leave. Kitchen Assistants are responsible for supporting the preparation and serving of meals, ensuring residents receive nutritious food, and enhancing their dining experience. The position does not require formal qualifications, but prior experience in a commercial or care setting may be beneficial. Successful candidates should be reliable, considerate, caring, and flexible. Barchester Healthcare is committed to providing competitive pay, flexible working arrangements, and learning and development opportunities to its staff. As one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, Barchester places a strong emphasis on catering and hosts an annual Barchester Hospitality Awards to recognize excellence in this area.
About us Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, known for offering premium care services in its state-of-the-art care homes and hospitals. The organisation prides itself on delivering high-quality care and support to its residents, ensuring they lead fulfilling lives. Barchester Healthcare provides a wide range of services, including nursing care, residential care, and support for individuals with dementia and other complex needs. The company's hospitality services play a crucial role in enhancing the quality of life for residents, emphasizing nutritious diets and exceptional dining experiences. Barchester also values its employees, offering competitive salaries, flexible working conditions, and numerous development opportunities. The company is known for its Barchester Hospitality Awards, which celebrate excellence in culinary services across the organization and underscore its commitment to top-tier hospitality. Overall, Barchester Healthcare strives to offer the kind of care people would desire 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
Formal qualifications aren't necessary, but 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
Sittingbourne
ME9 7LG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)