Kitchen Assistant

Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited; Chippenham; Hybrid; GBP 10,000 - GBP 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a part-time Bank Kitchen Assistant in Chippenham, UK. This role offers flexibility and requires a commitment to high standards in food preparation. You will help provide nutritious meals, support colleagues and enhance the dining experience for residents. No formal qualifications are needed, but any prior experience in a kitchen or care setting would be beneficial. This position may lead to a permanent role based on your performance.

Benefits

Competitive pay

Flexible working hours

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications required, but similar experience in commercial or care setting is preferred.
• Reliable, considerate, and caring approach needed.
• Commitment to maintaining high kitchen standards.

Responsibilities

• Help produce meals and create fulfilling dining experiences.
• Provide cover for absences in the kitchen.
• Support colleagues and enhance residents' hospitality experiences.

Skills

Attention to detail

People skills

Flexibility

Job description

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 qualifications aren’t necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful.

REWARDS PACKAGE

As 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.