Kitchen Assistant – Bank – Hospital

Job Description

About the role

This is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester independent mental health hospital, you’ll help to provide the first class food that enables us to give our patients exceptional all round care and support. A healthy, nutritious diet is vital to ensuring our patients’ 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 patient. 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 patients and enhance their food experiences.

Job responsibilities

You will provide cover for planned or unplanned absences, help to produce meals, create a fulfilling dining experience for every patient, maintain high kitchen standards, and collaborate with colleagues to deliver high quality food.

About you

When you join us as a Bank Kitchen Assistant, you’ll play a crucial role in the success of the hospital. That’s why we’re looking for someone who is 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.

Person Specification

• Formal qualifications are not necessary, but experience gained 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.