# Kitchen Assistant - Bank - Care Home > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Barchester Healthcare. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/kitchen-assistant-bank-care-home/3cf06bd8-201c-4b41-9ee2-e8804298ba4a - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/kitchen-assistant-bank-care-home/3cf06bd8-201c-4b41-9ee2-e8804298ba4a.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Barchester Healthcare - **Town:** Bristol - **Region:** South East - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Salary:** £14.80 an hour - **Contract type:** Bank - **Employment type:** Flexible working - **Closing date:** 2026-09-06T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-08T14:26:33.771Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/E0177-26-7399?employerCode=E0177 - **Application URL:** https://www.applygateway.com/apply?JobId=1524781029&supplierId=153&utm_campaign=NHSJobs&utm_source=supplier ## Job Content ### Job summary 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. ### Main duties of the job This is a casual, part-time role offering flexible working. As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you will help 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 will help produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. You will be an asset to your colleagues and your impact will reach beyond the kitchen too. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to get to know our residents and enhance their hospitality experience. When you join us as a Bank Kitchen Assistant, you will play a crucial role in the success of your care home. That's why we are looking for someone who is committed to maintaining the highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation process. ### About us Barchester Healthcare is committed to providing exceptional all-round care and support for their residents. They place a strong emphasis on offering first-class food and hospitality services as part of their care provision. A nutritious diet is considered vital for the wellbeing of their residents, and Barchester takes this aspect of care very seriously. Working as a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you will contribute to this objective by helping produce meals and creating engaging dining experiences. The company values and cultivates a supportive working environment, offering plenty of free learning and development opportunities. Barchester also hosts an annual Hospitality Awards contest to encourage excellence in catering. This organisation is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, offering flexibility in roles like this, which can eventually lead to permanent positions. ### Details - Date posted: 08 July 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: £14.80 an hour - Contract: Bank - Working pattern: Flexible working - Reference number: 1524781029 - Job locations: Barchester Healthcare, Stanwell, TW19 7AZ, United Kingdom ### 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. #2003 ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Formal qualifications aren't necessary, although any similar experience gained in a commercial or care setting would be useful. ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.