# 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/6aed1e01-973a-41af-bcbd-f4ab4b733b5f - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/kitchen-assistant-bank-care-home/6aed1e01-973a-41af-bcbd-f4ab4b733b5f.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:** 2026-08-23T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-24T15:35:35.191Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadvert/E0177-26-6792?employerCode=E0177 - **Application URL:** https://www.applygateway.com/apply?JobId=1520705484&supplierId=153&utm_campaign=NHSJobs&utm_source=supplier ## Job Content ### 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 highe ### Main duties of the job This casual, part-time position as a Bank Kitchen Assistant allows for flexible working arrangements. You'll be part of a team at a Barchester care home, where you'll be instrumental in providing top-notch food and hospitality, essential to offering exceptional care and support to residents. The role is important as it enhances the well-being of residents through a healthy, nutritious diet. You will cover both planned and unplanned absences, contributing to meal production and providing a fulfilling dining experience. You'll also get the chance to interact with residents, enhancing their hospitality experience. Joining as a Bank Kitchen Assistant means you'll play a crucial role in the success of the care home. The role demands a strong commitment to high standards in the kitchen and food preparation. Personal attributes like reliability, consideration, and flexibility in work patterns are crucial. Formal qualifications are not required, but previous experience in a similar role is advantage. ### About us Barchester Healthcare is a leading healthcare provider in the UK, dedicated to offering exceptional care and support to its residents. The organization takes food and hospitality seriously, recognizing their crucial role in the well-being and overall care experience for residents. The company runs fiercely-contested annual Barchester Hospitality Awards to promote excellence in catering. Barchester offers a range of employment opportunities, from permanent positions to flexible, casual roles like the Bank Kitchen Assistant. Employees are encouraged to use their skills, such as attention to detail and people skills, to improve residents experiences, ensuring a rewarding working environment. Barchester prides itself on being an organization that provides quality care one would expect for their loved ones. Its commitment to employee development is evident through free learning and development opportunities, enhancing career progression and skills acquisition. ### Details - Date posted: 24 June 2026 - Pay scheme: Other - Salary: £14.80 an hour - Contract: Bank - Working pattern: Flexible working - Reference number: 1520705484 - Job locations: Barchester Healthcare, Shoreham by Sea, BN43 6LT, 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. ## Person Specification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Formal qualifications are not 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.