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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 kitch
Main duties of the job
As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at Barchester Healthcare, you'll contribute to exceptional food service, supporting first-class care for residents. The role is casual, providing cover during absences, ensuring nutritious meals are served. Responsibilities extend to creating a fulfilling dining experience and building rapport with residents. The position requires reliability, a caring approach, and flexibility with work patterns. No formal qualifications are needed, but experience in similar settings is advantageous. Barchester values high kitchen standards and offers free development opportunities, with the potential for a permanent role based on performance.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading care provider in the UK, committed to delivering high-quality care and hospitality. The company operates numerous care homes and focuses on ensuring the wellbeing and satisfaction of its residents. Working at Barchester means joining an organisation that takes food service seriously, as evidenced by their annual Barchester Hospitality Awards. Employees are encouraged to pursue learning and development, helping to maintain the high standards expected in every aspect of care. Barchester prides itself on providing a rewarding working environment that resonates with the dedication to exceptional resident care.
Details
- Date posted: 22 June 2026
- Pay scheme: Other
- Salary: £14.80 an hour
- Contract: Bank
- Working pattern: Flexible working
- Reference number: 1519672339
- Job locations: Barchester Healthcare, Horley, RH6 7DJ, 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
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- Reliable, considerate and caring; flexible work patterns; experience in a similar setting is useful.
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This advert is for Kitchen Assistant - Bank - Care Home with Barchester Healthcare in Bristol, South East, England. It is listed as a Estates and facilities role. The advertised salary is £14.80 an hour. The contract type is Bank. The application deadline is 21 Aug 2026.
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