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Kitchen Assistant - Bank - Care HomeNHS

Eastleigh, SO53 2DU Bank £14.80
Posted 7 September 2026 Closing date 6 November 2026
Chandlers Ford Rail Station (1 mile, direct) Alresford (Mid Hants Railway) (11.1 miles, direct) Albion Place (6.5 miles, direct)

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 highest standards in the kitchen and during the food preparation proc

Main duties of the job

As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, your role will be to support the provision of first-class food and hospitality that ensures exceptional care for the residents. Your responsibilities include covering both planned and unplanned absences, helping in meal production and ensuring a high-quality dining experience for each resident. This position involves flexible, part-time work as needed. The role does not require formal qualifications, but similar experience in commercial or care settings would be beneficial. Attributes such as reliability, consideration, and a caring nature are essential, along with flexibility in work patterns. Success in this role could lead to a permanent position, and it's supported with learning and development opportunities.

Job description

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.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading UK healthcare provider that emphasizes quality care and hospitality. Their approach aims to ensure exceptional care for residents in their facilities, with a focus on the importance of a nutritious diet for resident well-being. The company values high standards in catering as a crucial element of its care services, and it even hosts an annual Barchester Hospitality Awards. Barchester Healthcare provides various roles within its care homes and looks for individuals committed to upholding quality standards and delivering a positive hospitality experience to residents.

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