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Kitchen Assistant - Bank - Care HomeNHS

Sherborne, DT9 6EX Bank £14.80
Posted 10 September 2026 Closing date 9 November 2026
Sherborne Rail Station (0.8 miles, direct) Colyton Station (Seaton Tramway) (27.2 miles, direct) Temp Bus Station (4.6 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 process.

Main duties of the job

As a Bank Kitchen Assistant at a Barchester care home, you will help to provide the first-class food and hospitality that enable us to give our residents exceptional all-round care and support. Your role is vital in ensuring our residents maintain a healthy, nutritious diet, which contributes significantly to their wellbeing and enjoyment of daily life. You will provide cover for any planned or unplanned absences, helping to produce meals and create a fulfilling dining experience for every resident. Beyond the kitchen, you'll have opportunities to interact with the residents, enhancing their hospitality experience. The job requires someone reliable, considerate, and caring in approach with flexibility in work patterns. Though formal qualifications aren't necessary, experience in a commercial or care setting can be beneficial. This temporary role offers flexible working hours, competitive pay, and opportunities for learning and development. Excelling in this role could lead to a permanent position.

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.

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About us

Barchester Healthcare is a prominent healthcare provider in the UK, recognized for taking catering seriously, with an emphasis on delivering top-notch food and hospitality services to care home residents. They provide casual, part-time roles that offer flexibility, competitive pay, and numerous learning and development opportunities. Barchester Healthcare values the crucial role of kitchen staff in maintaining resident wellbeing by ensuring a healthy, nutritious diet. As a Bank Kitchen Assistant, one becomes an asset to both the kitchen team and the care home community. The organisation prides itself on high standards in food preparation and hospitality services, and it annually hosts the fiercely contested Barchester Hospitality Awards. Working at Barchester Healthcare offers individuals the chance to make a meaningful impact in a rewarding setting, where quality care is paramount. Success in this role could lead to permanent employment within the reputed organisation.

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