Job Summary
This is a temporary Kitchen Assistant role at Avery Healthcare's care home in Kenton. The successful candidate will support the catering function in food preparation and maintaining a clean environment for the safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality and comprehensive service is delivered to residents.
Job Responsibilities
Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is to support the catering function in food preparation and maintain a clean environment for safe production of beverages and meals, ensuring a high quality comprehensive service for residents.
* Understanding the principles of safe food handling, to ensure all food preparations are to the highest standards of hygiene.
* Contributing fully to team working, responding positively to colleagues, and actioning all reasonable work instructions promptly.
* Advising on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
* Acting accordingly towards residents and their visitors, respecting the dignity and individuality of each resident.
About You / Qualifications
To be successful you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable. Our ideal candidate must:
* Hold a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate and demonstrate high standards of personal hygiene.
* Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.
* Be an efficient worker capable of a high level of sustained physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
* Demonstrate initiative and display a positive and flexible aptitude for team working.
* Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude towards residents.
Additional Requirements
* DBS Disclosure check (cost met by Avery Healthcare).
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
About Avery Healthcare
Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes. We believe the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for residents and teams alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together" we offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes.
Shift Pattern
7:00 am to 7:00 pm, Monday to Sunday.
Job Location
Avery Healthcare, Kenton, HA3 9UY.
Pay and Contract
£12.22 an hour, Bank contract, Flexible working.
Notice
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs.
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