Overview
Kitchen Assistant - Bank role at Avery Healthcare.
Join Avery Healthcare as a Kitchen Assistant - Bank and make a positive impact on residents’ lives through compassionate, high-quality catering support.
About the Role
Your focus as Kitchen Assistant is to 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.
Responsibilities
* Understand the principles of safe food handling to ensure all food preparations in the kitchen meet high hygiene standards.
* Contribute fully to team working, respond positively to colleagues, and action all reasonable work instructions promptly.
* Advise on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
* Act with respect toward residents and their visitors, upholding the dignity and individuality of each resident.
About You / Our Ideal Candidate
* Hold 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 sustaining a high level of physical effort and able to respond to a demanding workload.
* Demonstrate initiative and display a positive, flexible attitude to teamwork.
* Exhibit a caring and understanding attitude toward residents.
About Avery
At Avery, we’re not just one of the UK’s largest providers of luxury elderly care homes—we’re a place where people love to work. We believe that the later years of life should be as enriching as any other, and we’re passionate about creating meaningful experiences for our residents and our team alike. With our vision of "creating meaningful lives together," we proudly offer exceptional care across our growing network of over 100 homes, building a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered every day. Join us and see why Avery is the preferred choice for residents and team members alike.
Please Note This Role Will Require
* A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
Work Information
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Management and Manufacturing
* Industries: Hospitals and Health Care
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