Kitchen Assistant
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Kitchen Assistant
Oakcroft House Care Home Oakcroft Road West Byfleet Surrey KT14 6JG
CQC rating; Good
Carehome rating : 9.4 /10
12.80 13.80 per hour depending on experience
Permanent contract
40 hours per week working 4 days a week
Shift times 9am 7pm
Working days Tuesday Wednesday Saturday & Sunday.
Flexible with full or part time
We make health happen
Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering personcentred care supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.
Set in West Byfleet opposite the golf course Oakcroft House is a 10 minute walk from West Byfleet station and regular buses run from Woking to a bus stop thats just a 2 minute walk from the home. The home provides residential care for those living with dementia and Parkinsons. With a real family feel the team are passionate about providing person centred care championing dignity and independence organising a wide variety of activities meaning theres no typical day here. As part of the team youre supported from day one to learn develop and encouraged to progress.
Youll help us make health happen by:
- Acting as the link between the main kitchen and our residents
- Assisting the chefs to plate meals prepare food trolleys and ensure all preparation areas are kept clean and tidy
- Monitoring stock rotation complying to company policies and procedures following all mandatory COSHH and HACPP guidelines
- Assisting with catering for special events such as summer BBQs and Christmas parties
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:
A passion for food with previous experience working in a kitchen and a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate. You want to deliver an excellent service at each meal and make our residents feel at home. Youll understand the importance of maintaining high standards in and around the home ensuring our residents enjoy a pleasant dining experience. Working with the wider kitchen and care home teams youre comfortable communicating with others cherishing the little moments with our residents.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health from mental and physical to financial social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:
- My Healthcare Free access to 24/7 support advice and treatment for a variety of healthrelated issues including remote GP appointments physiotherapy and mental health support
- Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products all to the approximate value of 350
- Wagestream Have early access to up to 40 of your earned wages within minutes
- 28 days holiday
- We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams as an addition to statutory sick pay to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.
- Long service For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards extra holidays and money!
- Free meal on every shift
- Interestfree annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
- We offer a range of Bupa pension plans find out more on our career site
- Parental leave We have schemes for adoption birth parents and co parents find out more on our career site
- Menopause Plan Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice choose their treatment and take control of their health
- Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK
Why Bupa
Were a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose helping people live longer healthier happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to Be you at Bupa we champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. Thats why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. Well make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
** Please note this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UKs Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.
Employment Type
Hourly
