# Kitchen Assistant

**Company**: Bupa
**Location**: Northwood
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: £13.10 - £14.10 per hour
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Kitchen Assistant to join our team at Erskine Hall Care Home in Northwood. As a Kitchen Assistant, you will play a vital role in delivering an excellent dining experience for our residents.

**Job Summary:** Erskine Hall Care Home provides nursing, residential, and dementia care to its residents. The home has a range of facilities, including five lounges, a cinema room, hairdressing room, and large garden spaces.

**Responsibilities:**

- Act as the link between the main kitchen and our residents

- Assist chefs with plating meals, preparing food trolleys, and maintaining cleanliness in preparation areas

- Monitor stock rotation and adhere to company policies and procedures, including COSHH and HACCP guidelines

- Help with catering for special events, such as summer BBQs and Christmas parties

**Requirements:**

- Previous experience working in a kitchen

- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate

- Passion for food and delivering excellent service

- Ability to communicate effectively with others

**Benefits:**

- Competitive salary: £13.10-£14.10 per hour, depending on experience

- 28 days of holiday

- Free meal on every shift

- Access to My Healthcare, a 24/7 support service

- Annual allowance for Bupa healthcare products (approximately £350)

- Wagestream, allowing early access to up to 40% of earned wages

- Sick pay scheme

- Long service rewards

- Interest-free annual travel loan

- Range of Bupa pension plans

- Parental leave schemes

- Menopause Plan

- Access to discounts at gyms and fitness facilities across the UK

## Skills

### Required
- Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
- food handling
- communication

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