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Kitchen Assistant - Bank - Care HomeNHS

Norwich, NR7 8AF Bank Negotiable
Posted 18 August 2026 Closing date 17 October 2026
Norwich Rail Station (2.2 miles away) Lowestoft Bus Station (21.9 miles away)

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

Main duties of the job

This position is for a Bank Kitchen Assistant at Barchester Healthcare in Norwich. The role is casual and part-time with flexible working hours, covering planned or unplanned absences. The main responsibility is to provide first-class food and hospitality to residents, ensuring they have a nutritious diet and fulfilling dining experiences. The position requires reliability, consideration, and care in approach, with some flexibility in work patterns. While formal qualifications aren't necessary, experience in a commercial or care setting is useful. The role includes competitive pay, free learning and development opportunities, and the potential for a permanent position. Working hours and days will vary.

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.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is one of the UK's leading healthcare providers, dedicated to giving residents exceptional care and support. They place a high value on catering, offering competitive pay and free learning opportunities. Each year, they hold a Barchester Hospitality Awards to showcase their dedication to first-class catering. Barchester Healthcare operates several care homes, providing a place where attention to detail and people skills are of high importance. They aim to ensure a high standard of care akin to what one would expect for their loved ones.

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