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Food & Beverage Assistant

NHS

Job Description

Job summary

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Food & Beverage Assistant at Barchester Healthcare, you'll play an important role in creating a warm, welcoming and enjoyable dining experience for our residents, families and visitors. From serving meals and refreshments to ensuring dining areas are clean, comfortable and inviting, you'll help make every mealtime a positive experience. Working closely with our hospitality and kitchen teams, you'll support the day-to-day delivery of food and beverage services throughout the home. Whether you're preparing dining areas, serving residents or assisting with kitchen duties, your friendly approach and attention to detail will help us deliver the high standards we're known for. ABOUT YOU To join us as a Food & Beverage Assistant, you'll need: Experience in a hospitality, catering or customer service environment A friendly, caring and professional approach Good communication and teamwork skills An understanding of food hygiene and health and safety practices A passion for delivering excellent customer service The ability to work efficiently in a busy environment You'll enjoy working with people and take pride in providing an outstanding experience for residents and visitors alike.

Main duties of the job

As a Food & Beverage Assistant at Barchester Healthcare, you'll play an important role in creating a warm, welcoming and enjoyable dining experience for our residents, families, and visitors. From serving meals and refreshments to ensuring dining areas are clean, comfortable, and inviting, you'll help make every mealtime a positive experience. Working closely with our hospitality and kitchen teams, you'll support the day-to-day delivery of food and beverage services throughout the home. Whether you're preparing dining areas, serving residents, or assisting with kitchen duties, your friendly approach and attention to detail will help us deliver the high standards we're known for.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of high-quality care services in the UK, renowned for delivering exceptional service in our nursing homes, residential homes, and dementia care settings. We are committed to ensuring that each resident receives the care that they require in a warm, safe, and welcoming environment. With a dedicated team of skilled professionals, Barchester Healthcare operates over 200 care facilities, striving to maintain a high standard of living for all its residents. With a focus on compassionate care, we prioritize the well-being and happiness of those we serve, ensuring their needs are met with respect and dignity.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLE As a Food & Beverage Assistant at Barchester Healthcare, you'll play an important role in creating a warm, welcoming and enjoyable dining experience for our residents, families and visitors. From serving meals and refreshments to ensuring dining areas are clean, comfortable and inviting, you'll help make every mealtime a positive experience.

Working closely with our hospitality and kitchen teams, you'll support the day-to-day delivery of food and beverage services throughout the home. Whether you're preparing dining areas, serving residents or assisting with kitchen duties, your friendly approach and attention to detail will help us deliver the high standards we're known for.

ABOUT YOU To join us as a Food & Beverage Assistant, you'll need:

Experience in a hospitality, catering or customer service environment A friendly, caring and professional approach Good communication and teamwork skills An understanding of food hygiene and health and safety practices A passion for delivering excellent customer service The ability to work efficiently in a busy environment

You'll enjoy working with people and take pride in providing an outstanding experience for residents and visitors alike.

REWARDS PACKAGE In return for your dedication, you'll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package, including:

Free training and development opportunities Access to wellbeing and employee assistance programmes Retail and lifestyle discounts Refer a Friend bonus scheme Opportunities for career progression across Barchester Healthcare

If you're passionate about hospitality and want to make a positive difference to residents' daily lives, we'd love to hear from you.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Experience in a hospitality, catering or customer service environment. Good communication and teamwork skills. An understanding of food hygiene and health and safety practices.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Barchester Healthcare

Address

Barchester Healthcare

Winchester

SO22 6NT

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.barchester.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

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