Food Services Assistant - Tividale, United Kingdom - Bupa Care Homes

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Tividale, United Kingdom

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Food Services Assistant

Braid HillsCare Home

77 Liberton Drive, Liberton, Edinburgh EH16 6NS

It's the small things that can often make the biggest difference.

At Bupa Care Homes, we know it's our privilege to care for people - supporting them to live with dignity and independence.

Right now, we're looking for a caring and organised individual to join us as a Food Services Assistant atBraid HillsCare Home in Edinburghto help us be the positive difference to our resident's lives.

Working hours and salary

£10.70 per hour

Offering 36 hours per week

The shift will commence at08:00am - 18:00hrs(4 days over 7)

What your typical day involves

Providing excellent customer service to all our residents
Ensuring high quality food presentation at all times
Serving meals and drinks to residents in the dining areas and to their rooms
Cleaning of the dining area ensuring it's tidy and presentable
Serving refreshments outside of meal times to residents, relatives and visitors as required

Who we're looking for

Experience in a customer facing environment with a Basic Food Hygiene Certificate, you want to deliver an excellent service to make our residents feel at home.

You'll understand the importance of maintaining high standards in and around the home, ensuring our residents enjoy a pleasant dining experience.

Comfortable communicating with others - nothing is too much trouble, you're always happy to help the wider team, cherishing the little moments with our residents.

What's in it for you?

Comprehensive induction, ongoing training and development, access to internal apprenticeship schemes
Your DBS Check (£40) paid for
Access to Wagestream an appbased service that offers you the choice to be in control of when you access your earnings
NEST workplace pension, life assurance & bereavement support
28 days annual leave (inclusive of statutory bank holidays)
Hot meal provided (depending on working hours)
Refer a friend bonus scheme
Uniform provided
Health & wellbeing tools; including Be Me App, Healthy Minds, Gym Pass & discounted health assessments
Shopping Discounts (via Xexec)
Cash plan (after 18 months' service) giving you the ability to claim on more everyday items such as dental, optical and private prescriptions
Free flu vaccine
Only available to permanent employees where HealthRoster is used.

About our home

Just a 10 minute walk from Liberton which is 3 miles from Edinburgh, this home offers nursing care as well as caring for residents with Huntington's or Parkinson's or those living with Dementia.

Braid Hills also has a separate unit offering rehabilitation for young adults with complex needs.

The home has a real community feel, where the team are passionate about providing person centred care, championing dignity and independence - organising a wide variety of activities meaning there's no typical day here.

As part of the team, you're supported from day one to learn, develop and encouraged to progress.

Who weare

As a leading healthcare group, we run care homes, retirement villages, health centres, dentalcentresand hospitals all over the world. As well as providing insurance to over 16 million people.

We're a big company but no matter what business area you're in, our purpose is simple - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.

And we have belief in you to help us achieve it.

Want to know more? Check us out on Facebook and Twitter by searching for Bupa UK Careers.

Here you'll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve.

You'll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.