Kitchen Assistant

7 months ago


Invercargill, New Zealand Bupa Full time

Be at the Heart of it. Come and join our
**Bupa Ascot Care Home**andbring your passion for preparing delicious and nutritious meals for residents to enjoy on a 12-month fixed term contract.

Every day, in every way, we bring real heart to work. Food makes such a difference to the residents’ lives which is why the
**Ascot Care Home**is searching for a Kitchen Assistant to support the Chefs with providing deliciously nutritious meals for the residents to enjoy. This is a great opportunity for those who are wanting a foot in the door to the catering industry.

This role is covering for a parental leave cover for a year, and you must be available to work the fixed shifts below:

- Week 1: Tues, Wed, Sat 10:00am - 4.30pm and Fri 8.30 - 5:00pm (26 hrs)_
- Week 2: Tues, Wed 10:00am - 4.30pm and Fri 6.30am - 3:00pm (20 hrs)_

**Key Tasks and Responsibilities**:

- General kitchen duties (dishwashing and cleaning)
- Assist with food preparation
- Adhere to Hygiene and food safety standards
- Maintain confidentiality
- Follow Health and Safety procedures

**What about you**
- Ideally, you will have one year’s work experience in a similar role, however, we will provide training and support with career development
- You will be a team player, with the ability to work independently, and who is prepared to roll up your sleeves and get stuck into to whatever needs to get done
- Demonstrate empathy, enthusiasm, and have a genuine passion for making a difference to residents
- Ability to work rostered and rotating shifts (including weekends)
- Reliable transport or travel arrangements

**Extra Reasons to belong**
- Wellbeing discounts and advice, EAP counselling services, study support, and cultural leave.
- Paid parental leave - in addition to standard parental leave, Bupa offers 12 weeks of paid leave for primary carers and 2 weeks for secondary carers.
- Refer-a-friend programme of $1,000 - $2,000.
- Professional Development - in-house and external training and development.
- Industry-competitive remuneration and benefits, and internal reward and recognition programmes.
- No matter who you are or where you come from, we encourage you to ‘Be You at Bupa’.
- An accredited employer with Immigration NZ that values its diverse employees.

**About Bupa**

Through vision, passion, and sheer hard work, we are now New Zealand’s largest aged care and dementia care provider. As one of New Zealand’s leading healthcare organisations, we employ more than 4,000 people and we live by our values Brave, Caring, and Responsible. All united by one purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.


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