Job description
We are a caring and compassionate, family-owned care home company. At Kingsley, family matters, and we’re always going the extra mile in caring for every one of our residents and staff.
We’re a family-owned national care home operator, rated as one of the UK’s top 20 large care home groups by carehome.co.uk. As an accredited Living Wage employer, we not only offer competitive rates of pay, but we’ll also pay for your full DBS disclosure and offer you a welcome bonus. So, as well as receiving a competitive rate of pay, you’ll also receive a pay rise in line with inflation.
We’re more than just a group of colleagues; we’re a family passionate about people, from those we work with to those we care for. We’d love to welcome like-minded professionals to join the friendly faces that make up the Kingsley family.
About the role
To ensure there is always a focus on ensuring excellent customer experience, by ways of presentation and food service within the home.
Reports to: Hospitality Manager/Home Manager
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Ensuring the meals are served to the highest standard. Promoting a great meal time experience. Gather the feedback and work with the Hospitality Manager/Home Manager.
- Provide a friendly engaging and helpful service in our dining areas, carry out meal time checklist, make sure the tables look inviting, the cutlery should be clean and placed in the correct position, the settings should have the napkins folded and the plates should be on the table, there should be a centre piece, It should look perfect the tablecloths should be clean and pressed, first impressions count.
- Ensure the kitchenette areas in the Home are clean and presented to the highest standard. Tidy and clean after each meal service. Liaise and work with the housekeeper.
- Ensure that all residents are greeted appropriately with a warm and welcoming approach at all times when they arrive in the dining room
- Check the fridges and record the temperatures daily on the sheet provided.
- Ensure that any items in the fridges have an Opening date label on them and a Use by date. If anything is not labelled then please throw away
- Check the fridges and ensure that there are no staff drinks or food in the fridges.
- Clean the fridges once a week.
Skills and Attributes:
- Previous experience of hospitality essential with considerable experience in food and beverage service
- Possess excellent communication, motivational and interpersonal skills
- Have good organisational skills
- An eye for detail
What will you get from the role?
You will have the satisfaction of working with, and being supported by, an enthusiastic and caring team that puts people at the heart of the business. We know the happiness of our staff improves the service we give our residents. You will have plenty of opportunities to learn and develop your skills, and we have the procedures and processes to help you at every step.
- Brackley Nursing Home, Brackley, Northamptonshire
- Pay:: £11 per hour
- Type: Permanent
- Shift: Mixed (Weekdays/Weekends)
Benefits
- Comprehensive induction and training programme.
- Opportunities for career development and progression.
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Blue Light Card Scheme. We’ll reimburse the enrolment fee of this fantastic scheme that offers discounts on holidays, days out and over 15,000 national brands.
Location
Think of luxury and comfort, and you’ll get close to all Brackley has to offer. This stylish care home is conveniently situated on the edge of town and within easy reach of Northampton or Oxford. Its generously sized 66 bedrooms, all with an en-suite, are immaculately designed in bright, tasteful and contemporary colours.
Wellington Road, Brackley, Northamptonshire NN13 6QZ
Your right to work in the UK
In accordance with the Asylum and immigration Act 2006 you will need to demonstrate your eligibility for employment in the United Kingdom.