Cook
St Mark’s Care Home – 110 St Mark’s Rd, Maidenhead SL6 6DN
Salary: £13.20 – £14.20 per hour depending on experience
Perm contract (part time), 15 hours per week
We make health happen
Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person‑centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.
You’ll help us make health happen by:
- Using your passion for cooking and fresh ingredients to create varied and nutritional menus in line with dietary needs and preferences of our residents
- Putting forward ideas to deliver an excellent dining experience, helping our residents to feel at home
- Training and managing the kitchen team in prepping, cooking and serving of food
- Adhering to COSHH and HACCP guidelines, company policies and procedures, budgets, managing orders and deliveries
- Catering for special events or seasonal activities, such as summer fetes, Christmas parties and birthdays (as required)
Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role
A passion for cooking with previous experience working in a fresh food kitchen and relevant hygiene certificates. You want to create and deliver an excellent dining experience at each meal and make our residents feel at home. Open to new ideas, you’ll have an innovative approach to cooking whilst always adhering to high standards. You’ll enjoy communicating with others and cherish the little moments with our residents, sharing your love of food with them.
Benefits
- My Healthcare – Free access to 24/7 support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health‑related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support
- Annual allowance to redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, value approximately £350
- Wagestream – early access to up to 40% of earned wages within minutes
- 28 days holiday
- Sick pay scheme to frontline teams, in addition to statutory sick pay, to provide financial support during longer absences
- Long service rewards – milestone ecards, extra holidays and money
- Free meal on every shift
- Interest‑free annual travel loan for public transport season tickets
- Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
- Parental leave – schemes for adoption, birth parents and co‑parents (find out more on our career site)
- Menopause Plan – designed to empower women to seek advice, choose treatment and take control of their health
- Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK
Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.
Please note, this role is not at or above RQF Level 3 and is not included under the UK’s Points Based Immigration System for sponsorship by an employer.
Locations: St Mark’s (Maidenhead)
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