Kitchen Assistant

The Home Join the Team at Rosevale Lodge Care Home – Where Compassion Meets Excellence Located beside the scenic River Lagan and just minutes from Lisburn town centre, Rosevale Lodge Care Home is a purpose-built facility offering specialist care for up to 68 residents living with dementia. With convenient access to local shops, bus, and train services, the home is well connected and easily accessible.

Rosevale Lodge is divided into two dedicated units: Dementia Nursing and Dementia Residential, ensuring tailored, person-centred care that meets a wide range of needs. With a long-standing reputation in the local community for delivering high-quality, dignified care, Rosevale Lodge is a place where residents are treated with respect and individuality is celebrated.

Visitors and team members alike can expect a warm and friendly welcome in a home that truly values relationships and compassionate support. If you're looking to build a meaningful career in a supportive, resident-focused environment, we’d love to hear from you. The Role The Kitchen Assistants in our Homes play a key role in ensuring the smooth and safe operation of our kitchens, ensuring that residents receive high quality meals and dining experiences.

The role is essential to the wellbeing of our residents through the provision of high-quality, person-centred dining experiences. Working as part of the Kitchen team, reporting to the Chef the role is about a lot more than preparing and serving meals – the Kitchen Assistant will support with ensuring the dietary needs of our residents are met in addition to contributing to a safe and positive working environment.

Main Responsibilities Ensures that all catering stock and equipment is correctly stored and accounted for in accordance with the company’s Assured Safe Catering standards. Delivers meals and other catering supplies to various areas within the unit in a timely and efficient manner. Under direction, assists with the basic preparation of food items.

Ensures all cleaning within the kitchen, catering and servery areas (as appropriate) is completed and complies with the company’s Assured Safe Catering standards. Delivers and maintains a clean and tidy environment throughout the home, in line with operational standards and ensures that work processes comply with statutory regulations.

Undertake any other duties that may be reasonably required as designated by the Chef or Cook. The Benefits: Paid annual leave The chance to be part of a growing healthcare company Continuous professional development and training Values led culture Overtime available at an enhanced rate Opportunities for progression Pension plan (if applicable) Attractive hourly rate Access NI fee paid for Uniforms and PPE provided Monthly incentives and recognition awards Free parking This is for 32 hours a week.

We do not offer sponsorship for this role . Healthcare Ireland are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.