Kitchen Assistant
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Bupa Wattle Downs is recruiting a Kitchen Assistant and Cleaner to join the on-site housekeeping team. This role combines general kitchen duties with cleaning tasks, supporting the chefs to prepare nutritious meals and keeping resident spaces hygienic and well-presented, with duties including dishwashing, food prep assistance, adhering to hygiene standards and reporting issues to the Household supervisor. Shifts are described as casual with flexibility to suit the care home schedule, and weekend or evening availability is preferred. In your application, highlight your relevant cleaning and kitchen experience, a hands-on, caring approach, flexibility for shifts, and NZ work entitlement. Benefits include subsidised health insurance, wellbeing support, paid parental leave, professional development, and a welcoming Be You at Bupa culture. Apply today.
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Description & Requirements
Every day, in every way, we bring real heart to work. It is what drives us to deliver our refreshingly different person-first commitment to care. This is why Bupa Wattle Downs is searching for like-minded a like Minded Cleaner and Kitchen Assistant to join our community. This is a great opportunity to work close to home, avoiding the hustle and bustle of city traffic, and working the hours that fit your schedule. This is a casual role, meaning shifts are as required by the care home.
As part of our Housekeeping team, you will help create a homely and healthy place for our residents by providing an exceptional cleaning service to the Care Home. As a Kitchen Assistant, your role will be to support the Chefs with providing deliciously nutritious meals for the residents to enjoy.
Where You Will Make an Impact – Cleaner
- Maintain a high standard of cleaning as set out on the cleaning schedule.
- Managing cleaning supplies.
- Meeting of daily schedule to ensure that residents’ rooms and public areas are in perfect order, reporting any faults or issues to the Household supervisor.
- Adhere to Health & Safety policies, procedures, and safe chemical use and storage.
- Treat residents with respect and dignity.
Key Tasks and Responsibilities – Kitchen Assistant
- 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
- Previous Cleaning and Kitchen Assistant experience in a similar environment is preferable.
- Be prepared to roll up your sleeve and get stuck into whatever needs to get done.
- Demonstrate enthusiasm, care, and passion for making a difference in our residents’ lives.
- Must have flexible availability for a variety of shifts throughout the week, including weekends and evenings.
- Reliable transport or travel arrangements.
- Applicants must be legally entitled to work in NZ.
Extra Reasons to Belong
- Fully subsidised Southern Cross health insurance to our eligible permanent NZ employees and a discount on insurance cover for eligible family members.
- 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.
- 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.’
For the opportunity to join the Bupa community and to make a difference to the lives of our residents, please submit your application today – we would love to hear from you.
About Bupa
Through vision, passion, and sheer hard work, we’re one of New Zealand’s largest aged care and dementia care providers. As one of New Zealand’s leading healthcare organisations, we employ more than 4,000 people: we’re brave, caring, and responsible. All united by one purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world.
Our Values | Ā mātou ūara
Brave | Māiatanga Caring | Manaakitanga Responsible | Haepapa
Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and therefore may result in the role closing early if the right applicant is found.