Elysium Healthcare

Kitchen Porter - Part time

The closing date is 16 August 2025

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Job summary

This part-time Kitchen Porter role at Elysium Healthcare's Ann House in Kendal offers a calm and enjoyable working environment. You'll support the catering team with tasks like preparing meals, maintaining cleanliness, and assisting with deliveries. The salary and benefits package, including an annual salary of £25,058 (pro rata), make this an attractive opportunity.

Main duties of the job

As a Kitchen Porter, you will be responsible for serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverages, maintaining storage procedures and stock rotation, ensuring all areas, equipment and furniture are cleaned and stored correctly, and managing the department's cleaning chemicals and equipment. The role requires knowledge of COSHH and HACCP, as well as previous experience in a similar position.

About us

Elysium Healthcare is an established, stable, and agile company with over 8,000 employees. They provide a range of healthcare services across England and Wales, covering areas such as Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, and Children & Education. As part of the Ramsay Health Care global network, Elysium offers excellent career development and training opportunities.

Details

Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,058 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

1325555492

Job locations

Elysium Healthcare

Kendal

LA9 6AA


Job description

Job responsibilities

Working 10 hours per week, you can join the catering team at Ann House as a part time Kitchen Porter where unlike most kitchen environments, you will not be under heavy pressure and stress.  

Reporting to the Head Chef, you will support with preparing meals, maintaining a clean and safe working environment, and assist with deliveries. 

It’s a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you’ll be able to manage your workload and develop your career. There’s also a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly. 

As a Kitchen Porter, you will be:

  • Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverages
  • Maintaining storage procedures and stock rotation
  • Ensuring that all areas, equipment and furniture are cleaned and stored correctly
  • Responsible for the departments cleaning chemicals and equipment

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

  • Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP
  • Experience of working within similar role

What you will get:

  • Annual salary of £25,058 (Pro rata)
  • The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
  • Free meals and parking
  • Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
  • Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
  • Pension contribution to secure your future
  • Life Assurance for added peace of mind
  • Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time
 There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.  

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Working 10 hours per week, you can join the catering team at Ann House as a part time Kitchen Porter where unlike most kitchen environments, you will not be under heavy pressure and stress.  

Reporting to the Head Chef, you will support with preparing meals, maintaining a clean and safe working environment, and assist with deliveries. 

It’s a calm and pleasurable working environment, where you’ll be able to manage your workload and develop your career. There’s also a great social aspect to this role where you can interact with people outside the kitchen regularly. 

As a Kitchen Porter, you will be:

  • Serving service users, staff and visitors with food and beverages
  • Maintaining storage procedures and stock rotation
  • Ensuring that all areas, equipment and furniture are cleaned and stored correctly
  • Responsible for the departments cleaning chemicals and equipment

To be successful in this role, you'll need:

  • Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP
  • Experience of working within similar role

What you will get:

  • Annual salary of £25,058 (Pro rata)
  • The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) – plus your birthday off!
  • Free meals and parking
  • Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance
  • Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals
  • Pension contribution to secure your future
  • Life Assurance for added peace of mind
  • Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time
 There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts, special offers and much more.  

About your next employer:

You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with over 8,000 employees and a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 90 services across England and Wales covering Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is opportunity for you to grow and move. 

Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally. 

Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments and is a Disability Confident employer, committed to inclusive and accessible recruitment. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility to promote and safeguard the welfare of service users. All candidates will be subject to a DBS disclosure.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP, and experience of working within a similar role.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Knowledge of COSHH and HACCP, and experience of working within a similar role.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Elysium Healthcare

Address

Elysium Healthcare

Kendal

LA9 6AA


Employer's website

https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Elysium Healthcare

Address

Elysium Healthcare

Kendal

LA9 6AA


Employer's website

https://www.elysiumhealthcare.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment Team

Elysium Healthcare

recruitment@elysiumhealthcare.co.uk

Details

Date posted

17 June 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,058 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

1325555492

Job locations

Elysium Healthcare

Kendal

LA9 6AA


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