Salary
≈ $24k – $33k per year (Estimated)
Location
In office (Bournemouth)
Employment
Full-Time
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jun 19, 2026. Bupa scores B on the Alion truth index.
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Bupa is a British health insurance and healthcare company headquartered in London that serves more than 43 million customers worldwide through health insurance, hospitals, clinics, dental centres and care homes. Founded in 1947 as the British United Provident Association, it has no shareholders and reinvests its profits in healthcare, with major businesses in the UK, Australia, Spain, Chile, Hong Kong and other markets. In the UK it hires care assistants, housekeeping and kitchen staff, receptionists and wellbeing coordinators for its care homes and hospitals, plus underwriting advisors, product analysts and cloud security and Salesforce engineers.
Job Description:
Assistant Chef ( Bank Hours)
Queenmount Care Home, 18 Queens Park West Drive, Bournemouth BH8 9DA
£13.89 up to £15.40 Depending on Experience
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. Our fantastic Kitchen Team are the magic behind each delicious dish we serve our guests. They are passionate about all things food and take great pride in each dish they prepare. We are looking for an equally passionate Assistant Chef to join the team and help deliver an excellent dining experience for our residents. 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 you’ll cherish the little moments with our residents, sharing your love of food with them.
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.
Benefits
Flexible working patterns to fit around you
Comprehensive induction (fully paid)
Free meal on every shift
DBS Check and Uniform provided and paid for by Bupa
Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK
Why Bupa?
We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.
We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
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.
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