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Kitchen Porter

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Kitchen Porter
Cromwell Hospital, London SW5 0TU
Full Time – Permanent (40 hours per week)
Shift Patterns:
Monday-Friday 06:30-14:30/14:30-10:30 & Weekends 10:00-18:00
Salary: £25,720 + excellent benefits
We Make Health Happen
At Cromwell Hospital, Bupa, we are dedicated to delivering exceptional healthcare experiences for our patients. Behind every outstanding patient journey is a committed support team that helps our clinical services operate seamlessly. As a Kitchen Porter, you'll play a vital part in maintaining our high standards within a fast-paced, five-star catering environment, ensuring our patients, visitors and colleagues receive the best possible service every day.
How You'll Help Us Make Health Happen
As a Kitchen Porter, you will support the delivery of a high-quality food service by maintaining exceptional standards of cleanliness, hygiene and organisation throughout the kitchen operation. Working closely with chefs and the wider catering team, you'll help ensure a safe, efficient and compliant working environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Wash, clean and sanitise crockery, cutlery, pots, pans and kitchen utensils efficiently.
- Operate and maintain dishwashing equipment in accordance with company guidelines.
- Maintain cleanliness across all kitchen areas, including floors, storage areas and waste zones.
- Support chefs with basic food preparation tasks when required.
- Receive and store deliveries safely, ensuring correct stock rotation and storage practices.
- Manage waste disposal in line with company procedures and environmental standards.
- Complete cleaning schedules and records accurately and on time.
- Ensure all equipment and utensils are cleaned and stored correctly.
- Monitor cleaning supplies and report shortages promptly.
- Follow all food safety, hygiene and infection prevention procedures.
- Report hazards, incidents or equipment faults immediately.
- Work collaboratively with colleagues to ensure the smooth running of the kitchen operation.
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Key Skills / Qualifications
Essential
- Ability to work effectively within a busy, fast-paced environment.
- Excellent attention to detail and high standards of cleanliness.
- Reliable, punctual and committed approach to work.
- Ability to follow processes, procedures and instructions.
- Strong teamwork and communication skills.
- Physically capable of manual handling duties and standing for extended periods.
Desirable
- Previous experience as a Kitchen Porter or within a similar catering environment.
- Basic knowledge of food hygiene and food safety standards.
- Food Safety Level 2 qualification.
Benefits
Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social, and environmental wellbeing.
We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.
Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:


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- Equivalent to 25 days holiday per year, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell.
- Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind.
- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance.
- Support with travel costs via a season ticket loan or cycle2work.
- Discounted access to online gym sessions through Gympass.
- Various family friendly benefits.
- Free onsite massages as a recognition for your hard work.
- Opportunity to participate in our annual awards ceremony.
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 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.
Time Type:
Full time
Job Area:
Property & Facilities
Locations:
Cromwell Hospital London
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