Waiter

**Waiter**
(Job Number: RIC02WQ)

**Waiter**

**Richmond Villages**

**Richmond Witney, Coral Springs Way, Witney, OX28 5DG**

Providing more than just retirement living, Richmond Villages offers an aspirational lifestyle to our residents and our first-class accommodation requires a first-class service. As a Waiter, at Richmond Witney, you’ll ensure our residents receive a restaurant standard dining experience at every meal both in the Village restaurant and through our room service.

**Working hours and salary**

**£9.85ph Plus Excellent Benefits**

**_Flexible working opportunities: _**‘Just let us know what hours you would like, and we’ll work with you to endeavour to create shift patterns that work for you around the needs of our residents’.**

Shifts Monday - Sunday with working times between 7am - 8pm with 1 weekend off per month

Over 18s only

**What your typical day involves**
- Providing a high standard of room service to our residents including preparing meal trays, delivering refreshments, and removing trays following meals
- Serving in the restaurant and bar as required
- Ensuring that residents’ dietary requirements are catered for and that the daily menu sheet of residents’ requirements is updated daily
- Dressing tables ready for service
- Ensuring that the restaurants, café and kitchen servery area are kept clean and tidy at all times
- Re-stocking residents’ personal kitchens as required and advising the Head Chef or Head of Hospitality of low stock levels

**Who we’re looking for**

You must be over the age of 18 as you’ll be required to serve drinks in the bar area and the company must comply with licensing laws. You’ll have experience working in a customer facing role and ideally some knowledge of maintaining a clean, safe and hygiene environment. An up to date CIEH Level 2 Food Hygiene Certificate (or equivalent) and previous experience of working in a catering department or kitchen would be advantageous. You’ll understand the importance of maintaining high standards, ensuring our residents enjoy a restaurant style dining experience. Comfortable communicating with others and a confident personality - nothing is too much trouble, you’re always happy to help the wider team.

**What we’ll offer you in return**
- Comprehensive induction, on-going training and development, access to internal apprenticeship schemes
- Your DBS Check (£44) paid for
- Access to Wagestream - an app-based service that offers you the choice to be in control of when you access your earnings*
- NEST workplace pension, life assurance & bereavement support
- 28 days annual leave (inclusive of statutory bank holidays)
- Hot meal provided
- Paid breaks
- Refer a friend bonus scheme
- Uniform provided
- Health & wellbeing tools; including Be Me App, Healthy Minds, Gym Pass & discounted health assessments
- Shopping Discounts (via Xexec)
- Free flu vaccine
- Only available to permanent employees where Healthroster is used.

**Who we are**

Richmond Witney is a state-of-the-art retirement village set in beautifully landscaped grounds that include luxury independent apartments offering domiciliary care and an onsite care home with en-suite beds offering residential and nursing care. Situated in Witney, off the A40, the village is just off Curbridge Road with a bus stop outside the village on the main road. The team are passionate about person centred care, offering an aspirational lifestyle to our residents whilst always helping them retain their independence. From events with the local community and charity fundraisers to birthday celebrations and entertainers - no two days are ever the same at Richmond Witney. There's a real sense of community here and as part of the team, you're supported from day one to learn, develop and encouraged to progress.

For over 20 years Richmond have been at the forefront of luxury retirement living. We're proud that we attract the best people and even prouder of how long they stay with us. Having won numerous awards for architecture, landscaping, and care, we are now the benchmark for retirement villages in the UK. A totally fresh concept in retirement living, we ensure our residents retain as much independence and choice as possible while helping retain their 'zest for life'.
- Richmond Villages is part of Bupa. Bupa is committed to ensuring that every applicant is accessed for employment, promotion and development solely based on personal merit and qualifications, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age._
- Here you’ll be welcomed. We champion diversity and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. You’ll find an inclusive environment where you can be yourself and where everyone is driven by the same purpose - helping people live longe