Avery Healthcare is one of the UK's largest providers of luxury elderly care homes, offering exceptional care across a growing network of over 100 homes. They are passionate about creating meaningful experiences for their residents and team members, fostering a supportive and inspiring environment where employees feel valued and empowered.
Main duties of the job
As a Maintenance Operative, your focus will be to ensure the building and grounds are well maintained, undertaking a variety of routine maintenance tasks, checks to services, and applying basic fixes to equipment and systems while ensuring facilities are fully functional. You will also be responsible for supporting new residents to arrange their rooms, undertaking routine re-decoration, advising on supply and quality of items, and providing out-of-hours emergency service.
Job responsibilities
Package Description: At Avery Healthcare, we are all about supporting the people who care for our residents. We know how hard our teams work, and we are here to celebrate and support you every step of the way. When you join us, you'll be making a positive impact on residents' lives every day; your compassion and dedication truly make a difference. We are committed to helping you grow in a caring, supportive environment, with opportunities to learn and develop throughout your career. As part of our close-knit team, you'll experience a culture that values respect, compassion, and a shared commitment to exceptional care. We are now looking for a warm, enthusiastic, and dedicated individual to join our award-winning team as a Maintenance Operative. If this sounds like the place for you, we'd love to hear from you!
Other responsibilities will include:
* Carrying out all general maintenance tasks and basic repairs including all electrical, plumbing, joinery, and building tasks both inside and outside the Home.
* Supporting new residents to arrange their room as they wish.
* Ensuring routine re-decoration is undertaken as required to maintain the standards in the home.
* Advising on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
* Providing out of hours emergency service, participating in the on-call rota.
About You
To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.
Our ideal candidate must:
* Have a minimum of one year's experience in a general maintenance or handy person role and/or hold a professional qualification in a trade.
* Hold a full driving licence.
* Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety, and COSHH assessments.
* Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
Please note this role will require:
* ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
* Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
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