As a Head of Maintenance at a Barchester care home, you'll be responsible for ensuring the care home building, gardens, and grounds are well-maintained, creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere for residents and staff. You'll have a hands-on approach, undertaking a wide range of maintenance tasks, and leading a team to deliver excellent standards of property upkeep.
Main duties of the job
In this role, you'll be responsible for a variety of maintenance tasks within the care home, from fixing leaky taps to planting new bulbs. You'll also lead a team, support the General Manager with annual budget planning, and liaise with contractors for jobs beyond your team's expertise. Ensuring the wellbeing of residents is your top priority, and you'll need to be reliable, flexible, and IT literate to succeed in this position.
About us
Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care homes across the UK, dedicated to delivering high-quality care and support to residents. They offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and opportunities for professional development.
Job responsibilities
ABOUT THE ROLE As a Head of Maintenance at a Barchester care home, you'll make sure we have a clean and well-maintained environment so that residents feel at home and staff can do their jobs well. Creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere is part of our commitment to delivering first-class care and support.
You can expect plenty of variety as a Head of Maintenance with us. You'll turn your hand to all sorts of tasks within the care home building as well as in the gardens and grounds. That could mean fixing a leaky tap one minute and planting some new bulbs the next. You should be comfortable working alone, leading a team and supporting the General Manager with annual budget planning. We'll also need you to liaise with contractors on jobs that fall outside the expertise of your team.
ABOUT YOU The wellbeing of our residents will be your number one priority as a Head of Maintenance at Barchester. You'll make sure all work is carried out with sensitivity to their needs. With hands-on experience of property maintenance, you'll have at least one trade skill and, ideally, a proven ability to undertake a wide range of maintenance tasks. You should be reliable and flexible when it comes to your working hours. This role also calls for a full UK driving licence, IT literacy and GCSEs in Maths and English (or equivalent).
Person Specification
Qualifications
* You should have hands-on experience in property maintenance, at least one trade skill, and the ability to undertake a wide range of maintenance tasks. A full UK driving licence, IT literacy, and GCSEs in Maths and English (or equivalent) are also required.
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.
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