Job summary
Avery Healthcare is one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. They believe that the later years of their residents' lives should be as enriching as any other, and their vision of 'creating meaningful lives together' is reached by the exceptional care and experience they proudly offer throughout their growing portfolio of over 100 care homes.
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 to ensure facilities are fully functional. You will also support new residents to arrange their room as they wish, ensure routine re-decoration is undertaken, and provide out of hours emergency service.
About us
Avery Healthcare is one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK. They believe that the later years of their residents' lives should be as enriching as any other, and their vision of 'creating meaningful lives together' is reached by the exceptional care and experience they proudly offer throughout their growing portfolio of over 100 care homes.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Package Description:
At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; we recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues,supportingyour career developmentwitha variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts.
We are nowseekingaskilled,enthusiasticand dedicatedindividualto join ourfriendly, award-winning team asaMaintenance Operative.
ABOUT THE ROLE
Your focus asaMaintenance Operativewillbetoensurethe building and grounds are wellmaintained, undertaking a variety of routine maintenance tasks, checks to services applying basic fixes to equipment and systemswhilstensuringfacilities are fully functional.
Other responsibilities will include:
1. Carryingout all general maintenance tasks and basic repairs includingall electrical, plumbing joinery and building tasks both inside and outside the Home.
2. Supporting new residents to arrange their room as they wish.
3. Ensuringroutine re-decoration is undertaken asrequiredtomaintainthe standards in thehome.
4. Advisingon the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring thetimelyandappropriate orderingof replacement goods.
5. 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 candidatemust:
6. Have a minimum of one years experience in a general maintenance or handy person role and/or hold a professional qualification in a trade.
7. Hold a full driving licence.
8. Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.
9. Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.
ABOUT AVERY
As one of the largestproviders of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, we believe that the later yearsof our residents' lives should be as enriching as any other. Our vision of creating meaningful livestogether is reached by the exceptional care and experience we proudly offer throughout our growing portfolio of over 100 care homes whilst establishing ourselves as the preferred choice forresidents and employees.
Please note this role will require:
10. ADBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare.
11. Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.
This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs. Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
12. You should have a minimum of one year's experience in a general maintenance or handyperson role and/or hold a professional qualification in a trade. You must also hold a full driving licence and have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments.