Maintenance Operative

Gold Care Homes; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A care home provider is seeking a dedicated maintenance staff member for their facility in Greater London. The role involves maintaining the building, conducting safety checks, and ensuring a secure environment for residents. Responsibilities also include monitoring systems, supporting new staff training, and maintaining communication across teams. This position offers a pay rate of £14.00 per hour along with various employee benefits, emphasizing a commitment to safety and professional development.

Benefits

Employee of the Month

Long term service awards

Professional Development

Refer a Friend

Responsibilities

• Maintain the building and equipment.
• Conduct routine checks on systems in the home.
• Monitor and respond to fire alarms and equipment.
• Ensure the safety of residents and visitors.
• Train new staff on building layout and safety procedures.

Job description

Overview

About Our Home: At Willesden Court, we offer a welcoming environment where every resident is treated with dignity, respect, and compassion. Our home is a place where individuals living with dementia or requiring nursing care can feel truly at home, supported to express themselves and live fulfilling lives.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the building and equipment
• Carry out routine checks weekly, monthly, annually on systems in the home and ensuring that external checks are carried out within the agreed timeframe – e.g. Loler testing
• Monitor and respond to the fire alarm call, boilers and lift
• Make effective and efficient use of resources in any maintenance or repair
• To conduct Banking and purchase of small items for the home
• Maintain the building, grounds and equipment to ensure the safety of residents, staff and visitors to the House including decoration and repair, minor plumbing works and maintaining the garden areas
• Maintain good communication and relationships with other teams and colleagues at the House
• Maintain awareness of the Home’s policies and procedures especially the Fire Policy
• Participate in Training and Development as an individual and as part of the team
• Get involved in the induction of new staff by training them on the building layout and fire policies and procedures
• Maintain client and business confidentiality at all times
• Control and ordering of stock and acceptance and checking of deliveries
• Maintain an awareness of the Health and Safety requirements
• Observe and maintain high levels of communication within the teams of staff, individual colleagues and residents
• Maintain client and business confidentiality at all times
• To carry out any additional duties as requested
• To undertake any additional training and development programmes the Home may consider appropriate to enhance your contribution to the work at this home
• To review on a regular basis the job description for your post and to agree any changes

Benefits

• £14.00 per hour
• Employee of the Month
• Long term service awards
• Blue Light Card
• Professional Development
• Refer a Friend