Maintenance

Exemplar Health Care; Preston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Preston is seeking a Maintenance Technician to ensure a safe and welcoming home for residents. This role involves a variety of maintenance tasks such as plumbing, tiling, and decorating. The ideal candidate will demonstrate a broad range of skills, knowledge of health and safety regulations, and effective communication abilities. Attractive benefits and career development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Regular supervision and peer support

Learning opportunities and career prospects

Access to wages before payday

Retail and lifestyle discounts

Free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility

Qualifications

• Able to demonstrate a broad range of maintenance skills.
• Knowledgeable about health and safety legislation and regulations.
• Great communication skills, both verbally and in writing.

Responsibilities

• Ensure fabrics, fittings, fixtures, and equipment are in good condition.
• Carry out decorating, plumbing, and tiling.
• Coordinate external contractors.
• Conduct regular risk assessments and audits.

Skills

Broad range of maintenance skills

Knowledge of health and safety legislation

Great communication skills

Digital skills and IT understanding

Team player

Kind, caring, and understanding

Education

18th-edition Electrical Certificate (or willingness to work towards)

Job description

Care home: Ribble View
Location: Preston, PR1 4UD
Contract type:40 hours per week
Rate:£13.27 per hour
Care home CQC rating: Good

This is an exciting opportunity to use your skills to make a real difference every day.

Join us as our new Maintenance Technician at Ribble Viewcare home in Preston.

If you’re looking for a rewarding maintenance role with a difference, we have the job for you.

At Ribble View, our Maintenance Technicians ensure a safe and welcoming home for the people we support.

In the role, you’llensure that everything works well and looks its best for everyone who lives, works and visits here. Come and join our friendly and professional team.

About Exemplar Health Care

Ribble View is part of Exemplar Health Care, a leading provider of nursing care for adults living with complex and high acuity needs.

We support adults living with complex mental health needs, neuro-disabilities and physical disabilities. The home is also registered to support adults with learning disabilities, where it’s the right fit.

As well as stable and secure employment opportunities, we offer great benefits and perks, and plenty of opportunities to learn, develop and progress.

About the role

OurMaintenance Technician plays a key role in ensuring that the fabrics, fittings, fixtures and equipment in the home are in good condition.

No two days will ever be the same, but your day-to-day responsibilities will include:

decorating

plumbing

tiling

coordinating external contractors

carrying out regular risk assessments, audits and checks.

You’ll put our people at the heart of everything you do – whether that’s painting bedrooms, building planters in the garden or putting pictures on people’s walls. We can guarantee that whatever you bring to the role, you’ll see great rewards.

If you haven’t worked in the care sector before, we’ll help you feel right at home from the start with our induction, buddy and ongoing training programmes.

Download our job description to read more:

Above all, you’re someone who identifies with our values of fun, integrity, responsiveness, success and teamwork.

You’re also:

able to demonstrate a broad range of maintenance skills

knowledgeable about, and experienced in, health and safety legislation and regulations

a great communicator, both verbally and in writing

someone with digital skills and an understanding of how IT works

a team player

kind, caring and understanding.

To apply for this role, it may be helpful if you have, or are willing to work towards, a 18th-edition Electrical Certificate.

What we offer

We offer great rewards and perks including:

regular supervision, peer support, learning opportunities and career prospects

access to wages before payday

retail and lifestyle discounts

free DBS check

24/7 counselling and support

Blue Light Card eligibility.

How to apply

Sound good? We’d love to hear from you. Click the button to ‘APPLY NOW’.

For an informal chat about joining us, call us on 01977 630830 or email [e-mail].

Please note,applicants must be authorised to work in the UK. We’re unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

About Exemplar Health Care

Exemplar Health Care began as a healthcare consultancy and training firm. But we soon saw a gap in the sector: a lack of care homes for younger adults living with complex needs.

That insight shaped the mission we still live by today - to transform complex care and provide fulfilling opportunities for the people who need it most.

We’re now proud to have more than 60 care homes across England, providing nursing care for adults living with dementia, neuro-disabilities, mental health conditions, and physical disabilities.

Whoever you are, and whatever experience you bring, there are lots of ways you can help us make every day better for the people we support.

What’s happening at Exemplar Health Care

The people we support have unique needs and stories, but one thing stays the same across all our homes - we empower individuals to achieve personal goals in a safe and supportive environment.

Induction

Every new colleague attends an induction to learn about our company and complete mandatory and role-specific training, equipping you with the skills and knowledge to deliver exceptional care.

Whether your goals are in care, nursing, management, quality or support, we provide the confidence, skills and knowledge to help you excel in your role and advance your career, if you wish.

Happy, healthy colleagues mean better care for those we support. We offer a range of initiatives to ensure our colleagues thrive in safe and supportive environments.

Rewards and benefits

From paid RCNi Learning access and NMC PIN payments for nurses to lifestyle and retail discounts for everyone, our rewards ensure your career is as fulfilling as it is rewarding.

From care homes to central support services, everyone plays a vital role. Hear from colleagues across various roles about what it’s like to work with us.