Maintenance Operative
About this role
About our Home:
Hungerford Care Home is a warm and welcoming nursing home offering a spacious and comfortable environment and 24-hour care and support for older adults.
Responsibilities:
- Maintaining the building and equipment
- Carry out routine checks weekly, monthly, and 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 on any changes.
What we can offer you:
- £15.50 Per Hour
- Employee of the Month
- Long term service awards
- Blue Light Card
- Professional Development
- Refer a Friend
Company at a glance
At Gold Care Homes we aim to provide our residents with a secure, relaxed and homely environment in which their care, well-being and comfort is of prime importance.
Privately owned by the Gidar family, Gold Care Homes has an established reputation of delivering high quality care and a wide range of facilities to their residents. An ongoing programme of investment means that all of the homes are well presented and maintained to ensure residents are healthy and content.
Gold Care Homes was established in 1999 and has since grown to operate 26 care homes. The group offers a range of services which includes residential, nursing, frail elderly and dementia care. Respite care is also available on a short term basis, subject to bed availability, at most of the homes.
Our management teams focus on recruiting, training and retaining the best available staff to ensure that residents enjoy the continuity of care which you would expect from a premium quality operator.
These fundamentals are essential to provide a good quality care service.
Top Benefits
- Employee Of The Month
- Long Term Service Awards
- Blue Light Card
- Professional Development
- Refer A Friend
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