Maintenance Operative

About the Role

Your focus as a Maintenance Operative at Silvermere Care Home will be to ensure the building and grounds are well maintained, undertaking routine maintenance tasks, checking services, applying basic fixes to equipment and systems while ensuring facilities are fully functional.

• Carry out all general maintenance tasks and basic repairs including electrical, plumbing, joinery and building tasks inside and outside the Home.
• Support new residents to arrange their rooms as they wish.
• Ensure routine re‑decoration is undertaken as required to maintain standards.
• Advise on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods.
• Provide out‑of‑hours emergency service, participating in the on‑call rota.

• Minimum of one year’s experience in a general maintenance or handy‑person role and/or a professional qualification in a trade.
• Hold a full driving licence.
• Knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly moving and handling techniques, fire safety and COSHH assessments.
• Be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice.

• DBS Disclosure check (cost paid by Avery Healthcare).
• Proof of eligibility to work in the UK.

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 to check for any previous criminal convictions.