Maintenance Operative

Gold Care Homes; Western Australia; Remote; AUD 40,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee of the Month

Long term service awards

Blue Light Card

Professional Development

Refer a Friend

Job summary

Gold Care Homes is seeking an experienced Maintenance Operative for our Lynwood Care Centre in Ascot. You will be responsible for maintaining the building, equipment and grounds, carrying out routine checks and ensuring safety policies are followed to protect residents and staff.

You will work with teams to manage stock, deliveries and incident reporting, while contributing to ongoing training and development to enhance the home’s upkeep and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in building maintenance and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining the building and equipment.
• Carry out routine checks weekly, monthly, annually on systems in the home and ensure external checks are carried out within the agreed timeframe (e.g. LOler testing).
• Monitor and respond to the fire alarm call, boilers and lift.
• Carry out banking and purchase of small items for the home.
• Maintain the building, grounds and equipment to ensure the safety of residents, staff and visitors.

Job description

About Our Home:

Lynwood Care Centre is a warm and welcoming purpose-built nursing home offering a spacious and comfortable environment and 24-hour care and support for older adults. Our home is divided into several smaller ‘houses,’ where our staff really get know their residents, allowing for a more personalised approach to the care we provide.

We are currently in search of an experienced Maintenance Operative to support our care home based in Ascot.

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

• £15.50 per hour
• Employee of the Month
• Long term service awards
• Blue Light Card
• Professional Development
• Refer a Friend