Maintenance Assistant Care Home

NHS; Ross-on-Wye; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK care provider is looking for a Maintenance Assistant to help maintain a safe and attractive environment for residents. In this role, you'll perform general maintenance and repairs, ensuring that the building and grounds are in excellent condition. Candidates should possess property maintenance experience, a patient and caring nature, and a genuine interest in supporting the care home's operations. This position offers competitive pay with a comprehensive benefits package, including free training and development opportunities.

Benefits

Free training and development

Access to wellbeing tools

Retail discounts and savings

Refer a Friend bonus

Employee of the Month rewards

Qualifications

• Experience in property maintenance.
• Patient and caring nature.
• Genuine interest in supporting residents.

Responsibilities

• Perform general maintenance and repairs.
• Maintain building and grounds in excellent condition.
• Ensure a safe environment for residents and staff.

Skills

Property maintenance experience

Patient and caring nature

Reliable

Job description

As a Maintenance Assistant at a Barchester care home, you'll help to create the safe and attractive surroundings that enable us to give our residents the quality care and support they deserve. The role offers a range of tasks to ensure the building and grounds are well-maintained to the highest standards.

Main duties of the job

The Maintenance Assistant will undertake a variety of tasks to keep the care home's building and grounds in excellent condition. This includes performing general maintenance, repairs, and upkeep to ensure a safe and well-presented environment for residents, staff, and visitors. The role requires experience in property maintenance, a patient and caring nature, and a genuine interest in supporting the care home's operations.

About us

Barchester Healthcare is a leading provider of care services in the UK, operating over 200 care homes and retirement villages. The company is committed to delivering high-quality care and creating welcoming, comfortable environments for its residents.

Job responsibilities

ABOUT THE ROLEAs a Maintenance Assistant at a Barchester care home, you\'ll help to create the safe and attractive surroundings that enable us to give our residents the quality care and support they deserve. It\'s important that our homes give the right first impression and that every area is always well-maintained. The role of Maintenance Assistant offers plenty of variety as you\'ll undertake a range of tasks to make sure our building and grounds are at their best all day, every day.

ABOUT YOUYou\'ll need some experience of property maintenance to join us as a Maintenance Assistant. We\'ll also want to see a patient, caring nature and a genuine interest in our residents. As well as that, you should be reliable and ready to turn your hand to a range of tasks all focused on keeping the home maintained to the highest standards.

REWARDS PACKAGEIn return for your dedication, you\'ll receive a competitive rate of pay plus our sector-leading benefits and rewards package including: Free training and development for all roles Access to wellbeing and support tools A range of retail discounts and savings Unlimited referrals with our Refer a Friend\' bonus scheme Employee of the Month\' rewards and Long Service Awards

And so much more!

If you\'d like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you\'d expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• You\'ll need some experience of property maintenance to join us as a Maintenance Assistant. We\'ll also want to see a patient, caring nature and a genuine interest in our residents.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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 (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.