General Maintenance Person

Dovehaven Care Homes are Recruiting for a Maintenance Person to join our team at Hope House Nursing Home in Acrington, Clayton- Le- Moors. Working Monday- Friday, 8.30am- 4.30pm, 40hr Contract. Hope House is a Nursing home catering for up to 42 residents, and our aim is to ensure all our residents feel as comfortable & happy as possible. Our homes promote independence, dignity and respect through positive risk taking and empowerment., Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for the general maintenance of the care home, ultimately ensuring the safety of all residents, visitors and employees.

• General Internal Maintenance: furniture, fixtures and fittings, equipment basic heating faults
• General Exterior: Maintain grounds & gardens, fences and furniture, clear snow and grit paths, clean all signs & lighting.
• Safety: Identify hazards and risks, testing of fire alarm, liaise with contractors onsite, maintain a maintenance book. Ensure paints & varnishes are stored correctly, test and record water temps
• Moving & Handling: assisting receiving deliveries and storage
• General duties as requested by the home manager or maintenance manager
  
  Our ideal Maintenance Person will have the following:
• Essential Experience of DIY and decorating
• Caring nature
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a team and individually
• Flexibility and be able to adapt to the needs of Residents
• Full clean driving licence
• A Health & Safety or Maintenance qualification is desirable
• Previous experience within a Care or Nursing Home setting or similar
All applicants will be subject to satisfactory references and all employees are checked against the Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS). If you would like to read the DBS code of practice please copy and paste this link into your browser