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Package Description: At Avery Healthcare we believe in caring for those who care for our residents; we recognise and celebrate our hard-working colleagues, supporting your career development with a variety of apprenticeships, and provide you with access to a range of leisure and retail discounts. 

 

We are now seeking a skilled, enthusiastic and dedicated individual to join our friendly, award-winning team as a Maintenance Operative.  

 

ABOUT THE ROLE 

Your focus as a Maintenance Operative will be to ensure the building and grounds are well maintained, undertaking a variety of routine maintenance tasks, checks to services applying basic fixes to equipment and systems whilst ensuring facilities are fully functional. 

 

Other responsibilities will include: 

Carrying out all general maintenance tasks and basic repairs including all electrical, plumbing joinery and building tasks both inside and outside the Home. 

Supporting new residents to arrange their room as they wish.  

Ensuring routine re-decoration is undertaken as required to maintain the standards in the home. 

Advising on the supply and quality of items used to carry out tasks, ensuring the timely and appropriate ordering of replacement goods. 

Providing out of hours emergency service, participating in the on-call rota. 

 

ABOUT YOU  

To be successful in your application, you will live our values of caring, supportive, honest, respectful, and accountable in all that you do.  

 

Our ideal candidate must: 

Have a minimum of one years’ experience in a general maintenance or handy person role and/or hold a professional qualification in a trade.  

Hold a full driving licence. 

Have knowledge of Health and Safety, particularly Moving and Handling techniques, Fire Safety and COSHH assessments. 

Be able to be adaptive and flexible to cover a range of responsibilities at short notice. 

 

ABOUT AVERY  

As one of the largest providers of luxury elderly care homes in the UK, we believe that the later years of our residents' lives should be as enriching as any other. Our vision of ‘creating meaningful lives together’ is reached by the exceptional care and experience we proudly offer throughout our growing portfolio of over 100 care homes whilst establishing ourselves as the preferred choice for residents and employees.  

 

Please note this role will require: 

A DBS Disclosure check, the cost of which will be met by Avery Healthcare. 

Proof of eligibility to work in the UK. 

This advert may be withdrawn prior to the advertised deadline depending on the volume of applications received and business needs