Harbour Healthcare
Maintenance Officer
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Job Title: Maintenance Officer
Location: Consett DH8 7NJ
Salary: £13.78 Per Hour
Working Hours: 30 hours per week
Employer: Harbour Healthcare
Care Home: Abigail Lodge Care Home
About the Role
Harbour Healthcare are recruiting for a Maintenance Officer in Consett. Your primary aim is to ensure our care home is well maintained. Your role will include ensuring all legal documents are completed, carrying out day-to-day maintenance on the fabric of the building, its services, and grounds to ensure that the Care Centre is maintained in a safe and efficient functional order. You will also be required to be on call but only for emergencies.
Skills, Knowledge & Qualifications
Required:
- General maintenance knowledge/experience, e.g. minor electrical, plumbing, joinery work, etc.
- Good communication skills
- Confident team player
- Clean driving license
- Use of a car or similar vehicle
- Willingness to receive training on current Health & Safety / EHO issues
- Satisfactory Police check and check against the POVA List (where applicable)
Desired:
- Understanding of central heating systems, laundry equipment, and hot & cold water systems
- Knowledge of current Health & Safety regulations
Main Responsibilities
General Maintenance:
- Ensure all legal documentation is completed on time.
- Report and action any known defects to appliances, damaged furniture/equipment, and any other potential hazards to the Home Manager, who will advise accordingly.
- Ensure the maintenance of the Care Centre’s exterior, including:
- Keeping any sheds, outbuildings, and areas in which waste is stored in a clean and tidy condition.
- Clearing snow and grit the drive, paths, and any areas to which Clients, Visitors, or Staff Members have access.
- Ensuring all external gardens, flower beds, & hanging baskets, etc., are maintained to a high standard.
- Cleaning all signs/lighting outside the Care Centre.
- Carrying out any patching up or touching up of decoration as and when required to maintain the standard of the Care Centre.
- Testing the fire alarm system, and logging results, weekly. Checking call points, fire exits, door retaining devices, and fire emergency lights, as specified in Company procedures.
- Ensuring all ventilation units and lights are kept clean. Replacing any defective light bulbs/diffusers.
- Testing all portable appliances as specified in Company procedures.
- Testing, and recording, water temperatures as specified in Company procedures.
- Maintaining a “Maintenance Book” in which defects are recorded by Staff Members. Using this book to effect repairs/replacements daily.
- Assisting/supervising with deliveries to the Care Centre. Monitoring delivered goods closely.
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Communication:
- Liaising with Home Manager, or delegated Staff Member, regarding maintenance work to be carried out.
- Participating in Staff and Client meetings as required.
Training & Development:
- Attending mandatory training days/courses, on or off site, as and when required.
- Maintaining professional knowledge and competence.
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Health & Safety:
- Ensuring that paints and varnishes are used and stored only in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions.
- Ensuring areas in which any painting/varnishing work is being done is well ventilated and safe for Clients, Visitors, and Staff Members.
- Reporting immediately to the Home Manager, or Person in Charge, any illness of an infectious nature or accident incurred by a Client, colleague, self, or another.
- Understanding and ensuring the implementation of the Care Centre’s Health and Safety policy, and Emergency and Fire procedures.
- Promoting safe working practices in the Care Centre.
Tangible Benefits for Working at Harbour
- Discounts on Shopping, Fashion, Days out, Travel, Entertainment, and lots more!
- Flex Earn - Earned wage access.
- FREE face-to-face counselling, for you and your family!
- Staff recognition award ceremonies
- £30 voucher available every month for the nominated ‘Employee of the month’
- Opportunities for training and career progression
- Salary Sacrifice Pension scheme
- Blue Light Card - up to 50% discount across 100’s of retailers
- Access to a FREE eye test and discounted glasses
- Cashback card - save up to £500 annually, can be used at over 80 big brands
- Wellbeing portal:
- FREE meditation series
- FREE wellbeing podcasts & live virtual events
- FREE mental health support programmes
- FREE workout plans
- FREE Live digital gym classes
- FREE mindset and wellbeing series
- Seasonal Company events, competitions, and incentives
- On-site parking
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