Colten Care
Maintenance Person
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Maintenance Person
Based at: Castle View, DT1 2NH
Hours: 40 hours per week
Pay rate: £15.77 per hour
Summary:
- Perform routine maintenance services and minor repairs within care homes
- Conduct monthly tests and inspections on various equipment (fire doors, water temperature outlets, fire extinguishers, etc.)
- Report issues or observations to the Facilities Management team
- Perform both planned maintenance tasks and reactive repairs (e.g., checking profile beds, fitting shelves, changing light bulbs)
- Maintain a responsive approach to maintenance requests from the care home
Key Benefits:
- Annual pay review
- Additional hours / overtime opportunities
- Choice of hot or cold meals and drinks on duty
About the Role:
Working across Castle View 3 days a week and Abbey View two days a week, you will be working in our care homes, ensuring facilities are kept safe and reliable for our residents. You will agree priorities with your line manager and carry out monthly tests and inspections on equipment such as fire doors, water temperature outlets, fire extinguishers, security doors, internal and external lighting, wheelchair, window restrictors, reclining chairs and nursing beds. A central part of the maintenance role is administrative, keeping accurate records via our maintenance software system and reporting issues or observations to the Facilities Management team to ensure the home is safe and meets both Colten Care and Regulatory standards.
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In addition to the planned maintenance tasks, you will also provide a wide range and number of reactive repairs and requests including the checking and repair of profile beds, fitting shelves and picture hooks, changing light bulbs, securing door handles or helping to move furniture. You'll have a keen eye for detail, reviewing your reactive requests raised on the maintenance software system for matters requiring attention and providing a responsive approach to the various maintenance needs of the care home. You’ll be a car driver and own your own car.
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Essential requirement: Business insurance is essential due to travel during work hours
Additional Benefits:
- Excellent one to one induction, mentoring and ‘on the job’ support
- Friendly team and great support network of internal professionals
- Real career progression opportunities
- Free uniforms
- Contributory pension scheme
- Background checks at no cost to you
About Colten Care
We’re an award-winning, family-owned, independent care home group, with an outstanding reputation within the industry thanks to our amazing people and our focus on keeping the resident at the heart of everything we do.
We challenge the stereotype of a care home, that’s why all 21 of our nursing homes are rated at least good and 7 are outstanding by the CQC, our national regulator.
For the 8th year running, we’ve been named as one of carehome.co.uk Top 20 Care Home Groups in the UK, by the residents and their families who have first-hand experience of the care and support being given at our care homes.
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