Job Description

Job description:

Maintenance Operative- Abbey Court Nursing Home

14 per hour

What we offer:

Competitive pay rates

Emergency call out pay (av 1 week in 4)

Free uniform

Tools are supplied by the company

Free Blue Light Card (Discounted Shopping)

Refer a Friend Incentive worth 100

Free online and face to face training

This role will be based at Abbey Court Nursing Home- 200 Kedleston Road, Derby, DE22 1FX

Your Health Limited was founded in 1995 and is dedicated to providing excellent standards of Residential and Dementia care and support.

We have 9 care homes across 7 locations, providing the highest levels of care and consideration to our residents. Our dedicated teams of staff ensure that our residents' individual needs and expectations are always at the heart of what we do. Our residents and employees need a space which can be stimulating, inviting, calming, comfortable and practical all at once, personalised to reflect the space's personality. We understand just how important it is that a care home is not only warm and welcoming for residents, but also a practical space for employees and medical professionals too. As part of our maintenance team, you will play a key part in this:

We are currently looking for a full time Maintenance Operative to join our dedicated team.

What you will be doing:

Preventative Maintenance.

General building repair and maintenance.

Tiling, plastering, painting, and decorating, basic electrical and plumbing duties.

Woodwork and carpentry, (e.g., replacing door locks; repairing fence panels).

On call included 1 week per month

What you will bring:

Relevant trade skills to carry out planned and reactive maintenance tasks.

Reliability and flexibility to support the nature of the business.

Good communication skills.

Must hold a full, clean UK driver's License and be willing and be flexible with respect to travel (pool vehicle available for this purpose) and maybe required to stay overnight on occasion. travel between sites may be required (up to a 50-mile radius).

Some experience at a professional level will be required in respect of painting and decorating skills.

Successful candidates will be subject to a DBS check.

Our organisation is committed to safe and fair recruitment, safeguarding, and protecting those we care for and serve. We make sure that all our staff are well vetted, selected, trained, and supervised fairly and to a high standard so that they can provide safe, effective, and compassionate care.

Closing date for applications is 31st December 2025

We reserve the right to close this vacancy when sufficient applications are received.

As we often have many applicants for jobs at Your Health Limited, we regret that we will only be able to contact those applicants who are short-listed for interview. Therefore, if you have not heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume you have not been short-listed for interview on this occasion.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

Company pension Free parking Health & wellbeing programme On-site parking Referral programme Store discount
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: 14.00 per hour

Application question(s):

Do you have a UK Valid Driver's Licence?
Experience:

Maintenance or Similar: 1 year (required)
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person