Regional Maintenance Person – (Care Home Group)    

Location: Regional – covering Herts, Bucks, Essex and London

Salary: negotiable depending on experience 

Hours: 40 hours per week

Shifts: 8.00am to 4.30pm, Monday to Friday

Job type: Permanent

Come and make a difference with the team at Westgate Healthcare! #CareWithUsAtWestgate

We are seeking a skilled, experienced, and self-motivated Regional Maintenance Person to support our care home group across multiple locations.

This is a key mobile role within the estates and facilities team, ensuring our homes are safe, well-maintained, and welcoming for residents, staff, and visitors.

A primary requirement for this role is a recognised plastering qualification or proven trade experience in plastering, alongside strong general maintenance and multi-trade skills.

We are looking for someone who works from their own initiative, takes ownership and pride in their work, and is a strong team player.

We are looking for individuals who share our values, have an interest in helping others, a can-do attitude, and who will treat the people we support with care, compassion and respect.

If you want to make a difference to the lives of our elderly residents, apply today.

About the role:

The Regional Maintenance Person will provide flexible, hands-on maintenance and refurbishment support across our care homes, including:

• Extensive plastering and finishing works across multiple sites, including repairs, skimming, patching, and finishing
• Delivering a wide range of refurbishment and improvement projects
• Painting and decorating, including wallpapering, wall coverings, coving, and full room redecoration
• Supporting paving and external works and general outdoor maintenance
• Carrying out tiling works in bathrooms, kitchens, and communal areas
• Carpentry and joinery including door fitting, adjustments, repairs, and general woodwork
• General maintenance including basic electrics, plumbing, and wider repair tasks
• Ensuring all mechanical, electrical, and plumbing equipment is maintained in safe and clean working order
• Replacing bulbs and maintaining operational lighting systems
• Carrying out all mandatory compliance checks and maintenance procedures within care homes
• Daily review of maintenance logs and immediate actioning of issues
• Safely locating and operating isolation points such as fuse boxes and stopcocks when required
• Weekly fire alarm testing and accurate record keeping
• Monthly checks of emergency lighting and water temperatures
• Regular inspection and servicing of fire appliances
• Monthly checks of fire doors and reporting defects
• Maintaining and testing Nurse Call systems
• Inspecting pressure-relieving mattresses and beds and reporting issues
• Supporting quarterly fire drills and evacuation procedures
• Covering annual leave and planned absences of site maintenance staff
• Providing urgent maintenance support during staff shortages
• Participating in an on-call rota for emergency out-of-hours response
• Travelling between care homes within the region as required
• Ensuring all homes are maintained to a high standard of safety, appearance, and compliance

Essential Requirements

• The right to live and work in the UK
• Plastering qualification or strong proven plastering trade experience (essential)
• Painting and decorating skills including wallpapering, wall coverings, and coving installation (essential)
• Experience in general maintenance or multi-trade building repairs
• Painting and decorating, basic electrics, and basic plumbing skills
• Ability to work independently and take full ownership of tasks
• Strong initiative with a proactive, problem-solving approach
• Participate in an on-call rota for emergency call-outs
• A clean, full UK driving licence (required)
• Good understanding of Health & Safety and Fire Safety
• Strong communication skills and ability to work as part of a team
• Right to live and work in the UK
• Experience working in care homes, healthcare, or similar environments
• Experience in planned maintenance systems and compliance checks

Why work at Westgate?

• Improve your financial wellness and flexibility with Wagestream; access your wages before pay day and enjoy exclusive discounts at a variety of the UK’s favourite shops
• Access to the Blue Light Card (employee discount scheme)
• Access to other discount schemes; Byond Prepayment Card (employee cashback card), Extras Discounts (employee discount scheme) and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Refer a Friend Scheme - earn up to £500 for a successful referral!
• Internal and external employee recognition schemes (e.g.
  
  Employee of the Month and Long Service) and team building social events
• Support in achieving additional qualifications, including nationally recognised qualifications
• Access to financial and wellbeing support through The Care Workers Charity  
• Comprehensive staff induction with free training and professional development

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once we receive suitable applications, therefore, an early submission is encouraged. Due to a high volume of applications, if you do not hear from us within 5 working days, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.

Westgate Healthcare is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

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