Job description
The Role:
Reporting to the Area Maintenance Supervisor, an exciting opportunity has risen for a Maintenance Officer at our Residential aged care home in Bateau Bay.
The successful candidate will ensure that all tasks are undertaken to support service delivery outcomes including the maintenance of the property and land-based assets, plant, and equipment.
This position is offered on a permanent full time role for 5 days a week.
Click the link to view the facility: https://www.sccliving.org.au/our-services/residential-aged-care/find-a-community/reynolds-court-residential-aged-care
As a Maintenance Officer, you will
Be responsible in providing basic general maintenance repairs (electrical & plumbing, carpentry and building)
Providing gardening maintenance tasks (sweeping, hosing, keeping the outside of buildings clean and tidy, mowing lawns, hedging and general garden maintenance)
Communicate effectively with residents, staff, and families, being empathetic and understanding of the needs of aged residents.
Bateau Bay Residential Aged Care | Bateau Bay | Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT)
If you enjoy being part of a friendly, social neighbourhood where others share your passions and interests, you’ll love our Bateau Bay residential aged care home.
The successful applicant will have the following attributes:
Trade qualification (desirable)
Current driver's license
Previous experience in either building, fitter and turner, welder or plumber (desirable)
Experience as a Maintenance Person in Aged Care or similar industry (desirable)
Excellent written and verbal communication with interpersonal skills to interact with a wide range of people
Ability to work under minimum supervision
Sensitivity to the needs of the elderly in a residential care setting
Ability to establish and maintain professional and appropriate relationship with residents and/or families/representatives
Availability to work a full time Monday to Friday
Able to provide evidence of COVID-19 & influenza vaccinations
About Southern Cross Care (NSW & ACT)
We are a not-for-profit organisation with a mission to empower older people to ‘live life to the full’. For the last 50 years our name has been trusted by the community to provide care and support for thousands of people in over 40 locations across NSW and the ACT.
We have a passion for providing the best care with clinical excellence. We offer person-centred care services to meet individual needs and preferences in residential aged care as well as in-home care. At SCC, people are at the heart of everything we do. We support our employees to excel!
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