Maintenance Operative
| Posting date: | 27 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £14.57 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 11 May 2026 |
| Location: | DE22 1FX |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Your Health Limited |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Maintenance Operative- Abbey Court Nursing Home
£14.57 per hour
What we offer:
Emergency call out pay (av 1 week in 4)
Tools are supplied by the company
Health and Wellbeing incentives through Medicash
Optical Care, Routine Dental Treatment, Dental Accident
Health screening, specialist consultations, Diagnostic tests and scans
Skin Vision
Digital physiotherapy
GP and prescription service
Discounted Gym Membership
Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 access to counsellors
Free staff parking
Blue Light card discount
Refer a friend bonus
Monetary rewards for long service
Training and Development opportunities
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 11th May 2026
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.
£14.57 per hour
What we offer:
Emergency call out pay (av 1 week in 4)
Tools are supplied by the company
Health and Wellbeing incentives through Medicash
Optical Care, Routine Dental Treatment, Dental Accident
Health screening, specialist consultations, Diagnostic tests and scans
Skin Vision
Digital physiotherapy
GP and prescription service
Discounted Gym Membership
Employee Assistance Programme with 24/7 access to counsellors
Free staff parking
Blue Light card discount
Refer a friend bonus
Monetary rewards for long service
Training and Development opportunities
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 11th May 2026
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.