From £15.58 ph, £28,355 (based on 35 hours pw)
Job Description Handyman
Kirk Lane was voted as Care Home of the Year, Scotland 2025, at the national caring UK awards ceremony.
Randolph Hill Nursing Homes Group are currently searching for a Maintenance Person for 35 hours per week based at our exceptional nursing home Kirk Lane in Livingstone, West Lothian.
This is an extremely rare opportunity due to retirement and will be working in an excellent team offering real value to the nursing home.
The purpose of this role is to ensure that the home continues to be in good repair both internally and externally in keeping with our company image. This will include general paintwork and decoration whilst ensuring all basic maintenance of the home is kept to a high standard with the outcome that we have a safe home with a trouble free environment for residents, relatives and staff.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
- Report major maintenance problems to the manager and await instructions
- Liaise with Facilities Manager for advice
- Communicate hazards/information to all staff, using ‘communications book’ and notices
- Ensure quotes are received from all proposed trades people and agreement by superiors reached prior to authorisation being given
- Carry out general maintenance to fabric and furnishings so as to present a safe and satisfactory environment
- Attend to general cleanliness of areas surrounding the home
- Ensure that paintwork on walls and ceilings is at all times in good repair, both inside and outside
- Purchase materials for repairs from local suppliers
- Maintain company equipment and tools to a safe and efficient level
- Produce receipts for all goods purchased
- Document outcomes in ‘Maintenance Book’
- Carry out regular checks on identified equipment, alerting management to non-conformance to satisfactory repair
- Maintain confidentiality over residents’ information
Knowledge, Skills and Experience
You will have demonstrable previous experience in a broadly similar role including the maintenance of buildings and painting and decorating.
Friendly and outgoing, you will possess a “can do” attitude and will be able to organise and prioritise your workload and work efficiently.
Our Organisation
Randolph Hill is one of Scotland’s long standing, reputable providers of care for older people. We own and run 7 nursing homes across east central Scotland with strong care inspection grades and good staffing levels, making it the perfect place to develop your career whilst building positive relationships with our residents and delivering a higher standard of care in our purposely designed nursing homes.
At Randolph Hill, we provide a structure where you can make a real difference. We are large enough to be able to provide what our teams need, such as a supportive management, detailed policies and procedures and regular comprehensive training, whilst still small enough to avoid becoming overly bureaucratic and making the right decision to fit each circumstance. We have a career pathway allowing our staff to progress their career with many examples.
What do our Staff Say?
“It is important to me to be treated as a person and not just a number. This is achieved at Randolph Hill when the senior management team make an effort to get to know all the staff employed in all the homes.”
“I have always had better job satisfaction when employed by a smaller company in comparison to larger care home providers.”
“The rate of pay is competitive for the area”
“I enjoy the experience of caring for my residents and feel satisfied when I am able to make a difference in a resident’s quality of life. Randolph Hill provides a very comfortable environment and resources to make that possible. Randolph Hill provide a good and safe working environment, quality care and co-operative management and these were the most important factors in making my decision to join Randolph Hill.”
“I am very proud to work for Randolph Hill. I have been employed by the company for over 5 years. The residents receive a high standard of care, delivered in a person centred manner. The staff and management have helped me to develop and progress in my career.”
All enquires will be treated in the strictest confidence.
