Maintenance Director

Watertown Health Care Center is a skilled nursing home facility and takes pride in providing our residents with an amazing experience. We have an incredible tight-knit family of caregivers that serves our residents everyday with compassion, care and a positive attitude! We value and work hard to appreciate our caregivers because we recognize they are the foundation of our organization. We would love for you to join that family!

Essential Job Duties & Responsibilities

• Collects and reviews maintenance requisitions from all units and departments of facility. Reviews information, establishes priorities, assigns staff or inspects, replaces, repairs or otherwise resolves problems.
• Implements the approved preventative maintenance program throughout physical plant and for all equipment per the schedule.
• Maintains and tests the emergency power system to ensure availability of power to all entrances, exits, fire detection alarms, extinguishing equipment, and life support systems in the event electrical supplies are interrupted.
• Maintains all essential equipment (e.g., boiler room equipment, nursing unit/medication room refrigerators, kitchen refrigerator/freezer, laundry equipment) in safe operating condition.
• Assists the Administrator in establishing procedures to ensure the availability of potable water to essential areas in the event of loss of normal water supply.
• Tests facility hot water system on regular basis to evaluate water temperatures in essential locations of facility. Monitors acceptable range of temperatures and immediately starts repairs to eliminate hazards for facility residents, staff and others.
• Inspects, tests and maintains resident call system to ensure a functioning communication system from rooms, toilets and bathing facilities.
• Maintains facility ventilation system to provide appropriate air movement with acceptable temperature, humidity and odor control levels.
• Responds to emergency maintenance needs promptly.
• Cooperates with other departments to identify and accommodate individual resident needs and preferences. Communicates directly with residents.
• Completes required documentation and record keeping of maintenance activities.
• Collaborates with consultants with timely responses to request for information and suggestions to improve quality of maintenance services.
• Actively participates in long term care survey process by instructing staff in matters of conduct and disclosure, maintaining a presence at all times surveyors are on-site and directing the timely collection of information required by the survey team.
• Maintains adequate supplies and tools for efficient and effective functioning of maintenance department and Facility operations.
• Coordinates facility fire and disaster drills. In the event of an emergency, carries out assigned duties to assure resident safety.
• Reports injury of resident or self to unit charge nurse immediately.
• Complies with all federal, state, local and Facility regulations and procedures.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED); or two to four years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Advanced learning for this position is customarily acquired by a prolonged course of specialized intellectual instruction.
• At least 2 years experience with maintenance for a skilled nursing facility
• Life saftey knowledge

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