PT Maintenance assistant

About the Role

Assist in the maintenance of the facility to ensure a sanitary, attractive, and orderly condition; in good repair, free from hazards such as those caused by electrical, plumbing, ventilation, heating, and cooling systems. Reports to Plant Supervisor or Operations Manager and ensures state compliance.

Qualifications

• High School diploma
• Knowledge of laundry, housekeeping, or maintenance procedures
• Minimum of 2 years work experience in long-term care preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Performs regular, scheduled safety inspections
• Performs weekly walk-through inspections of high-risk areas
• Follows all prescribed Life Safety and Preventative Maintenance tasks in TELS as required for federal, state, local, and corporate compliance
• Faxes/emails documentation as required
• Prepares a monthly schedule, based on calendar days, for performance of preventive maintenance, striving to allot part of each day to these duties
• Develops center profile and physical plant history by maintaining complete documentation of all maintenance activities, including accurate records of all replacement parts and materials used
• Maintains required logs/documentation in accordance with the Life Safety Manual and OSHA compliance, including but not limited to:
  • Fire alarm test reports
  • Smoke/heat detectors
  • Sprinkler inspections
  • Emergency generator logs
  • Range hood suppression systems
  • Fire extinguishers
  • Hood and duct cleaning
  • Door locking devices
  • Water temperatures and hardness
  • Fire and smoke wall dampers
  • Fire and smoke doors
  • Fire drills and disaster drills
  • Door alarm drills
  • Flame spread certification
  • Boiler vessel certification
  • Elevator certification
  • Facility service contracts
  • Medical waste manifests
  • Confined space documentation
  • Survey documentation
  • Material safety data sheets
  • Lock out/tag out program
• Performs daily rounds through the entire center and uses acquired information to assist in establishing work priority
• Picks up work order requests daily and establishes work priority; work orders are submitted and tracked electronically through the TELS system
• Maintains electrical and mechanical equipment in good working order; adjusts functional parts of devices and control instruments, lubricates and cleans parts
• Lubricates chairs and benches
• Reports serious failures and problems to Administrator
• Investigates causes of wall, door, or frame damage
• Checks light bulbs, exit lights, room temperatures, circuit breakers, temperature in all coolers and freezers, and nurse call system, making all necessary adjustments and repairs
• Ensures that an adequate supply of maintenance supplies is maintained to perform daily tasks
• Prepares resident rooms for new or discharged residents
• Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice