Grounds Maintenance Assistant

7 months ago


Maidstone, United Kingdom Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Full time

The post holder should be a self-motivated and driven individual, who has a passion for all aspects of gardening. A committed team player who can provide a high quality and dedicated service, whilst maintaining and improving the grounds and gardens of Trust properties. An ability to organise and plan day to day work tasks or activities with a clear schedule. Able to carry out all operations in a safe and professional manner for their own and others’ safety, providing a safe and pleasant external environment for staff, patients and visitors to enjoy.

The Grounds & Gardens Maintenance Assistant will primarily provide maintenance to the grounds and gardens as well as the upkeep of the mowed lawns, general grassed areas, low maintenance borders, ornamental flowering borders and hedge and tree tidying/cutting.

They will also undertake general horticultural duties such as seasonal planting including setting of seeds and maintaining within a greenhouse environment, ready for planting. An ability to repair fixtures and fittings with some carpentry involved, including new installations and refurbishment. An ability to problem solve and establish the best solution for the problem.

The work relates to various types of seasonal work including road sweeping and litter/debris collection as well as snow clearing and gritting of the footpaths and roads on site. The driving of Trust vehicles, tractors and other garden machinery relative to this role will require the post holder to hold a full valid driving licence.

The post holder will demonstrate knowledge of hand/power tools and exercise their own initiative to carry out planned and routine maintenance to mechanised and other equipment, including fault-finding and emergency repairs where appropriate.

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust is a large acute hospital Trust in the county of Kent.

The Trust provides a full range of general hospital services and some areas of specialist complex care to around 760,000 people living in the south part of West Kent and the north part of East Sussex.

The Trust’s core catchment areas are Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells and their surrounding boroughs. We work from two main clinical sites: Maidstone Hospital and Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury. Tunbridge Wells Hospital opened in 2011 and provides single rooms with en-suites for all in-patients - the first of its kind in the country.

We employ more than 7,000 full and part-time staff in a huge range of clinical and non-clinical roles across both of our hospital sites.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

**Interview Date**: TBC



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