Grounds & Garden Maintenance Assistant

2 weeks ago


Chelmsford, United Kingdom Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We are looking for a motivated individual with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills who is dedicated to working as part of our friendly team.

We take pride in nurturing a supportive environment in which to work while ensuring we deliver a high quality service.

To carry out routine and planned maintenance duties as directed by the Senior Grounds and Gardens Officer and EFM site senior team.

Works to include garden and grounds maintenance, ensuring litter bins are cleared and litter collected from around the site, path cleaning and minor maintenance to ground furniture, gritting and snow clearance, sweeping hospital grounds including all hospital carpark.

You will need to be polite, helpful, discreet and should be able to accommodate any reasonable request from management team.

To carry out planned and requisition maintenance requests to all grounds and gardens managed by Broomfield Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.Maintain litter-free sites and ensure main entrances are litter-free, swept and power-washed when required, change outdoor bins daily.

Ensure all path, entrances, car parks and walkways are free of obstruction from trees, tree leaves, shrubs, weeds or plant material.Water all new planting, tubs and hanging baskets either seasonally or until plant maturity and weed kill and remove all weeds from the site.

Strim, mow and prune according to seasonal demands ensuring that all perimeter areas including fencing are litter free and in a good state of repair. Also report all defects to the Facilities Helpdesk so relevant trades can be arranged to repair/make-good.

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust is now one of the largest in the country, with a workforce of approximately 15,000 who serve a population of 1.2 million people.

We work together, and in conjunction with MSE Health and Care Partnership, to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and wellbeing of our patients in a compassionate way, and provide a respectful, but vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

From facilities through to consultant specialists we want to be the best, to achieve this we need to recruit not just those who are the finest in their field but also those who have the potential to be. Yes, experience is important but so is outlook - if you are dynamic, forward-thinking and enthusiastic we want you to join us.

We not only offer you a good working environment with flexible working opportunities, but also the opportunity to develop your career with access to appropriate training for your job and the support to succeed and progress.

Please see attached a full job description setting out the details of the role and responsibilities.



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