Grounds and Gardens Operative

5 months ago

York, United Kingdom York Teaching Hospital Facilities Management’ Full time

Contract - Permanent

Hours - 37.5 hours per week

Base - York Hospital

The Estates Department is looking to recruit a highly motivated individual to work as part of a multidisciplinary management team.

The department provides management, development, maintenance and operational support for the Trust's buildings and engineering infrastructure.

The basic purpose of this post is to maintain all grounds and gardens across the Trust estate. The role will primarily be based outdoors in a variety of weather conditions, with tasks including mowing, planting, trimming, snow/ice clearance, litter picking and keeping the sites tidy and presentable. The post holder will frequently work without constant direct supervision, prioritising their own weekly workload, and will operate a range of specialist equipment. They will be expected to undertake appropriate training, including Health and Safety training, and follow safe working practices. The role may be asked to participate in an on-call rota.

You will be part of the Estates department on the York Hospital site working days Monday to Friday but also covering when necessary across other Trust sites hence you must be flexible regarding the hours of duty.

Main duties

To ensure that the grounds and gardens are at all times maintained to the required standards.

Grounds maintenance to empty all external bins including MSCP bins and empty large skip from rubbish store in MSCP as required. Sweep clean footpaths as required keeping litter free and free from all debris including cigarette ends around the whole site.

Use and carry out basic maintenance tasks such as grass cutting, hedge trimming, strimming, and pruning, weeding, plant maintenance, watering tubs and pots using a range of
horticultural machinery including; handheld power tools, pedestrian controlled powered machines and ride on machines.

Maintains and keep grounds, footpaths, car parks, roadways and similar areas in a clean and tidy condition and ensures all gullies and gutters are free from leaves, litter, debris etc.

To work as part of a maintenance team to maintain all grounds and gardens throughout the Trust estate as required, working to a range of procedures and practices, some of which are not routine.

Attending relevant training courses when required.

Our benefits

**We offer a range of benefits to support our staff including**:
Access to the NHS Pension Scheme, providing generous benefits upon retirement, as well as a lump sum and pension for dependants

27 days holiday rising to 33 days (depending on NHS Trust service)

A variety of different types of paid and unpaid leave covering emergency and planned leave

Confidential advice and support on personal, work, family and relationship issues, 24/7, from our Employee Assistance Programme

NHS Car Lease scheme and Cycle to Work scheme

An extensive range of learning and development opportunities

Discounts on restaurants, getaways, shopping, motoring, cinema and finance from a range of providers

For further information on the fantastic range of benefits we offer please visit the Trust's dedicated Staff Benefits pages.

YTHFM are currently funding level 1 membership of a Tailored Healthcare Cash Plan for all substantive Band 2 and 3 staff, on a trial basis and as a gesture of goodwill. This provides employees with access to a range of benefits, including refunding the costs of optical and dental services, physiotherapy and wellbeing treatments, up to defined limits. This does not form part of our terms and conditions of employment and could be withdrawn at any time. We also offer discounted membership of Westfield Health’s standard Plan for staff on bank contracts or employed in Band 4 or above.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

**A full description of the role is available in the attachment**: job description.

Working for the Trust

Across our organisation, people are guided by values that were co-developed with staff: we are kind; we are open; and we pursue excellence.

As part of seeking to become more inclusive, we will consider requests for flexible working from the start of your employment. It may not be suitable for every role, but we will try and be supportive where we can. We would encourage you to speak to the recruiting manager named within this advert to discuss any requirements you may have.

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COVID-19 Vaccination Requirements

Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

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