# Estates Gardener

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.

## Canonical URLs

- **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/estates-gardener/7be487f0-cb27-401c-9a39-9a44012d9910
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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust
- **Location:** North View
- **Workplace type:** onsite
- **Profession:** Gardener
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 per annum, pro rata
- **Contract type:** Permanent
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Mon - Fri 7:30am - 4pm (Happy to discuss flexible working))
- **Closing date:** 2026-10-13T22:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-09-29T10:41:03.092Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Manchester/Prestwich/Greater_Manchester_Mental_Health_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Maintenance/Maintenance-v8239687
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8239687?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.gmmh.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Your role as a Gardener will involve attending to all garden areas on the Prestwich maintaining the site by pruning shrubs, mowing lawns, as well as looking after the equipment and structures like fencing, keeping the grounds safe and tidy (including clearing any snow and ice in the winter), and planting a range of flowers, shrubs and trees.

### Main duties of the job

To undertake the repair, maintenance and inspection of all external grounds and gardens associated with the Trust and its external contracts. This would include grounds and gardens planting materials and equipment in accordance with relevant legislative standards and operational procedures to ensure the external grounds of the site(s) provide a safe environment for patients, public and staff.

Be expected to produce work to a consistently high standard of work across the whole range of duties and applications required.

Shall be prepared to undertake additional training in order to fulfil the requirements of the post, satisfy new regulations/legislation or to further to develop the duties.

carrying out repairs gritting and snow clearing at designated owned or occupied Trust properties.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached job description and person specification

Staff benefits

- Pay Enhancements
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
- Excellent pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary sacrifice car scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Blue Light Card Discounts
- fuelGenie Fuel Cards (for applicable roles)

### Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

## Person Specification

### Skills

**Essential**

- Able to work under minimum supervision

### skills

**Essential**

- Able to follow operational policies and procedures
- Produce work to a consistently high standard
- Good understanding of health & safety procedure

**Desirable**

- Trained in the use of mobile work platforms

### Experience

**Essential**

- Safe use of tools and equipment
- Previous appropriate working experience in grounds maintenance

**Desirable**

- Experience of using weed killing equipment and ensuring all COSSH regulations are followed

### Qualifications

**Essential**

- NVQ at Level 2

## Documents

- [jd and person spec (pdf, 280.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10550416)
- [important candidate information (pdf, 2.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=931)

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