Grounds & Garden Maintenance

Job overview

We are looking for motivated individuals with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills who are dedicated to working as part of the team.

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.

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

Working as part of a team the role provides a comprehensive service in all weathers . There is also a requirement to be flexible in working practices to meet the change in opertational needs.

Main duties of the job

To undertake all maintenance of the grounds and carryout relative garden activties across basildon site and satillities areas (orsett site and St Andrew).

To provide an effective horticulture service to the  trust in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures, all relavate legistaltion .Carry out planned and requisition maintenance requests to all grounds and gardens managed by Basildon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Maintain litter-free sites, 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, Weed kill and remove all weeds from the site, Strim, mow and prune according to seasonal demands

This is not an exhaustive list.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Working as a grounds and garden maintenance, you will be working with enthusiastic team.

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

We look forward to your application.

We reserve the right to close the vacancy early should a suitable number of applications be received.

Unfortunately, there is no sponsorship available for this role.