# Grounds & Gardens Maintenance Operative > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/grounds-and-gardens-maintenance-operative/270c9f2c-9278-4572-8c97-4a38ab4250c4 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/grounds-and-gardens-maintenance-operative/270c9f2c-9278-4572-8c97-4a38ab4250c4.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Warrington and Halton Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust - **Town:** Warrington - **Region:** North West - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Estates and facilities - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25,760 - £27,476 per annum - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-02T08:01:25.187Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Cheshire/Warrington/North_Cheshire_Mersey_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Grounds_Gardens_Maintenance_Operative/Grounds_Gardens_Maintenance_Operative-v8049960 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8049960?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.whh.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to recruit a grounds and gardens operative to join our estates department.  The successful candidate will support the Head Gardener in delivering an efficient, cost-effective and quality grounds maintenance service across all Trust premises and any premises that the Trust has responsibility for.  The role requires multi-site working, as well as working with and supporting other trades and contractors where required. This is an exciting time to join the estates team, with new systems being implemented, there is real opportunity to help shape our service delivery, in-line with Trust values, to provide an outstanding healthcare environment for our patients. You will join and dynamic multidiscipline team, operating in a busy, fast-paced environment that provides a diverse workload, you will have the support and opportunities through training to develop new skills to enhance your personal development. ### Main duties of the job To undertake reactive and planned preventative maintenance works across the Trusts premises, including mowing, strimming, weedkilling, planting, pruning, litter collection, landscaping, maintaining courtyards and enhanced garden areas, general site tidy and removal tasks, minor groundwork tasks and general upkeep of the sites external grounds and gardens. The role supports multi-skilled trades on a range of maintenance works and is expected to carry out a limited range of unsupervised skilled tasks and utilise the Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system and other specialist software to ensure a joined up quality service is delivered. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The main tasks and responsibilities are contained within the job description and personal specification attached. FULL JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED ## Job Details North Cheshire and Mersey NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to recruit a grounds and gardens operative to join our estates department. The successful candidate will support the Head Gardener in delivering an efficient, cost-effective and quality grounds maintenance service across all Trust premises and any premises that the Trust has responsibility for. The role requires multi-site working, as well as working with and supporting other trades and contractors where required. This is an exciting time to join the estates team, with new systems being implemented, there is real opportunity to help shape our service delivery, in-line with Trust values, to provide an outstanding healthcare environment for our patients. You will join and dynamic multidiscipline team, operating in a busy, fast-paced environment that provides a diverse workload, you will have the support and opportunities through training to develop new skills to enhance your personal development. ## Job Description To undertake reactive and planned preventative maintenance works across the Trusts premises, including mowing, strimming, weedkilling, planting, pruning, litter collection, landscaping, maintaining courtyards and enhanced garden areas, general site tidy and removal tasks, minor groundwork tasks and general upkeep of the sites external grounds and gardens. The role supports multi-skilled trades on a range of maintenance works and is expected to carry out a limited range of unsupervised skilled tasks and utilise the Computer Aided Facilities Management (CAFM) system and other specialist software to ensure a joined up quality service is delivered. ## Responsibilities The main tasks and responsibilities are contained within the job description and personal specification attached. FULL JOB DESCRIPTION ATTACHED ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Demonstrable experience of amenity horticulture in either domestic or public service areas **Desirable** - Experience of using tractors, gardening tools and equipment - Demonstrable experience in a healthcare or public ### Qualifications **Essential** - City & Guilds in Amenity Horticulture or equivalent grounds maintenance qualification or equivalent experience - To hold a current UK driving licence - Approved pesticide application - PA1 & PA6 ### Skills, Knowledge and Competencies **Essential** - Good communication and IT skills - Be able to collect a variety of litter and dispose of appropriately ## Documents - [whh staff benefits (pdf, 2.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2892) - [grounds & gardens maintenance operative (pdf, 648.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10339226) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.