# Grounds and Gardens Operative

> NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust.

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## Summary

- **Status:** Live
- **Employer:** East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
- **Town:** Blackburn
- **Region:** North West
- **Country:** England
- **Grade:** Band 2
- **Salary:** £25,272 Pro rata, per annum
- **Contract type:** Permanent: On call winter period
- **Employment type:** Full time - 37.5 hours per week (on call winter period)
- **Closing date:** 2026-07-23T23:59:00.000Z
- **Posted:** 2026-07-09T07:42:25.080Z
- **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Lancashire/Preston/East_Lancashire_Hospitals_NHS_Trust/Grounds_Gardens_Operative/Grounds_Gardens_Operative-v8061728
- **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8061728?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002
- **Employer website:** https://www.elht.nhs.uk

## Job Content

### Job overview

Please note that this post is Part of One LSC – a corporate collaboration hosted by East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and providing Estates and Facilities Services to Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues, contractors and trust wide service users.
- Assist and support the Lead Grounds Maintenance Operative /Building Manager during your day-to-day duties to ensure compliance with all health and safety legislation, standards and procedures.
- Respond to grounds related incidents as they arise and advise on appropriate course of action.
- Assist with operational tasks within the waste recycling complex as and when required to provide support for colleagues.
- Maintain sufficient stock levels for chemicals, spares and equipment and request via the Lead grounds Maintenance operative the supply of goods with reference to manufacturers product numbers.

### Main duties of the job

- Undertakes all grounds maintenance work both hard and soft including:
- Grass cutting using both ride-on and pedestrian equipment.
- Strimming, weeding & scarifying.
- Pruning & hedge cutting using handheld equipment
- Planting and maintaining borders
- Winter grounds maintenance including gritting & Snow clearing.
- Planning and construction of new and renovated areas.
- flagging, kerbing, repairs to tarmac, block paving & fences.
- Keeps the sites tidy and generally free from the accumulation of litter, leaves and debris.
- Inspects landscaping, footpaths and trees on a weekly basis to identify defective or dangerous areas and rectify any faults or advisees Lead Grounds Maintenance Operative.
- Maintains upkeep of borders in the internal courtyards and enhanced garden areas around the Hospital sites.

### Detailed job description and main responsibilities

- Develop and maintain positive working relationships with colleagues, contractors and trust wide service users.
- Assist and support the Lead Grounds Maintenance Operative /Building Manager during your day-to-day duties to ensure compliance with all health and safety legislation, standards and procedures.

## Person Specification

### Knowledge & Experience

**Essential**

- Work experience in Horticultural Environments
- Proven ability to understand and take instruction and with detailed procedures.

**Desirable**

- Experience in a similar role.

### Qualifications & Education

**Essential**

- NVQ level 2 or City & Guilds, certificate in Horticulture or equivalent grounds maintenance qualification. OR Substantial experience within a similar commercial grounds’ maintenance role.

**Desirable**

- Approved pesticide application PA1 & PA6
- Ride on/Pedestrian mower certificates.
- Grounds Machinery training.

## Documents

- [grounds (pdf, 414.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10352061)
- [grounds (pdf, 440.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10352060)
- [privacy notice (pdf, 305.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1761)
- [benefits of working at elht (pdf, 1.2mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2405)
- [additional candidate information 2024 (pdf, 408.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2494)

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