Grounds and Gardens Maintenance Operative (XN03)

Job summary

Help keep our Trust grounds in shape and our patients, staff and visitors safe.

Were looking to appoint a motivated individual as a Grounds and Gardens Maintenance Operative to work within the Estates External Environment Team. In this diverse role, youll be part of a small team who work across a number of our Trust sites, who are dedicated to ensuring our external environments not only look great, but are safe for everyone who uses them.

The role will involve assisting in the day-to-day maintenance of the grounds and gardens as part of a small mobile team. This includes cleanliness and tidiness of grounds, gardens, roads, paths and paved areas, the care of lawns, flower beds, trees and shrubberies. Plus, youll be helping to maintain roads, footpaths, surface water drains and other external areas.

The position is 37.5 hours per week Monday to Friday (7.5 hour days) and the post holder will be required to participate in the 22 week winter on call rota for gritting and snow clearing between November and March each year. The new post holder will be predominantly based at the St Jamess University Hospital Grounds workshop.

The job package includes: -

A competitive salary pro rata Band 3 £24,937-£26,598 (Inc. enhancements for unsocial hours.)

Annual leave starting at 27 days per annum plus statutory bank holidays rising to 33 days with service.

An excellent contributory pension scheme.

On-site childcare provision

Salary sacrifice schemes (cycle to work)

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be part of an 8-person team working trust wide. The role is to ensure the Trusts grounds and gardens are maintained to a high standard in accordance with legislation and codes of practice.

The work will include routine and planned gardening duties including weed control, propagation and the maintenance of annuals, perennials, shrubs, trees, and hedges. There will also be a full range of landscaping duties, including decking, paving, walling etc. snow clearing and gritting, and other routine winter duties. Maintain external and roof surface water drain gullies and carry out minor repairs to roads and footpaths.

The successful candidate will be expected to undertake all monitoring procedures for hand arm vibration and noise exposure in accordance with the Health & Safety executive requirements including completion of exposure logs.

The candidate will be required to operate vehicles and machinery as part of the post including, but not restricted to, tractors, ride on mowers, chainsaws, hedge trimmers and strimmers. You will also be required to drive the trust vehicles so will need to have a full current British drivers licence.

This job can involve prolonged periods of physical activity in extreme weather and therefore the post holder must be capable of undertaking such duties.

Training is available, subject to budget, as part of the position and the candidate may be required to attend training on an external providers premises.

About us

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest employers in Leeds, with over 20,000 staff providing care to 1.6 million patients each year. The Estates and Facilities team keep the Trust's sites running and manage one of the largest estate portfolios in the NHS. With over 2,300 staff, we provide a range of Estates & Facilities services and ensure our buildings and environments are fit for purpose, clean and safe.

Whether we're cleaning wards, maintaining buildings, monitoring environmental impact, feeding patients, or patrolling our sites, we support the delivery of patient care.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in shortlisting, please bear with us, and contact us if you have questions.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our process of redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact if you have any questions.

Expected Shortlisting Date -30/06/2025

Planned Interview Date -09/07/2025

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Address

St. James's University Hospital

Beckett Street

Leeds

LS9 7TF

Employer's website

https://www.leedsth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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