Job Overview

We are appointing to the role of a Gardener to join our Estates Team at Northgate Hospital.

We can accept CV's, and we have an offline application form, just email solutionsrecruitment@ntw.nhs.uk

If you want any help with your application, please contact us.

This vacancy includes an attractive £2.5K welcome bonus - a Rewarding Welcome for a Rewarding Career.

Terms and conditions apply: Specifics to be discussed at interview. Incentive is not applicable to internal staff.

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 develop the duties.
• To participate in the out of hours and weekend on call rota, carrying out repairs gritting and snow clearing at designated owned or occupied Trust properties. To be flexible in the provision of cover when colleagues on the rota are unavailable (holidays/sickness). To participate in the Estates Department return to work system, this may necessitate returning to work to attend to emergency situations, which can’t be dealt with solely by the on-call craftsman. This will require the post holder to have their contact telephone number made available to the Estates on-call Officer.