University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Grounds & Gardens Supervisor, . University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
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Leicester, UK
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Carry out all the supervisory tasks associated with the gardening department. This will include aspects such as:
- Direct supervision of the in-house gardening team
- Raising and allocating works
- Creating a site wide PPM schedule
- Managing holidays, training, tools, and machinery maintenance, etc.
- Liaising with contractors regarding contracted works, tree surveys, tree felling, winter gritting, etc.
- Everything associated with running and supervising the gardening department
- Carry out routine gardening and grounds maintenance activities unsupervised to include, grass cutting and hedges.
Person specification
Essential Criteria
Communication and relationship skills
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability and confidence to liaise with all services and grades
- Ability to handle sensitive information with confidentiality
- Must have excellent interpersonal skills at all levels internally and externally.
Desirable criteria
- Be able to deal with complaints and queries in a professional and informative manner
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working within the NHS environment in Operational Estates
- Experience of Supervising Gardening Team with a minimum of 3 Years' Experience
- Experience of supervising staff and allocating workload and ensuring safe operation of equipment
- Experience of developing systems and processes to improve on our KPI's and implement changes for the benefit of the department
- Knowledge of Health & Safety in connection with the Construction Industry
- Minimum of 5 years' experience in gardening and landscaping
- Extensive knowledge of Gardening equipment and maintenance
- Extensive knowledge of developing risk assessments
- Keep accurate records of Tree Surveys and arrange the visits
- To keep the Gardening Departments COSHH Register up to date.
- To ensure all machinery is maintained and in good working order
- To ensure your teams statutory and mandatory training along with appraisals are kept up to date
- Ensuring all relevant health & safety standards are met in relation to yours, your staff, and the general public, conducting and reviewing risk assessments of yours, your staff, and contractors.
- Being responsible for the proper use, maintenance, and safe storage of all plant, machinery, tools, and equipment.
- Carry out driving duties, if able, as requested to collect or deliver plant and equipment to supplier or manufacturers agents. Current British driving licence preferred
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Training & Qualifications
Essential criteria
- GCSE Grade 3 or Equivalent or above in English
- GCSE Grade 3 or Equivalent or above in Maths
- Qualification in Gardening/landscaping, e.g., NVQ level 3 or equivalent
- Certificate in competence in PA 1 & PA 6 Pesticide Control Qualification
- Chainsaw License
- Qualification in Garden Machinery
Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
Essential Criteria
Analytical and Judgement skills
- Must be able to use own initiative without direct supervision
- Must be able to multitask and deal with frequent interruptions when carrying out complex tasks
- Must have excellent attention to detail with a high level of precision and accuracy
- Must be able to diagnose a wide range of faults and come up with a solution
- Must be able to solve technical issues relating to the gardening machinery or plant
Planning and organisation skills
- Excellent organisational and planning skills with the ability to manage difficult situations and prioritise workloads.
- Ability to forward plan and delegate tasks and have the confidence to do so.
- Be able to manage other Gardner's within the team and arrange workloads.
- Organise Tree Surveys and provide accurate reports with action plans
Physical Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to do the job with enthusiasm and vigour
- Be flexible with working hours when incidents occur that could have an impact on service delivery
- Be able to operate fine tools and equipment
Other Requirements
Essential criteria
- Must have a driving licence and be able to travel between sites at short notice
- Must be willing to undertake highly unpleasant conditions at times working in inclement weather and clearing of sewage after drains have overflowed.
Additional Information
Please submit your application form without delay to avoid disappointment; we will close vacancies prior to the publishing closing date if we receive a sufficient number of completed application forms.
Please check the email account (including your junk mail) that you supplied as part of your application on a regular basis following the closing date and throughout the recruitment process, as this is how we will communicate with you.
UHL is an equal opportunities employer. We aim to employ a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds who match our job criteria.
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Applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria for the job will be interviewed if you indicate you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme. If you require a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please make the recruitment services team aware as soon as possible.
UHL is committed to helping colleagues balance the demands of both their work and personal needs through flexible working arrangements wherever reasonably practicable and subject to service needs.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity, you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check.
The Trust will pay for the check initially and the money will then be deducted from your salary over a three-month period commencing on your first month's payment.
The current price of a check is £38 for an enhanced and £18 for a standard check.
COVID 19 Risk Assessment
Due to the current Covid pandemic, we have introduced a staff risk assessment into our pre-employment process. This now forms part of the mandatory pre-employment checks that will be carried out if you receive a conditional offer.
The risk assessment is intended to ensure you are able to safely perform your duties in any of our work areas, and if you have been identified as being particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. Our main aim is to reduce risk and to ensure the safety of all new starters to the Trust as well as current staff, patients, and visitors.
If it is identified that you are within a vulnerable category, we will endeavour to make reasonable adjustments to accommodate this through discussions with both Occupational Health and your recruiting manager.
Covid Vaccination Status
Covid-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, family, colleagues, and our patients/service users from the Covid-19 virus. We therefore continue to encourage our current and potential colleagues to get vaccinated.
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust holds the principles of equality, diversity, and inclusion at the heart of everything it does and all that it stands for. We are committed to developing a workforce that is representative of the community we serve. We welcome applications from the diverse community of Leicester, Leicester, and Rutland, to help deliver healthcare services that meets the needs of our diverse communities.
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