Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Grounds Maintenance Operative
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Grounds Maintenance Operative
Please note that this role is advertised on behalf of Atlas BFW Management Ltd (Atlas), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and as such, successful applicant(s) will be on Atlas Terms and Conditions. For further information about Atlas, please visit: www.bfwml.co.uk
The post holder will be responsible for the upkeep and continual improvement works within the Grounds Maintenance team. The Grounds Maintenance Operative will provide an effective, efficient, and comprehensive Grounds maintenance service delivered to a high standard across the full portfolio of buildings and properties managed by Atlas and its clients.
This involves, but is not limited to, the site supervision & maintenance of all external areas of the estate including the maintenance of green spaces and courtyards. Design, installation, and maintenance of seasonal displays including landscape projects. Application of pesticides and herbicides. Assist with winter gritting, litter picking and repair of roads, footpaths and hard standing, drains / gully’s street furniture and signage, identification of pests’ diseases & potential hazards.
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The post holder will provide management support to the Grounds maintenance supervisor and Head of Estates and will have the necessary skills to ensure the safe and continuous delivery of the Grounds maintenance service to properties situated within the Atlas Portfolio and those organisations that have contractual arrangements with Atlas.
The post holder will carry out condition surveys of the estate and identify maintenance requirements, prioritise and schedule works.
The Company, which began trading in March 2017, was established as a wholly owned subsidiary company of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and provides fully managed healthcare facilities services, including medical devices management, capital and estates services and facilities management, to clients across the Fylde Coast and North West region.
Over the last four years we have developed and strengthened the services we provide, with an aim to provide the best high quality cost-effective property and facilities services across the North West.
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Our profits are used to both help grow the business and to enhance our clients’ service provision and during the recent COVID-19 pandemic we have been proud to support our clients’ front line clinical services by helping to provide the best possible environment for their patients, service users, customers, staff and visitors.
Atlas enjoys the opportunities to develop and grow which it is afforded as an independent company; however, as a wholly owned subsidiary of an NHS organisation, the Company also remains committed to upholding the NHS core values of ethics, honesty and integrity. In addition, we use our unique position to develop and enhance collaborative integrated working with partners across the local health economy wherever possible.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Ben Simpson
- Job title: Grounds Maintenance Supervisor
- Email address: ben.simpson@bfwml.co.uk
- Telephone number: 07788 854069
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