Job overview
The Gardening Services provides a high-quality service to maintain the grounds and gardens of The Christie NHSFT Withington site and portfolio of off-site properties to provide a safe and pleasant external environment.
The Environmental Officer – Grounds & Gardens will assist in providing support with the maintenance of the sites cleanliness.
Working alongside and under the Head Gardeners instruction.
Along with the above tasks additional daily various types of work including road sweeping and litter/debris collection as well as snow clearing and gritting of the footpaths and roads.
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1) Road sweeping, litter/debris, the emptying of bins across the main site and off-site properties by hand and with machinery.
2) Gritting of footpaths and roads during adverse winter weather conditions.
3) To complete daily and weekly maintenance and service tasks as requested.
4) Participate in ad hoc local arrangements for snow clearing and gritting when weather conditions dictate outside out of hours working.
5) Support Estate personnel in assisting/liaising with site customers and contractors.
6) To work with all Estates Supervisors and managers in the management of Risks. This will include working to agreed Risk Assessments and assisting in the development of additional Risk Assessments.
7) Advise the Head Gardener regarding plant and equipment failure, identify materials required to complete tasks.
8) Carry out all duties in a professional and conscientious manner.
9) Wear The Christie NHSFT maintenance service uniform, identification badges and personal protective equipment at all time.
Working for our organisation
The Christie is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. We are based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester & Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.
We provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services. We are also an international leader in research, with world first breakthroughs for over 100 years.
We run one of the largest early clinical trial units in Europe with over 300 trials every year. Cancer research in Manchester, most of which is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
1) Road sweeping, litter/debris, the emptying of bins across the main site and off-site properties by hand and with machinery. To complete daily and weekly maintenance and service tasks of clearing waste bins around the site.
2) Gritting of footpaths and roads during adverse winter weather conditions.
3) Participate in ad hoc local arrangements for snow clearing and gritting when weather conditions dictate outside out of hours working.
4) Support Estate personnel
5) To work with all Estates Supervisors and managers in the management of risks. This will include working to agreed Risk Assessments and assisting in the development of additional Risk Assessments.
6) Advise the Head Gardener regarding plant and equipment failure, identify materials required to complete tasks.
7) Carry out all duties in a professional and conscientious manner.
8) Wear The Christie NHSFT maintenance service uniform, identification badges and personal protective equipment at all times.
9) Carry out work in line with all trust policies including but not extensive to:
a. Patient areas
b. Working at heights
c. Confined spaces
d. Radiation controlled areas
e. Hostile environments
f. Permit-to-Work / Safe Systems of Work
10) Undertake training where necessary to learn new techniques.
11) To be skilled in the safe use of all relevant hand tools and equipment.
12) Undertake training where necessary to learn new techniques.
13) Have a clean full driver’s license and to undertake training to drive trust vehicles in relation to role.
14) Understand fully the inter-relationship between the various maintenance and facilities functions.
15) Demonstrates the agreed set of values and accountable for own attitude and behaviour.
The closing date for this post may be extended if there are insufficient applicants or brought forward if there is a high volume of applicants.
📝 Application Information - If you have not heard from us within four weeks of the closing date, I regret that on this occasion your application will have been unsuccessful.
🌍 Sponsorship Information - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
🔍 Pre-Employment Checks - To confirm your suitability for the role, we will carry out pre-employment checks in line with NHS Employment Check Standards. These include:
- Identity verification
- Right to work check
- Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role, payment of this will be the applicants responsibility)
- Professional registration and/or qualification check
- Occupational health assessment
- Employment history and reference validation
All applicants external to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust will be required to provide their HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years employment. This information will used to validate employment history and references.
If you require sponsorship, we will assess your eligibility based on current government guidance. If the role is not eligible and you cannot demonstrate your right to work, your conditional offer may be withdrawn.
✅ If You're Offered the Role - you will be agreeing to The Christie NHS Foundation Trust transferring the information contained in this application to its preferred applicant management system. If you are offered a job information will also be transferred into the national NHS Electronic Staff Records system. Please note, all communication regarding your application will be made via email, please ensure you check your junk/spam folders as emails are sometimes filtered there.
The Inter-Authority Transfer (IAT) process is a critical and beneficial component of ESR and will form part of the recruitment process. In the event that you are successful following interview your previous NHS employment data, if applicable will be transferred from your current / most recent employer.
🌍 Sponsorship Information - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
🚭 No Smoking Policy - You should be aware the Trust operates a No Smoking Policy and therefore employees are not permitted to smoke at work.
📣 Additional Information - We want to ensure that everyone who works at the Christie or uses our services is welcomed, valued and treated with dignity and respect. The Christie values diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for all and fair representation across the organisation at all levels. In support of these commitments, we particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and other ethnic minority people and people with disabilities for this post. Appointment will be only on merit.
We are committed to creating a balanced and diverse workforce. As such we welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Together we will foster inclusion and tackle inequity and health inequalities in cancer care.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is committed to the highest standards of ethical conduct and integrity in all our activities. We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery in any of its forms, including slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour, and human trafficking. We are fully committed to acting ethically and with transparency in all our business dealings and relationships, and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our organisation or supply chains.
