Grounds & Garden Maintenance Assistant

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust; Chelmsford; On-site; GBP 23,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization is seeking a Grounds & Garden Maintenance Assistant in Chelmsford. You will perform maintenance duties including litter collection, path cleaning, and gardening tasks. Applicants should have a good education standard, qualifications in NVQ or City & Guilds, and experience in grounds maintenance. The position offers a salary of £22,383 per year, fostering a supportive environment for individuals aiming to contribute to high-quality service.

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education.
• Qualified to NVQ or City & Guilds standards.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a similar field.

Responsibilities

• Carry out routine and planned maintenance duties as directed.
• Ensure litter-free sites and power-wash if required.
• Water all new planting and remove all weeds from the site.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Organisational skills

Knowledge of gardening techniques

Knowledge of COSHH

Horticultural Experience

Education

Good standard of general education

Qualified to NVQ or City & Guilds standards

Job description

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

Grounds & Garden Maintenance Assistant

The closing date is 29 December 2025

We are looking for a motivated individual with excellent communication, interpersonal and organisational skills who is dedicated to working as part of our friendly team.

We take pride in nurturing a supportive environment in which to work while ensuring we deliver a high quality service.

To carry out routine and planned maintenance duties as directed by the Senior Grounds and Gardens Officer and EFM site senior team.

Works to include garden and grounds maintenance, ensuring litter bins are cleared and litter collected from around the site, path cleaning and minor maintenance to ground furniture, gridding and snow clearance, sweeping hospital grounds including all hospital carpark.

You will need to be polite, helpful, discreet and should be able to accommodate any reasonable request from management team.

Main duties of the job

To carry out planned and requisition maintenance requests to all grounds and gardens managed by Broomfield Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Maintain litter-free sites and ensure main entrances are litter-free, swept and power-washed when required, change outdoor bins daily.

Ensure all path, entrances, car parks and walkways are free of obstruction from trees, tree leaves, shrubs, weeds or plant material. Water all new planting, tubs and hanging baskets either seasonally or until plant maturity and weed kill and remove all weeds from the site.

Strim, mow and prune according to seasonal demands ensuring that all perimeter areas including fencing are litter free and in a good state of repair. Also report all defects to the Facilities Helpdesk so relevant trades can be arranged to repair/make-good.

About us

Our ambition is to deliver excellent local and specialist services, to improve the health and well being of our patients, and provide a vibrant place for staff to develop, innovate and build careers.

We aim to make the most of our skills and experiences so we can become the best we can be. As one organisation we will recruit the finest and retain more specialist staff due to more employment opportunities across our Trust.

Job responsibilities

Please see attached a full job description setting out the details of the role and responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Good standard of general education
• Qualified to NVQ or City & Guilds standards

Knowledge

• Knowledge of gardening techniques, equipment and materials
• Knowledge of COSHH regarding the correct use & storage of chemicals
• Horticultural Experience

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in a similar field
• Commercial grounds maintenance experience
• Project planning and responsibility
• Previous NHS experience
• To have worked in a similar environment dealing with a variety of day-to-day activities

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

£22,383 a yearPer Annum (Pro Rata for Part Time)