Head Gardener

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust; Nuneaton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Nuneaton is seeking a candidate for horticultural tasks including landscape gardening projects, operating machinery, and maintaining site cleanliness. Responsibilities include planting, treating plant diseases, and ensuring safety while working outdoors. Ideal for someone who enjoys outdoor work and landscaping.

Responsibilities

• Plan, design and implementation of small landscape gardening projects.
• Operate petrol, electrical and hand-tool machinery and equipment.
• Drive motorised grass cutting machinery and small tractor with trailer.
• Observe safe working practices, showing due care and attention.
• Carry out digging, weeding, planting, tree lopping, pruning and watering.
• Diagnose and suitably treat disease and infestations affecting plants and trees.
• Work predominantly outdoors with some horticultural duties.
• Assist in the gritting and snow clearance around the site.
• Grass Cutting, Litter Picking, External Bin Emptying, Gritting.

Job description

• Plan, design and implementation of small landscape gardening projects.
• Operate petrol, electrical and hand - tool machinery and equipment.
• Drive motorised grass cutting machinery and small tractor with trailer.
• Observe safe working practices, showing due care and attention and being mindful of others in the vicinity of the working area.
• Carry out digging, weeding, planting, tree lopping, pruning and watering of gardens and potted plants.
• Diagnose and suitably treat disease, infestations of insects, vermin etc. that affect plants and trees.
• Work predominantly outdoors but with some horticultural duties.
• Assist in the gritting and snow clearance around the site.
• Grass Cutting, Litter Picking, External Bin Emptying, Gritting, Keeping the site tidy, small landscape works.