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.
- Road sweeping, litter/debris, the emptying of bins across the main site and off-site properties by hand and with machinery.
- Gritting of footpaths and roads during adverse winter weather conditions.
- To complete daily and weekly maintenance and service tasks as requested.
- Participate in ad hoc local arrangements for snow clearing and gritting when weather conditions dictate outside out of hours working.
- Support Estate personnel in assisting/liaising with site customers and contractors.
- 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.
- Advise the Head Gardener regarding plant and equipment failure, identify materials required to complete tasks.
- Carry out all duties in a professional and conscientious manner.
- Wear The Christie NHSFT maintenance service uniform, identification badges and personal protective equipment at all time.
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.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Brodie Muir Job title: Head of Technical Estates Email address: brodie.muir@nhs.net Telephone number: 0161 918 7111
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