Job Description

The Grounds and Gardens team is instrumental within the Health Board in ensuring that the grounds and gardens across our sites are maintained to a high standard. The Grounds and Gardens department is split into three teams across the 3 regions with one team operating from each regional base and supporting the operational delivery of Grounds and Gardens services across the Health Board.



The Team contribute to the Facilities and Health Board plan in delivering site environmental goals and objectives and supporting continuous improvement in site aesthetic and bio-diversity standards and performance. Ensure the service meets the required health and care standard and quality, provide value for money and effective service delivery.



The posy holder will regularly cut and maintain specific scheduled task lawn areas across the sites that are not maintained by the contracted service. Working with external contractors where necessary



You will be required to trim and prune flowers, trees (to include ivy growing up) and shrubs in accordance with good gardening practice and to prevent foliage overhanging pathways, roadways, drainage gullies and manholes etc.



The post holder will undertake seasonal on call duties supporting site gritting and snow clearance that fall outside of normal working hours and at all sites as requested supporting the service provided by the external adverse weather contractor. Use of equipment and machinery will support these duties



The Grounds and Gardens team is instrumental within the Health Board in ensuring that the grounds and gardens across our sites are maintained to a high standard. The Grounds and Gardens department is split into three teams across the 3 regions with one team operating from each regional base and supporting the operational delivery of Grounds and Gardens services across the Health Board



The Team contribute to the Facilities and Health Board plan in delivering site environmental goals and objectives and supporting continuous improvement in site aesthetic and bio-diversity standards and performance. Ensure the service meets the required health and care standard and quality, provide value for money and effective service delivery.



The posy holder will regularly cut and maintain specific scheduled task lawn areas across the sites that are not maintained by the contracted service. Working with external contractors where necessary



You will be required to trim and prune flowers, trees (to include ivy growing up) and shrubs in accordance with good gardening practice and to prevent foliage overhanging pathways, roadways, drainage gullies and manholes etc.



The post holder will undertake seasonal on call duties supporting site gritting and snow clearance that fall outside of normal working hours and at all sites as requested supporting the service provided by the external adverse weather contractor. Use of equipment and machinery will support these duties



Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

We listen, learn and improve



We treat everyone with respect



We all work together as one team



We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.



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