Gardener​/Groundsman | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Employer:

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Location:

Maghull, L31 1HW

Pay:

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

28/03/2026

Mersey Care NHS Trust is set in approximately 100 acres of grounds and provides facilities for the treatment in secure and non secure conditions The gardeners / groundsmen provide input to maintain all areas of the Mersey Care Estate grounds to a high standard.

The overall objective is to provide an aesthetically pleasing environment in which patients can be treated and staff can work.

The postholder, a member of the Horticultural Department team, is responsible for the implementation of the trusts Grounds Maintenance Policy.

Duties of the post include maintenance of grassed areas, trees, shrubs, floral beds, sports pitches and other general areas including paths and roadways.

There is an emphasis on maintaining safe working conditions and adhering to rigid security factors in relation to secure use and storage of tools, machinery and garden materials.

Gardening staff are fully flexible in respect of all cross-site duties.

The postholder works to established working procedures, grounds maintenance codes of practice, established standards and objectives.

The Senior Gardener is available for reference and advice and monitors the postholder’s work.

Dig, hoe, manure, plant out and stake and tie plants in a competent fashion.

Trim and prune ornamental flowering trees, shrubs and hedges.

Competence in the care and use of tools and hand and mechanically propelled gardening equipment including mowers, rotovators, sweepers, hedge-cutters and chemical sprayers.

Detect and report common plant pests and diseases to the Senior Gardener and treat these as directed.

Identify and competently use basis organic and inorganic fertilisers.

Dig out and weed flowerbeds and shrubberies.

Assist in tree felling and lopping operations.

Assist with minor landscaping work.

Assist in the maintenance of the grounds in a clean and tidy condition including leaf clearance and other debris from footpaths, car parks, grassed areas, gardens and shrubberies.

Undertake the care and assist in the erection of equipment for Hospital functions.

Assist in the maintenance, preparation and marking out of sports pitches and other sport areas.

Movement, simple repairs, painting and preservation of garden furniture.

Gritting, salting and clearance of snow from Hospital roadways, path and car parks either manually or by snowplough or gritter trailer.

Assist in unloading, distribution and safe storage of all materials used in gardening operations.

To work with patients, if required, in the basic skills of gardening.

Participate in seasonal on-call rota assisting with routine and ad hoc winter provisions Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than
1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’

• care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

• None Directly.

Overall indirect responsibility to avoid loss or wastage of any resources.

For Equipment

• Responsible for reporting losses, damage and breakages to Senior Gardener.

Responsible for the secure use and storage of tools / equipment.

The accurate setting-up and…