Site Clearance Operative; XN

Helpkeep our Trust grounds in shape and our patients, staff and visitors safe.

We'relooking to appoint a motivated individual as a Site Clearance Operative towork within the Estates External Environment Team. In this role you will bepart of a small mobile team, predominantly based at the St James' University Hospital, who work across a number of our sites and are dedicated to ensuring our external environments look great and are safe for all who use them.

Therole will involve site clearance activities including sweeping roads and footpaths, litter picking, clearing road gullies, removing debris from the grounds and roof areas etc. to maintain the external areas of the trust in aclean and tidy condition.

The successful candidate will be required to drive trust vehicles therefore afull British drivers licence is an essential qualification. Training will begiven on other machinery you may be required to operate

The position is 37.5 hours per week, shift patten TBC (may include some weekend working). The post holder will be required to participate in the 22 week winter on call rota for gritting and snow clearing between November and Marcheach year

Thejob package includes:

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Acompetitive salary Band 2 (Inc. enhancements for unsocial hours)

Annual leave starting at 27 days per annum plus statutory bank holidays rising to 33days with service

The successful candidate will be part of a 8 person team working trust wide. Therole is to ensure the Trusts grounds and gardens are maintained to a high standard in accordance with legislation and codes of practice.

The work will include the sweeping ofroads, kerb edges and footpaths, litter picking, emptying litter bins, removing debris from the trust grounds and roof areas. The cleaning of road gullies,roof gutters, fallen leaves and undertaking snow clearing, gritting and other routine winter duties.

They may also be required to assistthe grounds operatives with landscaping including paving, walling and minor tarmac repairs.

The successful candidate will be expected to undertake all monitoring procedures for hand arm vibration andnoise exposure in accordance with the Health & Safety executive requirements including completion of exposure logs.

The candidate will be required tooperate vehicles and machinery as part of the post including, but not restricted to, road sweeper, pressure washers, steam cleaners and hand tools.

You will also be required to drive the trust vehicles so will need to have afull current British drivers licence.

This job can involve prolonged periods of physical activity in extreme weather and therefore the post holder must be capable of undertaking such duties.

Training is available, subject tobudget, as part of the position and the candidate may be required to attend training on an external providers premises.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is one of the largest employers in Leeds, with over 20,000staff providing care to 1.6 million patients each year. The Estates and Facilities team keep the Trust's sites running and manage one of the larges testate portfolios in the NHS. With over 2,300 staff, we provide a range of Estates & Facilities services and ensure our buildings and environments arefit for purpose, clean and safe.

Whetherwe're cleaning wards, maintaining buildings, monitoring environmental impact,feeding patients, or patrolling our sites, we support the delivery of patient care.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. As such, all job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the right to close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in shortlisting, please bearwith us, and contact us if you have questions.

Leeds Teaching Hospitals is committed to our processof redeploying 'at risk' members of our existing workforce to new roles. Assuch, all our job adverts are subject to this policy and we reserve the rightto close, delay or remove adverts while this process is completed. If you do experience a delay in the shortlisting stage of the recruitment cycle, please bear with us while this process is completed, and contact the named contact ifyou have any questions.

Expected Shortlisting Date

02/03/2026

Planned Interview Date

09/03/2026

Towork as a member of the Estates External Environment team, to maximise efficiency in the delivery of a high quality environment to the Trust by maintaining the external site areas in a safe, clean and tidy condition. Tosweep roads and footpaths, removing debris and litter etc.

For a more detailed overview of the job description and personal specification please see attached.

• Able to carry out strenuous physical tasks and work in adverse, occasionally severe, weather conditions.
• Ability to Communicate both Verbally & Written.
• Ability to work under own initiative and as part of a team.
• Able to complete legal records including but not limited to, pesticide…