Estates Grounds Maintenance Worker

Job summary

The post holder will be a part of the Estates and Facilities team at Lancaster Medical Practice, providing grounds maintenance services, both planned and reactive, for all Lancaster Medical Practice properties. The post holder is expected to provide a basic repair and maintenance service and will carry out necessary grounds maintenance tasks to ensure the safety of Lancaster Medical Practice site grounds and carparks. The postholder will work to Lancaster Medical Practices policies and procedures

Main duties of the job

Carry out planned and requisition maintenance requests to all grounds and gardens managed by Lancaster Medical Practice

Maintain litter-free sites

Ensure main entrances are litter-free, swept and power-washed when required

Ensure all path, entrances, car parks and walkways are free of obstruction from trees, tree leaves, shrubs, weeds, or plant material.

Water all new planting, tubs and hanging baskets either seasonally or until plant maturity Weed kill and remove all weeds from the site

Strim, mow and prune according to seasonal demands

Reinstate areas damaged by general use

Use and maintain machinery and equipment including mowers, blowers, and sweepers.

Clear light wells and gullies of weeds and debris

Plan and maintain flower beds around the sites

Ensure that all perimeter areas including fencing are litter free and in a good state of repair

Gardens around all sites to be maintained throughout the year

Ensure that all equipment is signed out at the start of each day, and all maintenance sheets are adhered to and any defect is reported

About us

Lancaster Medical Practice is a large, at-scale, GP provider delivering General Medical Services to around 68,000 patients in Lancaster and surrounding villages. Formed in April 2017 from our successful, legacy practices, Lancaster Medical Practice has continued to evolve to become the strong, high performing Practice it is today, receiving a rating of Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission in August 2018.

We deliver our services from eight locations throughout the city of Lancaster and its surrounding area and are continuing to develop ourselves to improve what we do for our patients, staff and the local community. We are a progressive, modern organisation with patient-centred General Practice at our core. When joining #teamlmp you are joining an organisation with a wide variety of clinical and non-clinical roles but who all work together to provide the best care we can to our patients