Estates Gardener

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Estates Gardener

The closing date is 01 April 2026

Please note, we are unable to provide sponsorship for this role due to the required Skill Level and salary threshold.

The University of North Midlands is looking to recruit an Estates Gardener to work within the Estates Team at Royal Stoke University Hospital. You will be keen and enthusiastic working within a large team to assist in the provision of a high level of service to the hospital. Your duties will include carrying out Grounds & Gardening maintenance and to be part of the winter Gritting On Call Rota for the hospital.

Main duties of the job

The candidate will ideally have experience of Grounds & Gardening Maintenance. It's essential that you are an effective team worker, with the ability to provide support to other colleagues within the Estates Department.

About us

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Job responsibilities

For more information on working for the Trust, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification, or contact the hiring manager for further details about this vacancy using the contact details below.

Person Specification Qualifications

• Meets the essential criteria of the job description
• Meets the desirable criteria of the job description

Working Experiance

• Meets the essential criteria of the job description
• Meets the desirable criteria of the job description

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

£24,465 a yearPer annum + R & R Premium 8%