Groundskeeper

• Area of Interest: Support Services

• FTE/Hours per pay period: 1.0

• Department: Groundskeeping

• Shift: Monday - Friday 6:00 am - 2:30 pm

• Job ID: 186767

Overview

The Groundskeeper is responsible for maintaining hospital grounds through lawn care, tree and shrub maintenance, and planting bed upkeep, ensuring a professional and safe exterior environment. The role sweeps walkways, clears debris, removes snow, and ensures proper drainage. The role performs equipment maintenance, assists with facility tasks, and supports emergency response, enhancing safety and aesthetics for patients and staff at UPH.

Why UnityPoint Health?

At UnityPoint Health, you matter. We’re proud to be recognized as a Top 150 Place to Work in Healthcare by Becker's Healthcare several years in a row for our commitment to our team members.

Our competitive Total Rewards program offers benefits options that align with your needs and priorities, no matter what life stage you’re in.   Here are just a few:    

• Expect paid time off, parental leave, 401K matching and an employee recognition program .

• Dental and health insurance, paid holidays, short and long-term disability and more. We even offer pet insurance for your four-legged family members.

• Early access to earned wages with Daily Pay, tuition reimbursement to help further your career and adoption assistance to help you grow your family .

With a collective goal to champion a culture of belonging where everyone feels valued and respected, we honor the ways people are unique and embrace what brings us together.  

And, we believe equipping you with support and development opportunities is a vital part of delivering an exceptional employment experience.

Find a fulfilling career and make a difference with UnityPoint Health.

Responsibilities

· Integrates and demonstrates CORE values and Expectations for Personal and Service Excellence to guide professional behaviors.

· Demonstrates initiative to improve quality and customer service.

· Balances team and individual responsibilities, objective and open to other’s views, gives and welcomes feedback, contributes to positive team goals, puts success of team above own interest.

· Demonstrates initiative to improve quality of customer service by striving to exceed customer expectations.

· Demonstrates ability to meet business needs of department by regular, reliable attendance.

· Demonstrates ability to operate the motorized and manual equipment assigned to the Grounds Department.

· On a daily basis maintains the main entrances, grounds, parking lots, driveways and sidewalks in good repair and clean of trash and debris to achieve specific quality, safety, service and regulatory goals.

· Observes and practices safety regulations and procedures, including but not limited to OSHA and DNV, in the care and use of equipment and tools.

· Removes snow, ice and/or sleet from UnityPoint Health - Des Moines parking lots, driveways and sidewalks utilizing sand and/or salt to achieve specific quality, safety, service and regulatory goals.

· Airify, spray, fertilize, mow and trim turf for all UnityPoint Health – Des Moines properties to achieve specific quality, safety, service and regulatory goals.

· Plants, maintains, and prunes trees, shrubbery and flowering plants for all the UnityPoint Health – Des Moines properties.

· Operates and repairs irrigation systems and fountains for all the Unity Point-DM properties.

· Attends Iowa State Turf Conference and Iowa State Shade Tree short courses to maintain CEU as scheduled by manager.

Qualifications

Education: High school diploma or equivalent preferred, or two years of experience.

Must eighteen (18) years of age or older.

Experience: Working knowledge of the care for a wide variety of plant, tree, and shrub materials required.

License(s)/Certification(s): Valid driver’s license required.