Gardener

Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited; Stonehouse; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care home provider in Stonehouse seeks a Gardener to maintain grounds and create a pleasant outdoor environment for residents. You will focus on ensuring safety while enhancing the beauty of the gardens. This role requires general gardening experience and a compassionate attitude to meet residents' needs. The position offers varied working hours as it is a Bank role, providing cover during leave. Join us to contribute to quality care and a vibrant atmosphere.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday and leisure discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• General gardening experience with a focus on safety regulations.
• Ability to handle garden treatment chemicals in compliance with COSHH.
• Empathetic approach to meet residents' needs.

Responsibilities

• Maintain gardens to the highest standards for residents' enjoyment.
• Care for equipment and structures, ensuring a safe environment.
• Participate in the 'Barchester in Bloom' competition.

Skills

Gardening experience

Health and safety knowledge

Team player

Attention to detail

Empathy

Job description

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Gardener at a Barchester care home, you’ll help create the kind of stimulating environment that enables us to deliver quality, person-centred care. By maintaining our grounds to the highest standards, you’ll ensure our home always makes a great first impression, and that our outside areas can be fully enjoyed by residents looking for some fresh air or a change of scenery. Your role as a Gardener will involve looking after our equipment and structures like fencing, keeping our grounds safe and tidy (including clearing any snow and ice in the winter), and planting a range of flowers, shrubs and trees. Once a year, you’ll be able to showcase your talents in our fiercely‑contested ‘Barchester in Bloom’ competition.

ABOUT YOU

If you have a passion for the great outdoors, you could be perfect for the role of Gardener at Barchester. One of your key priorities will be making sure your work fits around the needs of our residents, so a patient and empathetic approach is key. As well as general gardening experience, we’ll also need to see a good understanding of health and safety and the ability to use garden treatment chemicals in line with COSHH regulations. Trustworthy and professional with a can‑do approach, you’re a great team player who will take a genuine interest in the lives and wellbeing of our residents.

As this is a Bank position to provide cover as and when we need it (such as for annual leave or sick leave), the hours and days you work will vary.

REWARDS PACKAGE

As well as a competitive salary, Barchester offers one of the best rewards packages in the care sector. Your generous benefits would include:

• Free learning and development
• Automatic enrolment into our profit share scheme
• A range of holiday, retail and leisure discounts
• Unlimited access to our Refer a Friend bonus scheme

If you’d like to use your attention to detail and people skills in an organisation that provides the quality care you’d expect for your loved ones, this is a rewarding place to be.