Gardener

Barchester Healthcare Homes Limited; Oxford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - GBP 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Oxford is seeking a passionate Gardener to maintain beautiful outdoor spaces. Responsibilities include ensuring safety and tidiness of grounds, planting diverse flora, and budding up for the annual 'in Bloom' competition. Candidates should have gardening experience, understand health and safety protocols, and possess a patient approach to working with residents. Barchester offers a rewarding salary and an excellent benefits package that includes training and a profit share scheme.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in general gardening tasks.
• Ability to maintain and care for garden equipment.
• Knowledge of COSHH regulations.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the grounds to the highest standards.
• Plant and care for flowers, shrubs, and trees.
• Keep grounds safe and tidy, including snow and ice clearance.

Skills

Gardening experience

Understanding health and safety

Ability to use garden treatment chemicals

Patient and empathetic approach

Attention to detail

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.

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.