Gardener

Mercy Health Australia; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 34,000 - 44,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercy Health Cairns is seeking a part-time gardener to maintain outdoor spaces across Mercy Place Cairns.

You’ll perform garden bed care, pruning, planting, spraying, weeding and mulching, operate handheld and ride-on machinery, and support a compassionate care team. This role suits someone who values sustainability and reliability in a welcoming community setting.

Training and growth opportunities are provided to help you develop with Mercy.

Qualifications

• Commitment to sustainable gardening practices.
• Strong horticultural and garden-maintenance skills.
• Sound knowledge of plants, turf, pests, weeds and diseases.
• Competence in operating handheld and ride-on machinery.
• Strong time-management, organisational and communication abilities.
• A compassionate, flexible and positive attitude.
• Ability to build positive, respectful relationships.
• Previous maintenance experience; trade qualifications preferred but not essential.
• Capacity to work independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Maintain garden beds and landscape areas.
• Prune, plant, spray, weed and mulch as required.
• Operate garden machinery safely and efficiently.
• Support a collaborative team and residents/clients.

Skills

Sustainable gardening

Horticulture

Garden maintenance

Plant knowledge

Machinery operation

Time management

Communication

Compassionate attitude

Relationship building

Maintenance experience

Education

Trade qualifications preferred

Job description

Employment Type: Part Time. Location: Mercy Place Cairns

Where there's life, there's Mercy. Where there's care, there's You.

For over a century, our incredible teams have provided care for people at every stage of life. Across our aged care homes, hospitals and research facilities, and across numerous cities and towns, we're on a journey to keep growing our impact for the next hundred years.

As a for-purpose organisation with over 10,000 dedicated, compassionate people, we continue to offer more services and deeper care than ever before. With Mercy, you'll have the chance to make an impact and gain experience that's hard to find elsewhere.

At Mercy Health, it's all about taking what we have and making it better. To do that, we need you. Join us at Mercy Health, and help our teams deliver even greater outcomes.

What you'll bring

To thrive in this role, you will demonstrate:

• A commitment to sustainable gardening practices - applying environmentally responsible methods that align with organisational sustainability goals.
• Strong horticultural and garden-maintenance skills - including maintaining garden beds, pruning, planting, spraying, weeding and mulching.
• Sound knowledge of plants, turf, pests, weeds and diseases - enabling effective care and problem-solving across diverse garden environments.
• Competence in operating handheld and ride-on machinery - ensuring safe and efficient use of equipment.
• Strong time-management, organisational and communication abilities - with the capacity to adapt quickly and resolve issues effectively.
• A compassionate, flexible and positive attitude - contributing to a respectful and supportive workplace culture.
• Ability to build positive, respectful relationships - and actively support a collaborative team environment.
• Previous maintenance experience - with trade qualifications preferred but not essential.
• Capacity to work both independently and as part of a team - demonstrating initiative, reliability and accountability.

You will also be required to provide evidence of, or in the process of obtaining:

• A current Police Record Check and Working with Children Check.
• Current Drivers Licence

We acknowledge the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung peoples, traditional Custodians of the Land in which our Head Office is based, on traditional lands of the Kulin Nation and recognise their deep connections to the land, sea, and culture.

We extend this acknowledgment to the many Traditional Lands that we operate across Australia and pay our respects to Elders past and present.

The team at Mercy Health is as wonderfully diverse as the patients, residents, clients and communities we support. We're proud to be recognised as an Employer of Choice for Gender Equality by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency (WGEA). Mercy Health strongly encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and people of all ages, sexualities, genders, abilities and cultural backgrounds.