Gardener

Mercy Aged and Community Care Ltd; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 30,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

Mercy Health in Cairns is seeking a Part Time Gardener/Groundskeeper at Mercy Place Cairns to maintain gardens, beds, and grounds with a focus on sustainable practices. You will work with the team to ensure safe, clean, and attractive outdoor spaces for residents and staff.

Ideal candidates demonstrate strong horticultural skills, time management, and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a respectful, patient-focused environment.

Qualifications

• 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.

Skills

Sustainable gardening

Garden maintenance

Plants, turf, pests knowledge

Handheld machinery

Time management

Communication

Teamwork and adaptability

Maintenance experience

Independent work & accountability

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

• 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.

Mercy Health Australia is renowned for its unwavering commitment to providing compassionate and patient‑centered health services and aged care services.

If you're value and display empathy, integrity, and are seeking the opportunity to make a real difference, we invite you to join us!

Mercy Health is made up of 10,000 people who provide acute and subacute hospital care, aged care, mental health programs, maternity and specialist women’s health services, early parenting services, home care services and health worker training and development. Mercy Health employs people from many cultures and backgrounds who, irrespective of their beliefs, share a common bond to care for those in need.

We look forward to welcoming you to your journey with Mercy Health.