Gardener

Bupa Global; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading care home is seeking a dedicated gardener to maintain its gardens. The role involves caring for lawns, flowerbeds, and advising on gardening improvements. This part-time position offers flexible hours and various benefits to support employee wellbeing.

Benefits

Healthcare access

Annual healthcare allowance

Free meals

28 days holiday

Long service rewards

Interest-free travel loan

Early wage access

Pension plans

Parental leave schemes

Menopause Plan

Gym discounts

Sick pay scheme

Qualifications

• Passion for gardening and maintaining gardens.
• Ability to advise on gardening issues.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for upkeep and care of the home’s gardens.
• Maintain lawns, flowerbeds, and assist with maintenance tasks.

Skills

Gardening

Job description

St Mary's Care Home, 19 Dunstable Road, Luton, LU1 1BE

Part Time Permanent Contract - 5 hours per week

£12.25 - £13.25 per hour dependent on experience

About the role

You will be responsible for the upkeep and care of the home’s gardens

Your key duties will include maintaining lawns, looking after flowerbeds, borders and hedges, weeding and pruning our shrubs and small trees

You will advise the Home Manager on potential gardening issues and help to plan areas that require improvement

Occasionally, you will assist the Maintenance team with other ad hoc duties in and around the home.

Who we’re looking for

With a passion for gardening, you will take real pride in your work. You will enjoy maintaining and developing the home’s gardens, ensuring our residents can enjoy the pleasant and relaxing environment.

Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health – from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• My Healthcare - Quick, easy access to support, advice, and treatment for a variety of health-related issues, including remote GP appointments, physiotherapy and mental health support – all available via one phone number 24/7
• Annual allowance which you can redeem against a menu of Bupa healthcare products, all to the approximate value of £350
• Free meal on every shift
• 28 days holiday
• Long service - For every milestone at Bupa we will reward you with ecards, extra holidays and money!
• Interest-free annual travel loan to enable the purchase of public transport annual season tickets
• Wagestream - Have early access to up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes
• We offer a range of Bupa pension plans – find out more on our career site
• Parental leave - We have schemes for adoption, birth parents and co parents -find out more on our career site
• Menopause Plan - Specifically designed to empower women to seek advice, choose their treatment and take control of their health
• Access to discounts at a wide variety of gyms and fitness facilities across the UK
• We offer a sick pay scheme to our frontline teams, as an addition to statutory sick pay, to help provide some reassurance and financial support during longer absences.

Why Bupa?

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose – helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”, we champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.