Gardener - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an esteemed care home as a Gardener where your love for the outdoors will enhance the lives of residents. You'll maintain beautiful outdoor spaces and ensure a safe, welcoming environment. Enjoy a rewarding role with competitive pay and generous benefits in a supportive team.

Benefits

Free learning and development

Automatic enrolment into profit share scheme

Holiday, retail, and leisure discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Gardening experience and understanding of COSHH regulations are essential.
• High standards of professionalism and trustworthiness required.
• Must show empathy and a patient approach towards residents.

Responsibilities

• Maintain grounds safely and tidily ensuring a great first impression.
• Participate in the 'Barchester in Bloom' competition once a year.
• Clear snow and ice in winter and look after gardening equipment.

Skills

General gardening experience

Health and safety understanding

Ability to use garden treatment chemicals

Attention to detail

Team player

Empathetic approach

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.