Gardener - Care Home

Barchester Healthcare; Oxford; Sur place; GBP 18 000 - 24 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Free learning and development

Profit share scheme enrolment

Holiday, retail and leisure discounts

Refer a Friend bonus scheme

Résumé du poste

Barchester Healthcare is seeking a dedicated Gardener to maintain the care home grounds to a high standard, ensuring a welcoming outdoor space for residents and visitors. You will manage equipment and fencing, carry out winter safety tasks, and plant a variety of flora, contributing to a vibrant, safe environment.

With a focus on health and safety, you will work as part of a friendly team, delivering quality care and being a trusted presence for residents throughout the year.

Qualifications

• General gardening experience
• Good health and safety understanding
• Ability to use garden treatment chemicals in line with COSHH regulations
• Trustworthy and professional with a can-do approach
• Great team player who cares about residents' wellbeing

Responsabilités

• Maintain and improve the care home grounds to a high standard
• Care for equipment and structures such as fencing
• Keep grounds safe and tidy, including snow/ice removal in winter
• Plant and care for flowers, shrubs and trees
• Contribute to a welcoming outdoor space for residents and visitors
• Participate in the Barchester in Bloom competition

Description du poste

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 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.

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Benefits

• 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.