Gardener

Job Description:

Gardener

Richmond Villages Wood Norton, Evesham Road, Evesham, Worcestershire, WR11 4TY* *SatNav WR11 4YB

£11.60 per hour – Paid breaks

Permanent. Part Time. 24 hours a week across 3x 8 hour shifts, Monday to Friday

We make health happen

At Bupa, we offer essential support when it matters most. Richmond Villages Wood Norton provides luxury retirement living with personalized care that promotes independence and honours individual choice, allowing our residents to live their best lives. We take pride in our carehome.co.uk review score of 9.9 out of 10.

Our gardeners plays a vital role in enhancing the well-being of residents by creating a peaceful and therapeutic environment. The successful candidate will work under the Head Gardeners supervision, carrying out a variety of horticultural tasks along with ensuring the overall aesthetic appeal of the outdoor spaces as well as taking part in ongoing projects and maintenance. This will include tending borders, strimming, mowing/lawn care, watering, and planting.

Key Skills / Qualifications needed for this role:

Candidates should be competent using a range of garden machinery and an entry-level horticultural qualification is desirable along with NPTC PA1/PA6 Knapsack Spraying.

Benefits

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, physiotherapy, and mental health support – all available from 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 with 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 up to 40% of your earned wages within minutes.
Competitive Pension plans and Parental leave options as well as access to unique products such as our Menopause plan.
My Bupa Extras – discounts at your favourite retailers, plus a huge range of tools, content and information to support you with your wellbeing.
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.