Gardener / Maintenance

Job Number: RIC04DU

Richmond Painswick Stroud Road Gloucestershire Painswick GL6 6UL

Location Status On site

Salary Amount £11.00

**Job title: Gardener / Maintenance**

**Location**:Richmond Villages Painswick, Stroud Road, Painswick, Gloucestershire, GL6 6UL**

**Salary: £11.00 per hour**

**Contract**:Permanent Contract**

**Shift Pattern**: Days, 32 hours per week, any days out of the 7** - Paid Breaks**

**Welcome Bonus: £500**

**_We consider all types of flexibility, including hours and working patterns_**

**We make health happen**

Here at Bupa we support those when they need it the most. Our care homes are dedicated to delivering person-centred care, supporting independence and honouring choice to help our residents live their best lives.
- Core role is gardening but must be willing to provide back up to driver and support maintenance team with compliance checks and we’ll support you to get the most out of your career.

**What your typical day involves**- Maintaining the village gardens, supporting with grass cutting and shrub bed maintenance, weed control, litter-picking, leaf clearance and watering-
- Ensure the grounds are tidy and remove any litter. Clean out drainage ditches and culverts as required-
- Providing a first-class horticultural environment for our residents, liaising with contractors where appropriate-
- Advising the management team on potential gardening issues and helping to plan areas that require improvement-
- Supporting our maintenance operatives with any repairs that may need completing such a fixing fences or painting outbuildings.**Who we’re looking for**

Friendly and approachable, you’re passionate about gardening and have a keen eye for detail, you may even have an NVQ in Horticulture. With previous experience of general gardening or grounds maintenance, you’re comfortable with the safe use of chemicals under COSSH regulations. You’re adaptable and organised and happy working as part of a team, supporting the maintenance team and driver as and when required.

**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 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

**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.

As a Disability Confident employer, we offer a guaranteed interview for every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the job. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.

Unposting Date Ongoing

Care Home Postcode GL6 6UL

Job: Maintenance