Gardener - Yeovil, United Kingdom - St. Margaret's Hospice

St. Margaret's Hospice

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Yeovil, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Do you have a passion for gardening, with experience and knowledge of plant and tree care?

Estates and Grounds maintenance at St Margaret's Hospice is entering into an exciting phase of development.

As such we are looking for a part-time Gardener (16 hours per week) to to provide an in-house, customer focused maintenance and gardening service.

Based in Yeovil, you will join us on a permanent basis and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of
£9,377 per annum.

You won't just be joining a fantastic team - you'll be part of a welcoming, community minded charity. Our mission is to provide excellent specialist palliative care for patients and support to their families. Everyone here contributes and has a part to play towards our goal.

If you speak to any of our staff or volunteers, they will tell you how the patient is at the heart of everything they do.

So, if you're looking for a role where you can really make a difference, working as part of a supportive team, we could be a perfect match.

What can you expect to be doing?

Using your practical skills and own initiative, you will play a vital role in maintaining and developing the gardens at our Yeovil Hospice.

Experience with the handling of hand mowers, ride-on mowers, strimmers, hedge cutters and leaf blower would be an advantage as they are essential parts of the role.

You will be forward thinking, actively supporting the introduction of new ideas, methods, and processes to continually improve working practices.

With a flexible approach to your day-to-day routines, you will be self-motivated and able to work well as part of a team and supervise a small team of garden volunteers.

Our Core Competencies for our Gardener:

Self-awareness
Understanding and being aware of yourself and how to react and interact with others

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Leading in your area

Regardless of management position, we all lead and take responsibility in our area of work

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Working with others

People working together to achieve team and organisational goals and respecting others

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Outcomes and results

Organising ourselves to get the job done, delivering a highquality service, and being accountable for the outcomes

Benefits
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Holiday entitlement

33 days holiday including bank holidays rising to 35 days after 1 year, and increasing with length of service (prorata if parttime)
Recognise continuous service for clinical staff paid at band 5+ who join directly from the NHS or another hospice

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Pension scheme

NHS employees eligible to continue with their NHS pension scheme
Non-NHS employees will receive 5% employer and 5% employee contribution

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Life assurance cover - 2x salary
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Award-winning Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family offering:

Vitality & wellbeing health portal for non-emergency care
Unlimited access to 24/7 online GP Consultations for employees, their partners, and dependent children as well as Expert Case Management
Confidential and free 24hour Employee Assistance
Counselling and support
Legal, financial, and medical information and advice

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