# Horticulture Instructor > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/horticulture-instructor/bc2ee5ec-a046-40b6-83cd-ed4365f56a7b - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/horticulture-instructor/bc2ee5ec-a046-40b6-83cd-ed4365f56a7b.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Wathwood Hospital Regional Secure Unit - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Instructor - **Grade:** Band 3 - **Salary:** £25760.00 to £27476.00 - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-29T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-12T11:23:52.457Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/-v8190883 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8190883?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.nottinghamshirehealthcare.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview We are seeking to recruit a technical instructor for our horticulture department, part-time 30 hours per week, at Wathwood Hospital. The horticulture department is set within beautiful grounds which overlook South Yorkshire. We have resources which includes large polytunnels, animal enclosures, and a café which we use to support patient care. This role supports patients with their reintegration into the community as part of their mental health rehabilitation and recovery. As a horticulture technical instructor you will be supporting patients in group and individual sessions to engage in gardening-related activities and animal care, as well as other practical, creative and social activities in the horticulture department, the wider hospital, and in the community. The horticulture site has a café which is open to the public on the weekends, therefore there will be an element of working with food, and liaison with the public will be a regular part of the role. This role includes working on weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis. Interviews will be held on 5th November. ### Main duties of the job To facilitate specific individual and group therapeutic horticultural activities within the hospital grounds and in the community. To have oversight of the maintenance of all horticulture areas including the polytunnels, allotment, fields, and greenhouse. To maintain animal husbandry for the wellbeing of animals which are on-site at Wathwood Hospital, including feeding the animals and maintenance of their housing. To utilise available green space to promote recovery and well-being. This includes offering hospital-based gardening related activities; particularly for those patients unable to access the external horticulture area. Risk assessment and risk management in the horticulture department. To be part of writing and reviewing activity-based risk assessments, producing protocols, patient guidelines and undertaking patient and staff inductions. To assist in the running of the café on a weekend alongside the café staff and volunteers, including some catering duties. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities To support in the provision of individual and group programmes related to therapeutic horticulture, both within the unit and the community. To contribute to the therapy provision at Wathwood Hospital under the direction of senior occupational therapy staff. Providing ongoing support to patients and staff to include horticultural skills, animal husbandry, environmental awareness, safe use and maintenance of potentially dangerous machinery and tools and community engagement through the Farm Shop and Café. Food hygiene training to support working in the café is required. To work as part of a team to deliver therapy using practical, vocational, creative, and leisure activity, to provide services for individuals experiencing mental ill health and/or personality disorder. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £20.00 (standard) or £41.00 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies. ### Applicant requirements This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Skills **Essential** - - Ability to demonstrate a non-judgmental and positive attitude towards working with mentally disordered offenders - - Ability to motivate others - - Ability to work independently and prioritise own workload - - Ability to work effectively without direct supervision - - Good verbal and written communication and ability to communicate in a range of forms - - Good IT skills to enable effective delivery of services **Desirable** - - Other skills relevant to the post. ### Training **Essential** - - Willingness to complete and engage in further training appropriate to the role. **Desirable** - - Training specific to mental health care - - Food hygiene training ### Knowledge **Essential** - - Understanding the purpose of rehabilitation and recovery in mental health care - - Knowledge of health and safety within the workplace and patient clinical risk issues - - Awareness of confidentiality and professional boundaries in a healthcare setting **Desirable** - - Understanding of Wathwood Hospital medium secure unit and its purpose ### Experience **Essential** - - Experience of working with individuals within a healthcare setting. - - Experience of organising and facilitating group and individual patient sessions. - - Experience and understanding of working in a team setting, liaising with colleagues, other agencies and services. - - Experience of maintaining written records. - - Experience and understanding of working in a team setting and communicating with a range of other colleagues and services **Desirable** - - Experience of working in forensic settings ### Qualifications **Essential** - - GCSE 5-9 (A*-C) or equivalent in Maths and English - - NVQ level 3 or equivalent experience in a related vocational area, animal care, healthcare. ### Physical Requirements **Essential** - - Ability to undertake relevant mandatory training and engage in the management of violence and aggression - - Occasional requirement to exert intense physical effort throughout the period of work to respond to incidents ### Values and Behaviours **Essential** - - All colleagues are expected to demonstrate that they act in line with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Values: Trust Honesty Respect Compassion Teamwork - - All colleagues are expected to demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and how it applies to their role. The Trust’s expectations are highlighted within our EDI Policy, and associated EDI and Human Rights legislation ### Contractual Requirements **Essential** - - Ability to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service - - Requirement to work weekends and bank holidays on a rotational basis ## Documents - [about the trust (pdf, 6.4mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2983) - [colleague benefits (pdf, 16.1mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2913) - [about nottinghamshire healthcare (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?ddoc=2079) - [job description and person spec (pdf, 368.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10608672) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.