Job summary
- Main area
- Cleaning
- Grade
- NHS AfC: Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 15 hours per week (Monday to friday 6am to 9 am)
- Job ref
- 846-8134800-EP
- Employer
- Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Heathside Centre
- Town
- Coxheath, Maidstone
- Salary
- £25,272 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 09/08/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Facilities Operative
NHS AfC: Band 2
Job overview
Please note: at this stage, the role is open only to colleagues currently employed within Kent and Medway NHS Trusts, the Kent and Medway Integrated Care Board (ICB) and Medway Community Healthcare. Nursing vacancies are also open to Student Nurses and Newly Qualified Nurses.
We are recruiting for Facilities Operatives (cleaning) at Heathside Centre. The posts involve working 15 hours per week. Experience within the Commercial Cleaning industry is welcomed.
Your hourly rate in this role will be £12.92 Weekend and Bank Holidays will attract an enhanced hourly pay.
Working for KCHFT has many benefits for all of our staff which include:
- 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Your annual leave entitlement increases with length of service.
- Automatic enrolment into the NHS Pension scheme (opt out available)
- Access to NHS discounts and access to Blue Light card discounts
Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.
Main duties of the job
This is primarily a hands-on cleaning position where you will learn all the back-ground skills and knowledge to
Working for our organisation
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust is due to integrate with Medway Community Healthcare on 1 October 2026. Following integration and to align our community services to the new Neighbourhood Model of care delivery, there will be a period of consultation which may result in changes affecting some services, teams or roles. Depending on the area you are applying to work in, this could include potential changes to your role, work base, reporting arrangements, or terms and conditions of employment. Any changes would be subject to consultation and managed sensitively and in line with relevant employment processes. Please do contact the recruiting manager if you have any concerns about this so they can answer any questions you might have.
Rated ‘Outstanding’ by CQC, we deliver high-quality care that improves the health of our communities. We are looking for people who share our values: Compassionate, Aspirational, Responsive and Excellent.
We are proud to be an inclusive, welcoming organisation and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. We use protected characteristic information for monitoring only and it is not seen by recruiting managers, except where applicants choose to be considered under our disability guaranteed interview scheme.
We know life outside work matters. As a flexible working-friendly organisation, we welcome conversations about arrangements that help you thrive while supporting excellent care for our patients.
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Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
Find out more about the community difference here.
Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Good standard of general education including literacy and numeracy
Desirable criteria
- Functional Skills at Level 2 (Literacy and numeracy/ GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English and Maths)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Understanding of good hygiene
- Basic knowledge of IT skills
- Understanding of written and verbal English language
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of NHS Cleaning Standards 2025
- Knowledge of COSHH and Health and Safety practices
Experience
Essential criteria
- Recent cleaning experience
- Experience of working as part of a team
Desirable criteria
- Experience of cleaning in a health and Social Care setting
Skills And Abilities
Essential criteria
- Attention to detail and presentation
- Able to carry out manual tasks
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Application numbers
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Melissa Morley
- Job title
- Facilities Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
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