Job summary
- Main area
- Corporate Services
- Grade
- Band 2
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Part time - 20 hours per week (Monday to Friday - 3.30pm - 7.30pm)
- Job ref
- 380-SS0766-A
- Employer
- Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Trevor Gibbens Unit
- Town
- Maidstone, Kent
- Salary
- £24,465 Forensic RRP applies
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/04/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Housekeeper
Band 2
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We offer a range of ongoing benefits to our valued workforce. From an active health and wellbeing programme to regular recognition events, we work hard to provide varied benefits that make a difference to your work-life balance.
Here are some clips of our Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for us
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you.
Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
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Job overview
Are you passionate about cleaning?
Start your rewarding career in healthcare. Apply today!
Our friendly Estates and Facilities Team are seeking a part-time Cleaner. Apply now and kickstart your career in the NHS.
At Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust we understand the vital role played by cleaning staff within the NHS. Therefore, we are looking for hard working individuals to help us achieve The National Cleaning Standards
Check out our Domestic Assistant Video
Cleaner Benefits
- Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank Holiday’s.
- Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.
- Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street)
Main duties of the job
- Complete the daily shift plan in the agreed time scale, ensuring cleanliness and hygiene standards are met in line with new NHS
- Cleaning Guidelines.
- Cleaning is carried out in accordance with recognised approved Trust methods/procedures.
- To participate in the Cleanliness in Hospitals Programme.
- To complete departmental performance monitoring weekly, to achieve and maintain the Trust standard.
- To ensure waste is disposed of in accordance with the Trust waste disposal policy, assuring Health and Safety
standards are adhered to.
Working for our organisation
We are the Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust. We care for the mental health and wellbeing of people across Kent and Medway. Our teams support adults with a wide range of mental health needs. Because we cover the whole county and both hospital and community settings, we can make care more joined up and easier to access for the 1.8 million people of Kent and Medway. Rated ‘Good’ by the CQC, we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 in the community each year.
Our vision is simple: We are here to help communities not just live with mental illness, but live well. It’s why we’re passionate about working with communities to make mental health care better for everyone. And everything we do is guided by our values caring, inclusive, curious and confident.
Join us - if you share our passion for better mental health care and want to be part of a team that’s doing well together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Candidates must have previous cleaning experience, basic knowledge of National Cleaning Standards, and excellent verbal and written communication skills. This is essential due to the importance of the post holder being able to understand and communicate handover information.
The ability to work without direct supervision is also super important.
NHS experience is not essential, so please do apply if you feel your skills and experience align with our requirements.
Please refer to the attached job description for the full details on the responsibilities and person specification
Person specification
Essential
Essential criteria
- previous knowledge and experience of working in a previous role
- Ability to work shift times and patterns
- Ability to work without direct supervision.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of cleaning guidelines
- Flexible approach to duties.
- Previous Hotel Services experience
- NHS experience
Training, Qualifications and Registration
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of Coshh related products
- English and mathematics Level 1
- Basic IT skills
Desirable criteria
- Ability to cover work colleges
- NVQ level 2 in cleaning - training will be given
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
- Deal appropriately with Service Users, staff and the general public
- Written and verbal communication skills
- Attention to detail
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Debbie Simmons
- Job title
- Facilities Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01622 723108
- Additional information
Please contact Debbie Simmons if you have any questions regarding the post
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