About this role
Job summary
Are you passionate about cleaning?
Start your rewarding career in healthcare. Apply today!
Our friendly Estates and Facilities Team at the Trevor Gibbens Unit in Maidstone are seeking a full-time Cleaner, apply now and kickstart your career in the NHS.
We are seeking a Cleaner who has the determination, and valuable skills required, to ensure our hygiene standards are met in line with New NHS Cleaning Guidelines.
1 post Available for 37.5 hours per week,
Monday to Friday 7am - 2.50pm (include 20 minute lunchbreak)
Here are some clips of our Facilities staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust.
Facilities Team Leader: https://youtu.be/N3KWBGBqdGc?si=B6mYiMb1fLa8c0NI
Domestic Assistant: https://youtu.be/GtLEYNjkmJk?si=03GNYY661AaPVSWX
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. Complete weekly departmental performance monitoring, to achieve and maintain the Trust's own standards. Maintain a patient focused service across clinical areas. Undertake general cleaning and other related domestic tasks to a high standard, within a designated area and manage own task schedules. Maintain a high standard of provision of other Facilities related tasks. Work as part of the Facilities Team in conjunction with ward managers on all aspects of ward cleaning and hygiene. Ensure waste is disposed of in accordance with the Trust waste disposal policy, assuring Health and Safety standards are adhered to. Removal of rubbish to designated collection points.
About us
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.
Job description Job 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 see the attached job description for full details of the main duties and responsibilities of the role.
Person Specification
Qualification Essential
Good standard of written & spoken English
Desirable
NVQ in cleaning
Experience Essential
Previous Cleaning experience
Desirable
NHS experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Address Trevor Gibbens Unit
Hermitage Lane
Maidstone
ME16 9PL
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.kentmedwaymentalhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)