Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Mobile Cleaner

The closing date is 18 May 2025

Job summary

Are you passionate about cleaning?

Start your rewarding career in healthcare. Apply today!

Our friendly Estates and Facilities Team in Dartford are seeking a Mobile 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.

This is a multi-site role and you would be required to travel between sites promptly. You may also be required to attend more than one site in a day.

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010).

What is High Cost Area Allowance?

The High-Cost Area (HCA) allowance, also referred to as London Weighting is a payment made to employees who work in London and the surrounding areas.

As this post is based in Dartford, Gravesham or Swanley, the successful applicant will receive an additional payment each month.

5% of basic salary, subject to a minimum payment of £1,258 per year and a maximum payment of £2,121 per year (the agreed annual amount will be divided into 12 equal amounts and paid monthly).

Main duties of the job

The Site Management Team, Kent and Medway NHS, and Social Care Partnership Trust provide delivery of soft facilities services across the site.

We have 1 full-time position that will work 37.5 hours per week. You will work no more than 7.5 hours a day, Monday through Sunday, if working full time between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.; this will be done on a four-week rotation basis.

Responsibilities

  • 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 managing own task schedules.
  • Maintain a high standard of provision of other Hotel Services related tasks.
  • Work as part of the Hotel Services 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 point

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We arerated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Here are some clips of our Facilities staff, speaking about their role and why they enjoy working for KMPT.

Facilities Team Leader:https://youtu.be/N3KWBGBqdGc?si=B6mYiMb1fLa8c0NI

Domestic Assistant:https://youtu.be/GtLEYNjkmJk?si=03GNYY661AaPVSWX

Details

Date posted

06 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,427 a year per annum pro rata (inclusive of high-cost area supplement)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0645

Job locations

Greenacres Site

Bow Arrow Lane

Dartford

DA2 6PB


Job description

Job responsibilities

Qualifications, Knowledge, and ExperienceCandidates 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 job description for full details.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Qualifications, Knowledge, and ExperienceCandidates 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 job description for full details.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous cleaning experience

Desirable

  • Nhs experience

Skills

Essential

  • Coshh training

Desirable

  • Cleaning NVQ
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous cleaning experience

Desirable

  • Nhs experience

Skills

Essential

  • Coshh training

Desirable

  • Cleaning NVQ

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 & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Greenacres Site

Bow Arrow Lane

Dartford

DA2 6PB


Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

Greenacres Site

Bow Arrow Lane

Dartford

DA2 6PB


Employer's website

https://www.kmpt.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Facilities Manager

Anita Boulding

a.boulding@nhs.net

07770323508

Details

Date posted

06 May 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£25,427 a year per annum pro rata (inclusive of high-cost area supplement)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

380-SS0645

Job locations

Greenacres Site

Bow Arrow Lane

Dartford

DA2 6PB


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