Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Cleaner

The closing date is 25 November 2025

Job summary

Are you passionate about cleaning?

Start your rewarding career in healthcare. Apply today!

Our friendly Estates and Facilities Team in Maidstone are seeking a part-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 15 hours per week - Monday and Tuesday 07.00-15.00

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

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 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 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.

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.

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

Our strategyOur mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

Check out our recruitment videos Recruitment - YouTube

Details

Date posted

11 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

380-SS0688-A

Job locations

Priority House, Maidstone

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH


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.

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
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

Priority House, Maidstone

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Address

Priority House, Maidstone

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Facilities site supervisor

Sabrina Glanville

sabrina.glanville@nhs.net

01622723208

Details

Date posted

11 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,465 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

380-SS0688-A

Job locations

Priority House, Maidstone

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH


Supporting documents

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