Job summary
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Our friendly Estates and Facilities Team in Canterbury are seeking a Mobile Cleaner, apply now and kickstart your career in the NHS.
We are seeking a Mobile Cleaner who has the determination, and valuable skills required, to ensure our hygiene standards are met in line with New NHS Cleaning Guidelines.
This post is for 37.5 hours per week, which is worked between the hours of 06:00-19:00 Monday to Friday.
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).
Main duties of the job
This role is based at St Martins Hospital in Canterbury which consists of four acute secure mental health wards, a large area offices building, a training centre, and a community older adults outpatient building.
The Site Management Team, Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust, provides delivery of soft facilities services across site.
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
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.
Details
Date posted
05 February 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 2
Salary
£24,465 a year per annum pro rata
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
380-SS0741-A
Job locations
St Martins Hospital, Canterbury
Littlebourne road
Canterbury
CT1 1AZ
Employer details
Employer name
Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust
Address
St Martins Hospital, Canterbury
Littlebourne road
Canterbury
CT1 1AZ
Employer's website
https://www.kentmedwaymentalhealth.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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