Kent and Medway Mental Health NHS Trust

Cleaner

The closing date is 09 March 2026

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 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.

This post is for 37.5 hours per week, which is worked between the hours of Monday- Friday 09.00-17.00

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

Main duties of the job

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 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.

Check out our Priority house, Maidstone site

Date posted

23 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, Part-time

Reference number

380-SS0743-A

Job locations

Priority house

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

Job description

Job responsibilities

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Experience

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

For an informal discussion please contact Sabrina Glanville

Please refer to the documents tab for the new Hotel Services Operative job description for main duties and responsibilities.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Qualifications, Knowledge, and Experience

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

For an informal discussion please contact Sabrina Glanville

Please refer to the documents tab for the new Hotel Services Operative job description for main duties and responsibilities.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous cleaning experience essential

Desirable

Previous NHS experience

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

Good standard of communication written and spoken English

Desirable

NVQ Level 2

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Ability to read, follow and implement instructions.
Work unsupervised.
Able to prioritise workload.
Ability to learn new skills

Desirable

Understanding of COSHH.
Understanding of the NHS Cleaning Standards.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

Previous cleaning experience essential

Desirable

Previous NHS experience

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

Good standard of communication written and spoken English

Desirable

NVQ Level 2

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

Ability to read, follow and implement instructions.
Work unsupervised.
Able to prioritise workload.
Ability to learn new skills

Desirable

Understanding of COSHH.
Understanding of the NHS Cleaning Standards.

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

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

Hermitage Lane

Maidstone

ME16 9PH

Employer's website

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