Location
Salary
£24,465 per annum pro rata
Profession
Estates and facilities
Grade
Band 2
Deadline
09 Mar 2026
Contract Type
Permanent
Posted Date
23 Feb 2026

Job overview

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

Detailed job description and main 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.