
Job overview
Working for KCHFT has many benefits for all of our staff! Your hourly rate in this role will be £12.92. Weekend, Bank Holiday and unsociable working hours (8pm - 6am) will attract an enhanced hourly pay. Some of our benefits include: • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays. Your annual leave entitlement increases with length of service. • Automatic enrolment into the NHS Pension scheme (opt out available) • Access to NHS discounts and access to Blue Light card discounts We are recruiting for a Facilities Operative (cleaning) at Deal Hospital. The post involves working 15 hours per week, Monday to Friday, working times will be between 5pm and 10pm, a degree of flexibility will be required. Recent cleaning experience welcome though not essential. A full induction and training programme will be applied at the start of your journey with us. Working weekends and Bank Holidays attract Enhanced rates of pay.
Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship and therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.
Main duties of the job
This is primarily a hands-on cleaning position where you will learn all the back-ground skills and knowledge to enable you to complete the role, e.g. enhanced and periodic clean training, NHS National Cleaning standards, completion of paperwork, equipment training, COSHH, waste management and basic catering tasks i.e. making and serving of beverages, serving of patient meals.
We encourage you to call us here at Deal Hospital on 01304 865482 for more information, or to arrange a time to come in and see us, meet the team and receive support with your application. John Kelly would love to hear from you on 01304 865482 or email [email protected]. Or else you can chat to our recruitment team on 0300 123 2072 or email [email protected]
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
As a community Trust, many of our roles require individuals to be able to drive to perform their duties. Where driving is a requirement of the role, you will be asked to confirm that you hold a full UK driving licence or a full driving licence issued by an EU country (not exchanged from a non-EU country) to proceed with your application. We are committed to supporting candidates with disabilities into employment. If you are unable to drive due to a disability, please contact the Recruitment Team via [email protected], quoting the vacancy reference number, so we can support you further.
The job description and person specification gives you all the information you need about this role. Please look carefully at the criteria in the person specification and tell us what you have done that shows you meet this in your application. If you need an application form in an alternative format please let our recruitment team know. All information you supply on your application should, to the best of your knowledge, be true and accurate.
Still have questions? The recruiting manager would love to hear from you, their contact details can be found in the job advert.
We can get a lot of applications for some roles so to be in with the best chance of being shortlisted please make sure you apply as soon as possible. A vacancy may close early if there is a lot of interest in the job.
At KCHFT we strongly encourage colleagues in clinical and non-clinical roles who have direct or social contact with patients to be fully vaccinated. In this way we will be doing all we can to ensure your safety and that of your colleagues and the patients we serve.
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Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Recent Cleaning experience
Qualifications
Essential
- Understanding of written and verbal English language
- Basic numeracy skills
- Basic awareness of IT skills
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Able to manage own time effectively
Skills and Abilities
Essential
- Can work as part of a team and on their own initiative
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This advert is for Facilities Operative with Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust in Ashford, South East, England. It is listed as a Band 2 role. The advertised salary is £25,272 pro rata per annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 23 Jul 2026.
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