Cleaner (Hotel Services Operative)

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

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Job summary

Are you passionate about cleaning?

Start your rewarding career in healthcare. Apply today!

Our friendly Estates and Facilities Team in Canterbury 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.

This post is for 15 hours per week, which is worked between the hours of 6am - 9 am Monday to Friday.

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

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

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people across the county.

The Trust (rated Good overall by the CQC and Outstanding for care) has 3,283 staff working in 66 buildings across 33 locations, covering an area of 1,450 square miles.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Benefits

Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank holidays
Access to the fantastic NHS pension scheme.
Eligibility for the Blue Light Card (discount service for the NHS, providing members with thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street).
Realistic flexible working options

KMPT is creating an environment for equal opportunities for all, where we canALLbe ourselves. We take pride in our services - which are underpinned by ourTrust valueswhich can be foundhere.

Date posted

17 April 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

380-SS0510

Job locations

Laurel House, Canterbury

41 Old Dover Road

Canterbury

CT1 3HH

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 isnotessential, so please do apply if you feel your skills and experience align with our requirements

For an informal discussion please contact Elaine Whyatt

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 isnotessential, so please do apply if you feel your skills and experience align with our requirements

For an informal discussion please contact Elaine Whyatt

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

Person Specification

Knowledge

Desirable

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
NVQ trained to level 2

Skills

Essential

Able to work as part of a team
To be a team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills enabling affective partnership working at all levels

Experience

Essential

Previous cleaning experience

Desirable

Previous Hotel Services experience desirable.

Person Specification

Knowledge

Desirable

Basic Food Hygiene Certificate
NVQ trained to level 2

Skills

Essential

Able to work as part of a team
To be a team player with excellent interpersonal and communication skills enabling affective partnership working at all levels

Experience

Essential

Previous cleaning experience

Desirable

Previous Hotel Services experience desirable.

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.