Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Cleaner

The closing date is 07 July 2025

Job summary

Our friendly Estates and Facilities Team at St Martin's , Canterbury are seeking a part time Domestic Assistant, apply now and kickstart your career in the NHS.

At Kent & Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust we understand the vital role played by cleaning staff within the NHS. Therefore, we are looking for hard working individuals to help us achieve The National Cleaning Standards

Domestic Assistant Benefits:

  • Annual leave allowance starting at 27 days per year (when working full time) + Bank Holiday's.
  • 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).

Main duties of the job

  • The daily shift plan is completed in the agreed time scale and hygiene standards are met.
  • Cleaning is carried out in accordance with recognised approved Trust methods/procedures.
  • To participate in the Cleanliness in Hospitals Programme.
  • To complete departmental performance monitoring weekly, to achieve and maintain the Trust standard.
  • To ensure waste is disposed of in accordance with the Trust waste disposal policy, assuring Health and Safetystandards are adhered to.

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 in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

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.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Details

Date posted

23 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

380-SS0669

Job locations

St Martins Hospital, Canterbury

Littlebourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 1AZ


Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for the full details on responsibilities and person specifications.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached job description for the full details on responsibilities and person specifications.

Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • previous knowledge and experience of working in a previous role
  • Ability to work shift times and patterns
  • Ability to work without direct supervision.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of cleaning guidelines
  • Flexible approach to duties.
  • Previous Hotel Services experience
  • NHS experience

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • Knowledge of Coshh related products
  • English and mathematics Level 1
  • Basic IT skills

Desirable

  • Ability to cover work colleges
  • NVQ level 2 in cleaning - training will be given

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Deal appropriately with Service Users, staff and the general public
  • Written and verbal communication skills
  • Attention to detail
Person Specification

Essential

Essential

  • previous knowledge and experience of working in a previous role
  • Ability to work shift times and patterns
  • Ability to work without direct supervision.

Desirable

  • Knowledge of cleaning guidelines
  • Flexible approach to duties.
  • Previous Hotel Services experience
  • NHS experience

Training, Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • Knowledge of Coshh related products
  • English and mathematics Level 1
  • Basic IT skills

Desirable

  • Ability to cover work colleges
  • NVQ level 2 in cleaning - training will be given

Knowledge and Skills

Essential

  • Deal appropriately with Service Users, staff and the general public
  • Written and verbal communication skills
  • Attention to detail

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 & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

St Martins Hospital, Canterbury

Littlebourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 1AZ


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

St Martins Hospital, Canterbury

Littlebourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 1AZ


Employer's website

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


Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Site Supervisor

Lindsay Jameson

lindsay.jameson@nhs.net

07500572815

Details

Date posted

23 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

380-SS0669

Job locations

St Martins Hospital, Canterbury

Littlebourne Road

Canterbury

CT1 1AZ


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