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Job summary

Main area
Cleaning
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 2
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Part time - 15 hours per week (Monday to Friday 5pm to 8pm)
Job ref
846-6796054-EP
Employer
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital
Town
Herne Bay
Salary
£23,615 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
01/12/2024 23:59

Employer heading

Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust logo

Facilities Operative

NHS AfC: Band 2

Job overview

We are recruiting for a Facilities Operative leaning role at Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital Herne Bay Kent:
Working Monday to Friday 5pm to 8pm Your hourly rate in this role will be £12.05. Our cleaning teams operate 365 days per year and any rostered Bank Holiday working hours 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

Experience is welcome though not essential. A full induction and training programme will be applied at the start of your journey with us. You will be trained to complete your role in various outpatient depts. across the site and the inpatient ward.

We encourage you to call us here at Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital for more information, or to arrange a time to come in and see us and meet the team. Anne Hoyle would love to hear from you on 07789500592 or email [email protected].
Or else you can chat to our recruitment team on 0300 123 2072 or email [email protected].

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, National Cleaning standards, completion of paperwork, equipment training and waste management

Please note, this vacancy does not meet the criteria for skilled worker sponsorship.  Therefore, we are unable to accept applications from candidates that cannot provide documentary evidence of right to work in the United Kingdom.

Working for our organisation

Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’ve got a passion for delivering high standards of patient care and excellent services to improve the health of our communities. To do this we need outstanding people who share our values compassionate Aspirational Responsive Excellent

We know a commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion leads to better patient care and a happier workforce. We pride ourselves in being diverse and welcome applications from people with varied backgrounds, perspectives and experiences

We ask for information about your protected characteristics on our application forms. This isn’t visible to anyone involved with shortlisting or interviewing you, except when you choose to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme due to disability. Short listers will see two ticks alongside your application to ensure they apply the principles of the scheme to your submission

The data we collect helps us to ensure we are attracting diversity in our applicants, that all our colleagues have equitable access to career opportunities and supports us on our journey to being a Great Place to Work

As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Talk to us about a flexible working arrangement that won’t involve sacrificing time for personal interests or family commitments. We’ll support you to work flexibly in a way that will suits us both

See where you can go with KCHFT career pathways

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

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.

Find out more about the community difference here.

Good luck! We can’t wait to meet you and welcome you to #teamKCHFT, #cometocommunity.

Person specification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Understanding of written and verbal English language. Basic numeracy skills. Basic awareness of IT skills

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Previous experience welcome but not essential as full training is provided

personal attributes

Essential criteria
  • Willingness to learn cleaning and catering techniques. Positive attitude. Kind and compassionate. Able to work as part of a team

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardVeteran AwareDisability confident leaderDefence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) - BronzeCare quality commission - OutstandingKent Community - Platinum Award LogoKEiBA Valuing Disability Business of the Year 2021Accredited Menopause Friendly EmployerRIDI Awards Finalist 2024

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Anne Hoyle
Job title
Facilities Manager
Email address
[email protected]
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