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Cleaning Lead Medical – Join Our Team at Aramark UK!

Location: Catterick Integrated Care Centre Kitchener Road, Catterick Garrison, DL9 4HE

Annual Salary: £32,000

Contract type: Permanent, full-time, 40 hours/week, 5 days out of 7

Shift times: Various

Are you an experienced cleaning leader with a passion for maintaining the highest standards of healthcare cleanliness and infection prevention?

We're seeking a dedicated Cleaning Lead Medical to oversee the delivery of cleaning services at Catterick Integrated Care Centre. Leading a team of cleaning professionals, you'll play a critical role in creating a safe, hygienic, and welcoming environment for patients, visitors and healthcare staff while ensuring full compliance with NHS cleanliness standards.

About you:

You are a hands-on leader who leads by example and takes pride in maintaining exceptional standards. You have experience managing teams within a healthcare, clinical or NHS setting and understand the vital role that cleanliness and infection prevention play in supporting patient care.

Organised, proactive and solution-focused, you're confident managing rotas, responding to changing priorities and developing team members to achieve their best.

Why join us?

• Free parking on-site
• Fantastic benefits: Access to our Employee Benefits app with online GP, Employee Assistance Scheme, and hundreds of discounts.
• Company benefits: Life assurance, pension contributions, generous holiday entitlement (with the option to buy more).
• Career growth: We LOVE to promote from within! Plus, great training and apprenticeship opportunities to keep your learning journey going.

What you’ll do:

As the Clinical Cleaning Lead, you'll provide visible, hands-on leadership across the cleaning operation, ensuring services are delivered safely, efficiently and in full compliance with NHS cleanliness and infection control standards.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading, motivating, and supporting the cleaning team daily.
• Managing staff rotas, annual leave, sickness cover, and resource allocation to ensure operational requirements are consistently met.
• Conducting regular cleanliness audits across clinical, public, and administrative areas.
• Maintaining compliance records, audit documentation, and cleaning schedules.
• Ensuring all cleaning activities are carried out in accordance with NHS standards, COSHH regulations and infection prevention protocols.
• Supporting the onboarding, training, and development of team members.
• Delivering daily briefings and fostering a positive, high-performing team culture.
• Managing cleaning consumables, PPE, and equipment stock levels.
• Working closely with clinical teams to support specialist cleaning and decontamination requirements.
• Promoting a strong culture of health, safety, and continuous improvement throughout the service.

What we're looking for

We're keen to hear from candidates who can bring strong leadership skills, operational expertise and a genuine commitment to excellence.

• Essential
• Previous experience in a Cleaning Supervisor, Team Leader, or similar management role.
• Experience working within a healthcare, clinical or NHS environment.
• Strong understanding of infection prevention and control procedures.
• Experience managing staff rotas, attendance, and team performance.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Good IT skills, including the use of Microsoft Office applications.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to prioritise and adapt to changing operational demands.
• Desirable
• Recognised qualification in healthcare cleaning, infection control or health and safety, such as:
• BICSc qualification
• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Safety, Cleaning Services, or equivalent
• Experience using digital auditing and workforce scheduling systems.

If this role appeals to you, then apply now and show us the value you will bring.

About Aramark UK

At Aramark UK, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace where everyone is valued and empowered to thrive. As a proud Disability Confident and Forces Friendly employer, we actively encourage applications from individuals of all abilities and are dedicated to supporting employees with disabilities throughout their career journey.

We ensure our recruitment process is accessible, and reasonable adjustments are available at every stage, from application to interview and employment. If you require any accommodations or have any questions, please reach out to our recruitment team – careers@aramark.co.uk.

All applications will be treated in the strictest confidence.

If you are applying for this role and you already work for Aramark, you must notify your line manager before submitting your application. 

Job reference: 676705.