Trainee sterile cleaner

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Barnard Castle
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Entry-level
SALARY
£33,150 / year
CATEGORY
Cleaning & Facilities
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SKILLS

Communication Basic English proficiency Flexibility Proactive approach Teamwork Independent work Customer service Health and safety awareness

FULL DESCRIPTION

Trainee sterile cleaner

Company: [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Location: GSK, Harmire Road, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, DL12 8DT

Employment: Full time, Permanent

Salary: £27,330 - £33,150 per annum

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Better places, thriving communities. At [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] we bring out the best in places. Unlocking their potential so that everyone looks forward to using them and can do their best work in them. From offices and shopping centres to hospitals and airports, we create better places for the communities we serve to thrive.

Role Overview

We're looking for a Trainee Sterile Cleaner who will deliver excellent service standards, while meeting SLA agreements and adhering to cleaning schedules.

Key Details

  • Contract: Permanent
  • Type: Full Time
  • Hours: 37.5 hours per week
  • Salary: £27,330 to £33,150 per annum
  • Location: GSK, Harmire Road, Barnard Castle, County Durham, England, DL12 8DT

Role Responsibilities

  • Ensure equipment is kept clean, well maintained, and in safe working order
  • Meet all agreed SLAs and follow cleaning schedules
  • Build knowledge of the designated cleaning area and understand cleaning equipment and chemicals used
  • Follow Health and Safety requirements and complete all required training
  • Work effectively within a team and independently, delivering excellent customer service

What We're Looking For

  • Ability to communicate and read basic English
  • Previous cleaning experience is desirable but not essential
  • Flexible and proactive approach to work
  • Open, honest, self-driven, and determined attitude
  • Reliable and hardworking with a professional demeanour

What We Offer You

  • Holiday entitlement and pension contributions
  • Discounts through MiDeals with over 850 high street retailers
  • Access to a virtual GP and financial wellbeing support via Salary Finance
  • Flexible benefits platform, Choices, to customise your benefits
  • Recognition through [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Stars, with monthly and annual cash prizes

Additional Benefits

Our market-leading offering provides you with benefits that suit your lifestyle. We have a virtual GP on hand for you and members of your household. So you can get expert advice by video or phone without having to leave your home. We offer financial wellbeing assistance through our Salary Finance scheme. For example, you could access 50% of your earned pay before payday for a small fee. Salary Finance also offers competitive loans.

When you join us, we’ll give you a link to our flexible lifestyle benefits platform, Choices. You might choose to purchase up to five extra days’ holiday each year. You might buy critical illness insurance, seek dental treatment or buy technology products at an affordable cost. There are many choices!

We give you access to high street discounts from thousands of well-known retailers, gyms and more through our MiDeals platform. And we have a cycle-to-work scheme. Life cover of up to four times your salary is available. We also offer enhanced pension contributions, a save-as-you-earn scheme, and a [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Matching Share Plan (you could even be awarded free shares in [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]).

We award our employees with [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Stars as recognition for their hard work. There are cash prizes up for grabs each month and at the end of the year there’s a chance to scoop a top prize of £10,000!

Career Development

Our success is a direct result of the experience and quality of our people. Progressing your career is therefore a top priority for us. We offer a diverse variety of training and development avenues via a wide selection of learning resources to suit you.

Inclusive Recruitment

We are committed to ensuring our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to all. If you have a disability or long-term condition (for example dyslexia, anxiety, autism, a mobility condition or hearing loss) and need us to make any reasonable adjustments, changes or do anything differently during the recruitment process, please let us know by emailing at .

About [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]

Since 1987, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]’s 80,000 employees have been maintaining companies globally. We are the UK’s leading facilities management and professional services company, and our clients range from household names in banking, critical government sites as well as hospitals and schools.

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