Housekeeper, Maintenance​/Cleaning

Briarfield Health Care Centers is seeking Housekeepers to join our teams across Mahoning & Columbiana Counties!

As an employee of Briarfield Health Care Centers, you will enjoy competitive wages and benefits. We offer medical, vision and dental insurance effective the 1st of the month after date of hire (full time employees only), paid vacation, personal time, paid holidays (for those who qualify), uniform reimbursement at hire and annually, direct deposit, annual increases and free CPR/First Aid Certification.

We also offer a 401k with match plan. Our employees enjoy unique perks such as discounted apartment rent, online marketplace shopping, and discounted gym membership at Creekside Fitness & Health Center.

With 8 locations in Mahoning County, Briarfield Health Care Centers is known for its commitment to our Valley. We are locally operated and invested in making Mahoning County a great place to live and work. Compassion with a local touch!

• Use of housekeeping equipment such as mops, squeegees, buffers, polishers, automatic scrubbers and vacuums required for the cleaning and general maintenance of floors, walls, carpets and furniture.
• Empty wastebaskets and trash containers, polish furniture and fixtures, wash mirrors and windows, and vacuum furniture occasionally.
• Replace paper supplies, hand soap and other restroom supplies.
• Terminally clean rooms used for patients with infections.
• Prepare vacated rooms for use: empty and disinfect all cupboards, disinfect bathrooms, mop floors and sweep carpets.
• Help in building security by checking for unlocked doors and unauthorized occupants.
• May be requested to do some exterior work such as cleaning sidewalks, removing litter and sweeping entrances.
• Perform additional duties as requested.
• Understand the principle that proper dilution and use of cleaning agents along with mechanical scrubbing are essential in decreasing microbial count on environmental objects.
• Store resident's clothing: hang clean clothing in closets and dirty clothing in laundry baskets.
• Assist residents with packing when transferred or discharged, when possible.
• Understand the following principles of Infection Control related to the job:
  • Wash hands when moving from dirty to clean and upon entering and leaving a room.
  • Proper dilution of cleaning agents.
  • Keep soiled items from touching uniform.
  • Wear disposable gloves when cleaning a grossly contaminated area.
  • Do not initiate or continue housekeeping duties during a medical procedure to prevent airborne contamination.
  • Clean electrical machine equipment properly to prevent transmission of disease through equipment.
  • Health care workers with exudative lesions or weeping dermatitis should refrain from direct patient care until the condition resolves.
  • Prevent overflow of waste containers at bedside and in bathrooms; dispose of old newspapers and waste in the room; wash any soiled dishes.
  • HIV is inactivated rapidly after exposure to common germicides and household bleach applied at a 1:10 dilution.
  • Drying processes inactivate HIV depending on room temperature and colony count.
  • The act of scrubbing plays as important a role in disinfecting as the type of product used.
  • Gloves must be worn when cleaning large spills (urine, blood, etc.).

• Good physical and mental health.
• Ability to understand and follow directions, either written or oral.
• Willingness to perform the same duties day‑after‑day in a courteous, cheerful manner.
• Initiative and good judgment.
• Familiarity with the physical arrangement of the facility.
• Neat appearance at all times.
• Solid understanding of technique and principles of infection control in housekeeping.

• Physical assessment.
• Background check.
• Mantoux (TB) test.
• Briarfield is a drug‑free workplace.