Job Description

With over 150 years of caring for our community and each other in the Washington DC area, Howard University Hospital has a world-renowned reputation for high-quality, patient-centric care. Howard University Hospital is the nation\xe2\x80\x99s only teaching hospital located on the campus of a Historically Black University and has created a superior learning environment, with groundbreaking research and positive patient outcomes.

Howard University Hospital seeks to hire a Painter who will embrace our reach and historic tradition of excellence. If you want to make a difference in someone\xe2\x80\x99s life every day, consider a position with a team of professionals who are doing just that, making a difference.

The Painter:

• Paints surfaces using brushes, spray gun and paint rollers, stimulating wood grain, marble and tile effects.
• Smooths surfaces using sandpaper, wire brushes or steel wool and removes old paint from surfaces using paint remover, scrapes and blow torch to prepare surfaces for painting.
• Selects premixed paints/stains or prepares paints/stains to match specified colors
• Repairs damaged surfaces when assigned.
• May perform the following: cut stencil and stencil surfaces with lettering or decorations, paint signs on surfaces.
• Operates and properly handles all tools and equipment of the trade (i.e. paint rollers, brushes, sprayers, pigments).
• Maintains confidentiality of patients, families and staff
• Creates special effects by applying paint.
• Fills nail holes, cracks and joints with putty plaster or other fillers.
• Assumes other duties and responsibilities that are related and appropriate to the position and area. The above responsibilities are a general description of the level and nature of the work assigned to this classification and are not to be considered as all-inclusive.
• Promotes adherence to the Health Sciences Compliance Program, the Howard University Code of Ethics and the Health Sciences Standards of Conduct.
• Attends annual and periodic mandatory Compliance Program training including the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Privacy training.
• Participates in activities that promote adherence to federal healthcare program requirements.
• Actively participates in Health Sciences Compliance Program activities
• Adheres to the requirements of the HIPAA Privacy Policies and Procedures.
• Maintains confidentiality of patients, families, and staff.
• Knowledge of journeyman painter qualifications in order to perform all work of the painter trade.
• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions

A qualified candidate will possess:

• High School Diploma or GED
• Journeyman painter\xe2\x80\x99s qualification or equivalent experience

At Howard University Hospital our job is to care for you. We do this by offering:

• Work-life balance
• Recognition and rewards for professional expertise
• Competitive, comprehensive benefit plans offered (including health, disability, vacation, sick leave, and 403B retirement plan)

COVID-19 Vaccination
Howard University Hospital requires all external applicants to be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 before commencing employment. External Applicants may be required to furnish proof of vaccination and, if offered, may elect to be vaccinated at a designated Howard University Hospital location.