Healthcare Sign Language Interpreter

Healthcare Sign Language Interpreter

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Dell Medical School is looking for a Healthcare Sign Language Interpreter. This position has an end date of 8/31/2027, renewable based upon availability of funding, work performance, and progress toward goals.

The Healthcare Sign Language Interpreter facilitates communication between deaf or hard-of-hearing patients and healthcare providers, ensuring accurate and culturally sensitive interpretation of medical information. Reporting to the Lead Healthcare Sign Language Interpreter, this role supports a Deaf healthcare professional within a designated interpreter team model and collaborates closely with physicians, behavioral health clinicians, nurses, and administrative staff to support pediatric patient care.

Key responsibilities include interpreting during medical consultations, translating written materials, and advocating for patients' linguistic needs.

Essential Job Functions:

• Interpretation Services
• Translation of Written Materials
• Patient Advocacy
• Training and Development
• Administrative Duties

Marginal or Periodic Functions:

• Community Outreach
• Emergency Interpretation
• Research Participation

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Interpersonal Savvy
• Customer Focus
• Decision Quality
• Ethics and Values
• Learning on the Fly

Education & Experience:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Requires a Bachelor's Degree in (e.g., Linguistics, Translation, Healthcare). with at least 3 year(s) of experience in
• 3 years of relevant experience in medical interpretation.
• 2 years of general experience in healthcare settings.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's Degree in (e.g., Linguistics, Translation, Healthcare). with at least 5 year(s) of experience in
• 5 years of relevant experience in medical interpretation.
• 3 years of general experience in healthcare, pediatric, and/or behavioral healthcare settings.

Licenses, Registrations or

Certifications:

• Required:
  
  Certified Healthcare Interpreter (CHI) or Certified Medical Interpreter (CMI).
• Preferred:
  Certification in a second language relevant to the patient population.
• RID certification and/or NIC certification and/or Texas BEI certification.

$37,034+ depending on qualifications (based on a 20 hour work week)

• Standard office equipment.

• Repetitive use of a keyboard.

• May be exposed to such occupational hazards as communicable diseases, blood borne pathogens, ionizing and non-ionizing radiation, hazardous medications and disoriented or combative patients, or others.

• Resume/CV
• 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor
• Letter of interest