Healthcare Interpreter Spanish

Department: 11604 Enterprise Corporate - Language Services;
Status:
Part time;
Benefits Eligible:
No;
Hours Per Week: 4;
Schedule Details/Additional Information:
All shifts including holidays.

Pay Range: $24.10 - $36.15. PRN position at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC for a skilled Healthcare Interpreter-Spanish. Prefer someone with a minimum of 40 hours of medical interpreter training and preferably lives within approximately 30 miles of the medical center. This job is much more than being bilingual. The Healthcare Interpreter ensures equal access for all by serving as the linguistic and cultural intermediary of the healthcare encounter by accurately and skillfully interpreting via oral and written communication.

• High school diploma required.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• 1-year or more of related experience preferred.
• Knowledge of medical terminology and prior experience in a healthcare setting is required.
• National medical interpreter certification preferred.
• Demonstrated knowledge of oral/written language pair competency by successful completed an Interpreter Language Assessment required.
• Competition of 40-hour Medical Interpretation Training Program within 1 year of hire required.

• Proactively responds to requests for language access in a healthcare setting.
• In-person interpreting, telephone interpreting, video interpreting, basic translation.
• Leverage technology as needed to deliver services in a variety of modalities.
• Troubleshoot basic application issues with software and customer as needed.
• Maintain relationships with internal customers and make key decisions regarding appropriate interpreter modalities.
• Strive to contain costs at all times and leverage vendor relationships as needed.
• Interpret information regarding the patient's and family's healthcare needs. Scenarios may include patient education, appointments, discharge instructions, procedures, emergency encounters, assessments, etc.
• Serve as a conduit to interpret as accurately and concisely as possible while considering cultural implications and idiomatic language differences.
• Act as a cultural broker by educating caregivers on the understanding of patient's culture in relationship to healthcare.
• Fully abide by the healthcare system's professional conduct standards, execute job duties in an ethical manner, and follow national practice standards.
• Translate basic written information as needed within department guidelines.
• Serve as a cultural mediator and educate customers appropriately.

Walk requires walking, standing, sitting, lifting, and reaching. Must lift a minimum of 10 pounds to shoulder height. Must speak English and foreign language in simple, understandable terms, and have an intact sense of sight and hearing. Must be mobile throughout entire healthcare system. Must be able to deliver language access via in-person, telephone, and video remote modalities.

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• Paid Time Off programs.
• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability.
• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and…