Spanish Medical Interpreter

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Your language has the power to make a difference in the lives of our patients and families.

Full Time
Rotating
Variable - AM/PM Shifts

Sign-On Bonus:$7,500

* Potential Relocation Assistance Eligible

• Minimum 1 year of Spanish medical interpreter experience required
• CCHI certification preferred but not required at time of hire

At Lexington Health, our interpreters do more than translate words. They help patients understand their care, ask questions, make informed decisions and feel confident navigating their healthcare journey.

As a Spanish Medical Interpreter, you will be an important part of the care team, helping bridge language and communication needs while providing compassionate, accurate and professional interpretation during some of life’s most important moments.

If you are an experienced Spanish medical interpreter who believes in the importance of compassionate communication, cultural understanding and exceptional patient care, we want you on our team.

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care.

Consistently ranked as bestin the Columbia Metroarea by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000babies each year, performs more than 34,000surgeries annually and isthe region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center.

Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

A Spoken Language Interpreter is an employee of Lexington Medical Center who facilitates communication of spoken messages between LEP patients and visitors and LMC staff and providers. An interpreter combines the ability to facilitate understanding with both cultural and linguistic barriers while adhering to the role of the interpreter. An interpreter provides sight-translation of appropriate materials as admissible according to the conventions of medical interpreting to enhance patients’ and families’ comprehension of medical procedures, treatment, discharge instructions, patient and family education, and follow-up care.

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Years of

Experience:

1 Year of experience as a medical interpreter
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Nationally certified at the time of hire or must obtain certification within the first year of employment (Spoken Language Interpreters must be nationally certified through the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI)
Required Training: Must complete or have completed Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter specific proficiency testing and training upon hire.

• Demonstrate outstanding listening, analytical and short-term memory skills.
• Demonstrate excellent language skills in both English and another language.
• Demonstrate an understanding of ethical and professional codes of conduct covering confidentiality, informed consent and privacy.
• Provides interpretation services effectively, with accuracy of meaning through the use of medical, business, and general terminology. The communication triad may include, but is not limited to, interpretation for patients, family members, visitors, LEP employees of LMC, and any person providing care or treatment on behalf of LMC and its affiliates.
• Follows the guidelines of the National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare (NCIHC).

• Provides sight-translation when needed and appropriate of…