Am. Sign Language Interpreter

Position Details

Department: PCH-MAIN | Language Services

Location:

Phoenix

Shift: Mon-Fri, Sat, Sun, (Days Vary), Shifts Vary, 8am-5pm

Category:
Interpreter & Translation Svcs

Posting #: 1019798

Employee Type: PRN

This position provides American Sign Language (ASL) interpreting services for deaf and hard of hearing patients and families in a wide variety of hospital and outpatient clinical settings and English interpretation of ASL for medical providers, and other hospital/clinic support staff.

• Concurrently performs English to ASL and ASL to English interpretation of patient care needs between patient, family and healthcare team members to ensure understanding of needs, issues, and/or concerns.
• Provides recommendations to the health care team on how best to improve communication needs of patient and/or family.
• Assists with providing for the deaf and hard of hearing patient/family communication needs, including assessing and adjusting lighting, seating arrangements and access to visual aides or recommending additional communication resources like a certified deaf interpreter (CDI).
• Receives, acknowledges, and accepts assignments from ASL Interpreter Coordinator.
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.

• Bachelor's Degree OR equivalent combination of education and relevant experience (Required)

• American Sign Language experience in a hospital setting (Required)
• American Sign Language experience with interpreting for children (Required)

• Fully fluent in American Sign Language to English and English to American Sign Language (Required)
• Computer skills (Required)
• Must possess strong concentration, speaking and listening skills (Required)
• Fluency in spoken Spanish (Preferred)

• Current national professional certification from the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf (RID certified) or Board of Evaluation of Interpreters (BEI certified) (Required)
• Current license from the Arizona Commission for the Deaf and the Hard of Hearing (ACDHH) (Required)

• Board for Eval of Interpreters OR Registry Interpreters for Deaf - Required
• AZ - American Sign Language - Required

• Climbing – Occasionally
• Feeling (sensing textures and temperatures) – Frequently
• Fine Motor Skills (pinching, gripping, etc) – Constantly
• Hearing – Constantly
• Pushing/pulling – Occasionally
• Reaching – Occasionally
• Sitting – Constantly
• Standing – Constantly
• Stooping/crouching/kneeling/crawling – Frequently
• Talking – Constantly
• Tasting/smelling – Occasionally
• Walking – Frequently
• Near Vision – Constantly
• Far Vision – Constantly
• Color Discrimination – Occasionally
• Use of keyboard, mouse and/or computer equipment – Frequently
• Lift up to 35 pounds without assistance – Occasionally
• Occupational Exposure/Risk Potential – Inside office environment, Confined areas, Airborne communicable diseases, Bloodborne pathogens or bodily fluid, Fumes or airborne particles, Hazardous materials exposure, Radiation exposure – Applicable