Medical​/Community & Legal Interpreter

Job Description

** NEW JERSEY & GREATER PHILADELPHIA**

Seeking Qualified Medical/Community & Legal Interpreters for the following languages:

Spanish in North Jersey & Jersey Shore Areas

Bengali in South Jersey

Turkish in South Jersey

Uzbek in Southern NJ or PA

Italian in North Jersey

Tagalog in Southern NJ or PA

Ukrainian in Southern NJ or PA

Russian in North & South Jersey

Required Credentials
:

• 40-hour professional interpreter training course or equivalent credentials and experience.
• Proficiency evaluation or equivalent to demonstrate bilingualism (letter of recommendation on your interpretation experience, coursework related to your spoken languages, etc)
• Submit a current State or Federal background check.

Para-Plus Translations, Inc. is seeking qualified medical and legal interpreters for freelance opportunities to include medical appointments, hospitals, mental health facilities, educational meetings, in-home social visits and counseling sessions. Legal assignments include municipal courts, depositions, client/attorney meetings, and arbitrations. In-person availability is a MUST, scheduled VRI and OPI assignments may also be available in addition to in-person assignments. All qualified applicants will be required to complete our onboarding process and complete a background check if you do not currently have one.

Para-Plus is a full language service provider, incorporated in the State of New with its main headquarters in Cherry Hill, New Jersey. We are a well renowned foreign language supplier in and around the Delaware Valley/ Greater Philadelphia Area. Our organization specializes in legal, education and technical translation services. Para-Plus provides translation service solutions to public and private clients in and around the Delaware Valley, in over 150 languages and dialects.

Influenced by a collective passion for languages and culture, our mission is to facilitate client communication with diverse target audiences while upholding high customer-focused standards. We are experts at facilitating communication with individuals who are Limited English Proficient (LEP) or individuals who find it challenging to communicate with others in an education, medical, social or legal setting.