Interpreter 1 Part Time 32H - Scottish Rite

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Work Shift

Day

Work Day(s)

Friday, Monday, Saturday, Sunday

Shift Start Time

9:00 AM

Shift End Time

5:30 PM

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

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To facilitate communication between Limited English Proficiency speakers, deaf, or hard of hearing patients and families, and medical center staff by providing accurate, comprehensive, and professional medical interpreting services in-person or by phone or video remote. To proactively support the efforts that ensures delivery of safe patient care and services and to promote a safe environment at Children's.

Experience

• Experience with written translation preferred
• Pediatric experience preferred
• Minimum of 2 years of experience as an Interpreter in a healthcare or health related setting.
• Experience interpreting for a multi-disciplinary provider team

Preferred Qualifications

• Must pass the medical interpreters skills assessment administered by a third party such as ALTA or another Children’s approved medical interpreting certifying body

Education

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Associate degree preferred or equivalent combination of education and experience

Certification Summary

• Training or Certificate in Interpretation/Translation or a related field from an accredited institution or program preferred within 30 days of hire. (Minimum 40 hours preferred, i.e., Bridging the Gap, GA Perimeter College, etc.)
• For Sign Language Interpreters Only: Certified member of The Registry for Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID) via National Interpreter Certification (NIC) or credentialed by the National Association for the Deaf (NAD) any other RID recognized certification, preferred

Knowledge, Skills, And Abilities

• Knowledge of cultural advocacy to address dialectal difference, cultural beliefs and practices, and social norms related to healthcare decisions, within the boundaries of the medical interpreter
• Understands the socio-political and linguistic disadvantages of patient populations that impact communication and their understanding of medical care
• Demonstrates proficiency in both English and target language required
• Understands and verbalizes medical terminology and disease processes in English and target language

Job Responsibilities

• Provides limited but accurate translation services, effectively writing in English and target language for discharge instructions and other ad hoc patient-specific information, as needed.
• Interprets information at the patient/family’s level of understanding, recognizing non-verbal communication and cultural patterns, recognizing, and using appropriate interventions regarding health literacy.
• Supports performance improvement goals by successfully recording patient/family interpreted encounters on a consistent basis.
• Sensitive to non-verbal communication cues that are imperative to effective transmission of the message and transmits them to the providers in the interpreted encounter.
• Completes annual clinical competencies as assigned.
• Sets tone of the encounter to manage spatial configuration and flow of communication to preserve accuracy and completeness, and to assess and address potential areas of discomfort for patient (age, gender of interpreter, no previous experience with interpreters).
• Adheres to generally accepted interpreter ethics principles such as NCIHC's National Code of Ethics for Interpreters in Health Care, IMIA's Code of Ethics, and RID's Code of Professional Conduct.
• Facilitates communication between patient/family and provider by rendering accurate and complete interpretation of the message.
• Able to employ clarification techniques to improve understanding of meaning in relation to cultural, social, and linguistic differences of the message.
• Uses culturally appropriate behavior and be able to choose the appropriate time to clarify or interject by respecting the goals of the encounter while respecting own personal values, beliefs, and cultural characteristics.
• Recognizes the complexity of the clinical encounter and language barrier by identifying cues regarding level of understanding and/or need for clarification.
• Participates in continuous learning to enhance professional growth.
• Effectively transitions from 1st person interpreting to 3rd person interpreting when needed to provide a social and developmentally appropriate interpretation.
• Understands and adapts interpretation seamlessly for meaning, context, situational, and developmental levels of understanding by all parties in the interpreted encounter.

Primary Location Address

1001 Johnson Ferry Rd

Job Family

Family Support