PRN Spanish Medical Interpreter

Medical Interpreter

Coordinates and delivers both interpretation (oral) and translation (written) services for individuals with limited English proficiency across all Intermountain Health facilities and virtual services.

Position Details: This is a PRN position, with no set hours. Incumbent will fill in for shifts to help fulfill department staffing needs.

Job Essentials:

• Provides complete and accurate interpretation for patients, families, and Intermountain staff in order to facilitate clear communication, either in-person, over video or telephone.
• Uses communication methods appropriate for patient developmental age and mental condition.
• Assists patients, families, and staff with sight translation of forms and is familiar with most commonly used medical terminology.
• Demonstrates cultural sensitivity and renders unbiased interpretation to ensure an accurate exchange of information.
• Adheres to accepted norms of professional ethics and standards of practice for Medical Interpreters, as well as Intermountain Policies, Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 1557 of the ACA, HIPAA, and Joint Commission requirements.
• Manages time productively, displaying a proactive approach to the job. Responds to requests (pagers, calls, Vocera, etc.) in a timely manner, even when actively interpreting, and provides staff an estimated time of arrival for interpretation assignments. Refers staff to phone or video interpretation per guidelines.
• Coordinates interpretation assignments. Keeps timely, accurate records of all interpretation encounters.
• Uses computer, software, and internet tools for research, data entry, and other communication purposes within the work environment.
• May provide translation services from the source language to the target language and vice versa and completes translation assignments in a timely manner and with a high degree of accuracy.

Minimum Qualifications

• Successful completion of a pre-hire skills assessment.
• Successful completion of a 40-hr. Professional Medical Interpreting Course.
• Note for candidates who do not meet the above-mentioned educational requirement: You may be considered if you meet one of the following qualifications (If hired, you will need to complete the 40-hr. course on your own within six months):
• Hold an interpreting certification
• Hold a college degree in translation or working language
• Have 2 years of experience as a professional interpreter
• Excellent oral and written command of both source and target languages.
• Ability to perform consecutive, simultaneous, and sight translation with a high degree of accuracy in both languages.
• Demonstrated proficiency of medical terminology in both languages.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast paced, high-pressure environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree. Education must be obtained from an accredited institution. Degree will be verified.
• National Certification as a Medical Interpreter through either NBCMI or CCHI; Utah certification for Medical Language Interpreter through DOPL.
• Two years of experience as a professional medical interpreter.
• Completion of medical terminology course.

Physical Requirements:

• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, documents, monitors, identify equipment and supplies, and be able to assess customer needs.
• Frequent interactions with providers, colleagues, customers, patients/clients and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, needs, and issues quickly and accurately.
• Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate supplies and equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use for typing, accessing needed information, etc.
• For roles requiring driving: Expected to drive a vehicle which requires sitting, seeing and reading signs, traffic signals, and other vehicles.

Location: Intermountain Health Logan Regional Hospital

Work City: Logan

Work State: Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours: 0

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$21.70 - $31.90