Job Description

• Fluency in Spanish & English.
• High School Diploma
• Prior training in medical interpreting and/or Certificate of completion of a Medical Interpreting program, preferred but not required
• Formal Interpreting Experience is required
• Medical Interpreting Experience is preferred

• Assists patients and staff within all areas of the outpatient health clinic
• Has ability to interpret between Spanish and English while attending to patients in all clinical settings: reception, pharmacy, lab, radiology, medical and behavioral health exam rooms, and in the waiting rooms
• Carefully listens to or reads content-including jargon and acronyms-in the original language.
• Understands and analyzes what is being said or written, and effectively and accurately translates the message, intent, and nuances being communicated.
• Reproduces statements or questions in the desired output language.
• Provides simultaneous interpretation (SI) or consecutive interpretation (CI) depending on the desired outcome.
• Protects the confidentiality of information and adheres to any related ethical or professional codes.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

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