Spanish Medical Interpreter Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and database applications required.
• Must be fluent in English and Spanish.
• Ability to read, interpret, and translate English and Spanish documents required.
• Certified Medical Interpreter.
• At least two (2) years of Spanish translation experience.
• Regular attendance on-site is an essential function of this position.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a healthcare environment.
• Familiarity with medical terminology.

Responsibilities

• Provide effective communication in diagnosis and treatment, informed consent, and confidentiality when dealing with Spanish speaking patients.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology.
• Establishes and maintains quality service and positive interaction with all patients, family members, customers, visitors, health care providers, and clinic team members.
• Assists with patient follow-up as necessary, to include contacting patients with appointment reminders.
• Maintains strict patient confidentiality in accordance with MAHEC policies.
• Relays information of patient’s cultural history to professionals.
• Review, evaluate, and coordinate purchase of appropriate Spanish language resources (e.g., videos, etc.) for patient and staff use.
• Coordinate in-service training to increase cultural competencies of faculty, residents, and staff.
• Enhance the cultural competency training available through graduate medical education programs.
• Coordinate workshops for faculty, residents and staff.
• Identify healthcare communication issues of Spanish speaking people across the WNC region.
• Determine available interpretation/translation resources in the local/regional healthcare community.
• Interact with professionals in the healthcare community, agencies, and members of the Hispanic community to explore coordination of translation services.

Benefits

• full benefits available
• Total Rewards (pay + benefits) to honor their service, support their health, manage their financial security, build their career, and thrive.
• Employees who meet federal requirements may be eligible to have remaining student loan balances forgiven after 10 years of qualifying payments while working full-time at MAHEC.