Interpreter, Bilingual (Russian)

About this position

Provides language services for non-English speaking clients to assure understanding between medical and hospital team members, customers or customers’ families during hospital stays or clinic visits.

What we’ll expect from you

• Provides accurate verbal and written interpretation/translation services for customers, family members, team members and others.
• Shares relevant cultural information with all parties involved and assists all speakers in reaching a mutual understanding.
• Provides non-complex documentation translation services from English to a non-English language and vice versa as needed.
• Assists in the preparation of correspondence, policies/practice, case documentation, statistic forms, billing, communication materials, etc as needed.
• Schedules external interpreter services as needed.
• Accepts other duties as assigned to promote the accomplishment of organizational goals.
• The team member is accountable to demonstrate proficiency for the skills outlined in the appropriate position skills list.
• The team member is accountable to maintain skill proficiency, including improvement where deemed necessary, and upgrading any additional or new skills on the appropriate position skills list. • Recognizes and complies with legal, regulatory, accrediting and procedural requirements related to area of responsibility.
• Understands and follows principles and standards as outlined in North Memorial’s Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Protects customer and team member privacy and only accesses customer and/or team member related information as needed to perform job duties.
• Reports violations or areas of concern to supervisor or Corporate Compliance Officer via established methods of communication.
• Understands and follows principles and standards as outlined in North Memorial’s Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Protects customer and team member privacy and only accesses customer and/or team member related information as needed to perform job duties.
• Reports violations or areas of concern to supervisor or Corporate Compliance Officer via established methods of communication.
• Recognizes and complies with legal, regulatory, accrediting and procedural requirements related to area of responsibility.
• Understands and follows principles and standards as outlined in North Memorial’s Corporate Code of Conduct.
• Protects customer and team member privacy and only accesses customer and/or team member related information as needed to perform job duties.
• Reports violations or areas of concern to supervisor or Corporate Compliance Officer via established methods of communication.

Interested? Here are our requirements

Education

• High School diploma or GED. Some general college preferred.
• Completion of formal medical interpreter training program of at least 40 hours.
• Must have completed the assessment on verbal proficiency at the Advanced mid-level in both English and any other languages that the interpreter will be interpreting by the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language

Experience, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Two (2) years interpreting experience, with1 year medical preferred. Five (5) years interpreting experience may substitute for above education requirement. • High-level proficiency in reading, writing and speaking English and the target language(s).
• Combination of academic training in diverse fields and experience in medical terminology in both the target and source languages.
• Knowledge of the National Coalition of Interpreters in Health Care (NCIHC) interpreter code of ethics and standards of practice.
• Knowledge of specialized terms and concepts used frequently in the provision of services.
• Cultural awareness and competency.
• Ability to work evenings/nights/weekends as necessary

Licensure/Certification(s) Mandatory

Requires National Certification ( CMI, CHI, or CoreCHI), if not must obtain within 12 months of hire

Licensure/Certification(s) Mandatory where Applicable

Licensure/Certification(s) Preferred

Hours per two week pay period: 80

Shift: Day/Evening 8 hours

Weekend Requirement: Occasional Weekends

Work Group: Non Contract

Call Requirement: Occasional Call