Interpreter, LAS Program – Spanish fluency required
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- 1135591_RR00097910
- Allied Health/Other, Lang Cult+Disab Svc (H563), NYU Langone Hospitals
- Full-Time/Regular
- NYU Langone Hospitals
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- Monday – Friday, 9AM – 5PM
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NYU Langone Health is a world-class, patient-centered, integrated academic medical center, known for its excellence in clinical care, research, and education. It comprises more than 200 locations throughout the New York area, including five inpatient locations, a children’s hospital, three emergency rooms and a level 1 trauma center. Also part of NYU Langone Health is the Laura and Isaac Perlmutter Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute designated comprehensive cancer center, and NYU Grossman School of Medicine, which since 1841 has trained thousands of physicians and scientists who have helped to shape the course of medical history. At NYU Langone Health, equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values. We strive to be a place where our exceptionally talented faculty, staff, and students of all identities can thrive. We embrace diversity, inclusion, and individual skills, ideas, and knowledge. For more information, go to nyulangone.org, and interact with us on LinkedIn, Glassdoor, Indeed, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Instagram.
Position Summary:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as an Interpreter, LAS Program.
In this role, the successful candidate Responsible for providing spoken language interpreting services Spanish for this position to Medical Center patients/families who are limited English proficient and Hospital staff Also assists with scheduling and dispatching spoken language interpreting services
Job Responsibilities:
- Provides spoken language interpreting services for patients/families and staff
- Utilizes Hospital and Community resources for professional development and keeps current on changes in the medical interpreter profession
- Respects and maintains confidentiality of all patient physician staff and hospital related information
- Reports concerns and/or conflicts to LAS Coordinator or LCDS Manager accordingly
- Demonstrates excellent communication both written and verbal and customer service skills with all levels of Medical Center staff and patients both in person and via telephone/email
- Follows up and intervenes directly with areas/units when scheduling conflicts and/or issues arise
- Assists with scheduling dispatching and managing spoken language interpreting services while communicating with staff freelance and agency interpreters as needed
- Provides cultural brokering to patients/families and staff as needed
- Provides non medical non clinical translations when appropriate Recognizes limitations of providing translated documents and defers to qualified medical translators when indicated
- Educates staff on how to access contact and schedule interpreting services Educates staff on the appropriate and available use of interpreters and translation services including provision of sight translations
- Adheres to the Code of Ethics as put forth by the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care NCIHC
Minimum Qualifications:
To qualify you must have a Bachelors degree in Liberal Arts Healthcare field Foreign Language or Certificate of Completion in an Interpreting Training Program Verbal and written fluency in Spanish and English. Minimum of 3-4 years of medical interpreting experience Possesses good analytic skills to make decisions based on clinical implications Highly proficient in use of MS Office Detail oriented and ability to multi task. Good interpersonal organizational written and verbal communication teamwork and customer service skills
Preferred Qualifications:
Preferred certification as medical interpreter by National Board of Certification or Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters Previous experience providing translations of written materials Basic knowledge of Excel
Qualified candidates must be able to effectively communicate with all levels of the organization.
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