Female Bilingual Bank Worker (Interpreter)

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the United Kingdom is hiring a Female Bilingual Bank Worker (Interpreter) to provide interpreting services across various hospitals. Candidates must be available for daytime shifts and possess interpreting qualifications. Responsibilities include offering confidential interpreting support to health professionals and patients in both hospital and community settings. The role requires fluency in English and another language, along with knowledge of MS Teams and Accurx flemming. Competitive benefits and flexible working hours are offered.

Benefits

Annual leave allowance

Flexible working opportunities

Protected hours for health and wellbeing activities

Qualifications

• Possess an interpreting qualification e.g. Community Interpreting Level 2/3 or Bilingual Skills Certificate.
• Proven interpreting experience preferably in a healthcare setting.
• Ability to communicate excellently and fluently in English and another language.

Responsibilities

• Provide a confidential interpreting service to health professionals and patients.
• Conduct interpretering services via telephone and video.
• Ensure availability for training and orientation days.

Skills

Fluency in English and another language

Communication techniques (Consecutive and simultaneous)

Interpersonal skills

Education

Community Interpreting Level 2/3 or Bilingual Skills Certificate

DPSI

Tools

MS Teams

Accurx flemming

Job description

Go back Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Female Bilingual Bank Worker (Interpreter)

The closing date is 01 January 2026

Daytime availability is essential and pay will be according to the following rates: Daytime (6am to 8pm) min 2 hours paid for face to face interpretation and video. Telephone interpretation paid minimum 30 mins.

Out of Office Hours (8pm to 6am) and weekend hourly rate: min 1 hour paid for face to face and video interpretation. Telephone interpretation minimum 30 mins paid at enhanced rate.

Plus mileage and parking only paid from base/nearest hospital to another location, no home to base mileage or parking for first appointment to the base hospital.

Main duties of the job

Please state clearly on your application form the language you are applying for as failure to declare your language will make your application unsuccessful.

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Trust wishes to update the Bank of Interpreters with a variety of languages to provide a comprehensive interpreting service to its hospitals in Oldham, Rochdale, Bury & Salford. The service will operate daily, out of hours, weekends and bank holidays as required. Full daytime availability is compulsory in order to be shortlisted.

• Korean
• Vietnamese
• Somali
• Amharic
• Oromo
• Bambara
• Wolof
• Edo
• Yoruba
• Zaghawa
• Luganda
• Tagalog/Filipino
• Twi
• Shona
• Telugu
• Thai
• Fula
• Chichewa

You will be responsible for providing a confidential, efficient and effective interpreting service to health professionals and patients in both the hospital and community settings on a sessional basis (as and when required) according to the specified time either daytime or out of hours and weekends.

You must be available for induction training and orientation days. Possession of an interpreting qualification is essential and experience of interpretation preferably in a hospital setting. As well as face to face, interpretations are also conducted via telephone and video so knowledge of IT systems is also essential e.g. MS Teams & Accurx flemming.

About us

The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.

As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.

In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.

Job responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Possess an interpreting qualification e.g. (Community Interpreting Level 2/3 or above or Bilingual Skills Certificate)
• DPSI

Skills

• Ability to communicate excellently and fluently in English, and another language
• Ability to use a variety of interpretation techniques i.e. Consecutive and simultaneous
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Experience

• Proven interpreting experience preferably in health

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the relevant communities

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Depending on experience Band 3 entry step point