Bilingual Medical Interpreter for Hospital Care

Children's National Medical Center; Virginia; On-site; USD 30,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's National Medical Center is seeking a Medical Interpreter to provide interpretation services for patients, families, and staff in acute and chronic medical situations. Services offered in person, by phone, or via video to support patient interactions across the hospital.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, 1 year of interpreting experience in critical contexts, fluency in English and a target language, and completion of a 40-hour Medical Interpreter Training Course.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of experience (Required).
• Fluency in English and target language (Required).
• Highly proficient in medical terminology (Required).
• Successfully pass the Interpreter Skills Assessment (Required).
• 40-hour Medical Interpreter Training Course Completion (Required).

Responsibilities

• Eliminates Language Barriers to Patient Care.
• Facilitate communication among patients, families, and staff.
• Interpret directly and accurately, without omissions, additions or interference.
• Manage assignments independently without close supervision.
• Maintain patient, family and staff confidentiality and privacy.
• Provide sound recommendations to leadership to ensure adequate services for non-English speaking patients.

Skills

Bilingual language skills

Fluency in English and target language

Medical terminology

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent

40-hour Medical Interpreter Training

Job description

Children's National Medical Center is seeking a Medical Interpreter to provide interpretation services for patients, families, and staff in acute and chronic medical situations. Services offered in person, by phone, or via video to support patient interactions across the hospital.

The role requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, 1 year of interpreting experience in critical contexts, fluency in English and a target language, and completion of a 40-hour Medical Interpreter Training Course.