Bilingual Medical Interpreter — Spanish

Phoenix Children's Hospital, Inc.; Phoenix (AZ); Hybrid; USD 48,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Phoenix Children's Hospital, Inc. is seeking a bilingual interpreter to provide interpretation between patients, families, and healthcare teams, ensuring understanding of cultural considerations during treatment planning.

The role requires experience in healthcare settings, adherence to national standards of interpretation ethics, and collaboration with translators and social services to support patient-centered care.

Qualifications

• Concurrently interprets between patient, family and healthcare team to ensure understanding of needs.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation of interpretation activities.
• Works with the health care team and translator to identify documents requiring translation.

Responsibilities

• Concurrently performs bilingual interpretation (English and foreign language) of patient care needs.
• Consecutively interprets following national standards of practice and ethics.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation of interpretation activities.
• Collaborates with translator to identify documents requiring translation.
• Refer psychosocial issues to social work or related departments as needed.
• Performs miscellaneous duties as requested.

Skills

Bilingual interpretation

Consecutive interpretation

Documentation of interpretation

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Education

Medical interpreter training (national standards)

Spanish Bilingual Assistant or equivalent

Job description

This posting is for Internal candidates only. To apply, you must log into the Careers site and you must be an active Phoenix Children's Employee.

Department: PCH-NW | Language Services

Location: Phoenix

Shift: Mon-Fri, (Days Vary), Days, 8am-4:30pm

Posting #: 1060270

Employee Type: Full-Time

Position Summary

This position provides language interpretation services between patients, families and healthcare team to ensure comprehension of cultural considerations during treatment planning.

Position Duties

• Concurrently performs bilingual interpretation (English and foreign language) of patient care needs between patient, family, and health care team members to ensure understanding of needs, issues, and/or concerns.
  Consecutive interpretation following national standards of practice and ethics.
• Maintains accurate and timely documentation of interpretation activities.
  
• Participates in a variety of department and/or hospital sponsored educational programs to maintain skills and competencies.
  
• Works closely and in conjunction with Translator by identifying documents, materials, and other written information, including, but not limited to, consents and discharge information requiring translation.
  
• As part of the health care team, refers identified psychosocial issues to social work, child life, pastoral care, or other family centered care departments to ensure appropriate and effective response to patient/family needs.
  
• Performs miscellaneous job related duties as requested.
  

Phoenix Children's Mission, Vision, & Values

Mission

To advance hope, healing and the best healthcare for children and their families

Vision

Phoenix Children's will be the leading pediatric health system in the Southwest, nationally recognized for exceptional care, innovative research and advanced medical education.

We realize this vision by:

• Offering the most comprehensive care across ages, communities and specialties
• Investing in innovative research, including emerging treatments, tools and technologies
• Advancing education and training to shape the next generation of clinical leaders
• Advocating for the health and well-being of children and families
Values
• We place children and families at the center of all we do
• We deliver exceptional care, every day and in every way
• We collaborate with colleagues, partners and communities to amplify our impact
• We set the standards of pediatric healthcare today, and innovate for the future
• We are accountable for making the highest quality care accessible and affordable

This position is only accepting internal candidates. If you are a Phoenix Children's employee, please Log In to apply to this position.