Medical Interpreter -Spanish/English -PRN (As Needed)- On Site - DC

Children's National Medical Center; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 45,000 - 77,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's National Medical Center is seeking a Medical Interpreter fluent in Arabic and English to provide essential language interpretation services in critical medical situations. This role involves facilitating communication for patients and families, requiring a Bachelor's degree and experience in high-pressure environments. The ideal candidate will have strong medical terminology knowledge and a commitment to patient confidentiality.

Qualifications

• 1 year experience as interpreter in critical situations required.
• 40-hour Medical Interpreter Training Course Completion needed.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate communication among patients, families, and staff.
• Provide accurate interpretation without omissions.
• Maintain professional boundaries and confidentiality.

Skills

Bilingual Language Skills

Fluency in English

Fluency in Arabic

Medical Terminology

Education

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Job Description - Medical Interpreter -Arabic/English -PRN (As Needed)- On Site - DC (250001CH)

Job Description

Medical Interpreter -Arabic/English -PRN (As Needed)- On Site - DC - ( 250001CH )

Description

Description The Medical Interpreter will provide language interpretation services to patients, families and staff in critical, acute,
or chronic medical situations as needed. The Medical Interpreter will provide services in person, telephonically or via video remote to assist patients and families in their interactions throughout the hospital.

Qualifications

Minimum Education
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent years of experience. (Required)

Minimum Work Experience
1 year Experience as interpreter for individuals in critical situations. (Required)

Required Skills/Knowledge
Bilingual Language Skills
Fluency in English and Arabic
Highly proficient in medical terminology

Required Licenses and Certifications
Successfully pass the Interpreter Skills Assessment, or equivalent, provided by CNH.
40-hour Medical Interpreter Training Course Completion (must have proof of certificate from a reputable training institution). (Required)

Functional Accountabilities
Eliminates Language Barriers to Patient Care

• Facilitate communication among patients, families, and staff
• Interpret directly and accurately, without omissions, addition or interference with communication
• Manage assignments independently without close supervision
• Set limits appropriately; maintain professional boundaries as interpreter; maintain patient, family and staff rights to confidentiality privacy
• Maintain professional role and sensitivity during critical medical and/or psychosocial situations; respect all parties in their discussion and their individual roles
• Abide by Interpreter Code of Ethics
• Demonstrate accurate, clear, and timely verbal and written communication
• Provide sight translation of patient of patient care related documents
• Provide document translation of limited list of patient related materials

Promote Appropriate Utilization of Interpretation Services by Staff

• Educate staff in use of interpreter and available interpretation services
• Communicate with staff about staff needs and patient/family needs
• Work closely, interdepartmentally, provide recommendations by communicating information as requested and directed by medical provider/critical staff
• Partner with program staff to share best practices and to ensure cultural and linguistic requirements are met
• Advocate for patients/families with staff to facilitate continuity of care
• Provide sound recommendations to departmental leadership to ensure adequate services to non-English speaking patients and families

Contributes to a Well-Organize Program

• Help to ensure interpretation assignments are coordinated accurately, effectively and efficiently
• Maintain schedules and required logs/tracking system in order to track project progress and productivity
• Keeping and organizing interpretation requests and reports
• Accurately document interpretation assignments in all systems and databases used and required by the program
• Facilitate the distribution, coordination, and assignment of day-today activities among fellow division staff and under the guidance of the division leadership
• The individual in this role may assume additional job duties beyond those outlined in this job description

Organizational Accountabilities
Organizational Accountabilities (Staff)
Organizational Commitment/Identification

• Anticipate and responds to customer needs; follows up until needs are met

Teamwork/Communication

• Demonstrate collaborative and respectful behavior
• Partner with all team members to achieve goals
• Receptive to others’ ideas and opinions

Performance Improvement/Problem-solving

• Contribute to a positive work environment
• Demonstrate flexibility and willingness to change
• Identify opportunities to improve clinical and administrative processes
• Make appropriate decisions, using sound judgment
• Use resources efficiently
• Search for less costly ways of doing things

Safety

• Speak up when team members appear to exhibit unsafe behavior or performance
• Continuously validate and verify information needed for decision making or documentation
• Stop in the face of uncertainty and takes time to resolve the situation
• Demonstrate accurate, clear and timely verbal and written communication
• Actively promote safety for patients, families, visitors and co-workers
• Attend carefully to important details - practicing Stop, Think, Act and Review in order to self-check behavior and performance

Primary Location

Primary Location

: District of Columbia-Washington

Work Locations

Work Locations

: CN Hospital (Main Campus) 111 Michigan Avenue NW Washington 20010

Job

Job

: Administrative Support / Customer Service

Organization

Position Status : R (Regular) - O - PRN

Shift : Variable

Work Schedule : Variable

Job Posting

Job Posting

: May 20, 2025, 1:20:21 PM

Full-Time Salary Range

Full-Time Salary Range

: 45614.4 - 76024

Childrens National Hospital is an equal opportunity employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, identity, or other characteristics protected by law. The “Know Your Rights” poster is available here: and the pay transparency policy is available here:Know Your Rights Pay Transparency Nondiscrimination Poster.

Please note that it is the policy of Children's National Hospital to ensure a “drug-free” work environment: a workplace free from the illegal use, possession or distribution of controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances Act), or the misuse of legal substances, by all staff (management, employees and contractors). Though recreational and medical marijuana are now legal in the District of Columbia, Children's National and its affiliates maintain the right, in accordance with our policy, to enforce a drug-free workplace, including prohibiting recreational or prescribed marijuana.