Spanish Language Interpreter - Behavioral Sciences Campus

UTHealth Houston; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid medical premiums for full-time

Generous vacation time & holidays

Longevity Pay

Retirement plan

Job summary

UTHealth Houston's Behavioral Sciences Campus seeks a Spanish Language Interpreter to ensure patients access to psychiatric services by using strong English and Spanish writing and translation skills to support timely care. Provides written translation of patient histories and medical documents, and oral translation during referrals, registrations, evaluations and treatment planning.

Residency in Texas is required; associate's degree and 2+ years experience preferred.

Qualifications

• Associate's Degree required or equivalent experience.
• 2 Years Of Relevant Experience Required.
• Strong English and Spanish writing and translation skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides written translation of patient histories, medical reports, education and instructional materials.
• Provides oral translation during referrals, registrations, financial evaluations, assessments and care planning.
• Interprets clinical, financial, psychosocial and ethical discussions related to patient care.
• Serves as a resource to patients, staff and care providers to improve patient outcomes.
• On-call translation duties requiring immediate response to paging.

Skills

Bilingual English/Spanish translation

Education

Associate's Degree

Job description

UTHealth Houston's Behavioral Sciences Campus (BSC) is hiring a Spanish Language Interpreter!

Our Behavioral Sciences Campus, the largest academic psychiatric hospital in the country, is comprised of John S. Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center and Harris County Psychiatric Center, serving 27 counties. BSC offers individualized inpatient treatment for a variety of behavioral health disorders across its 23 on-site units, totaling 538 beds. These units include treatment in child/adolescent, adult/geriatric, co-occurring disease, psychosis, and competency restoration units.

The Spanish Language Interpreter plays a critical role in ensuring patients' access to psychiatric services by utilizing strong English and Spanish writing and translation skills, with attention to grammar and accuracy, to support the delivery of essential, timely care.

What we do here changes the world.

UTHealth Houston is Texas’ resource for healthcare education, innovation, scientific discovery, and excellence in patient care. That’s where you come in.

Once you join us you won't want to leave.

It’s because we reward our team for the excellent service they provide. Our total rewards package includes the benefits you’d expect from a top healthcare organization (benefits, insurance, etc.), plus:

• 100% paid medical premiums for our full-time employees
• Generous time off (holidays, preventative leave day, both vacation and sick time – all of which equates to around 37-38 days per year)
• The longer you stay, the more vacation you’ll accrue!
• Longevity Pay (Monthly payments after two years of service)
• Build your future with our awesome retirement/pension plan!

We take care of our employees!

As a world-renowned institution, our employees’ wellbeing is important to us. We offer work/life services such as...

• Free financial and legal counseling
• Free mental health counseling services
• Gym membership discounts and access to wellness programs
• Other employee discounts including entertainment, car rentals, cell phones, etc.
• Resources for child and elder care
• Plus many more!

Position Summary:

Provides oral and written translation of diverse patient care-related material.

Position Key Accountabilities:

• Provides written translation of patient histories and other medical reports, patient education and instructional material, advance directives, medical documents and other institutional publications.
• Provides oral translation of discussions related to patient referral, new patient registration, financial evaluation, patient assessment, treatment planning, admissions, discharge, and other clinical and healthcare-related discussions.
• Interprets clinical, financial, psychosocial and ethical discussions related to patient care activities.
• Serves as a resource to patients, staff and care providers to contribute to successful patient outcomes.
• Performs on-call translation duties requiring immediate response to electronic paging.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Certification/Skills:

Strong English and Spanish writing and translation skills strongly preferred.

Minimum Education:

Associate's Degree required. May substitute required education with equivalent years of experience beyond the minimum experience requirement.

Minimum Experience:

2 Years Of Relevant Experience Required

Physical Requirements:

Exerts up to 50 pounds of force occasionally and/or up to 20 pounds frequently and/or up to 10 pounds constantly to move objects.

Security Sensitive:

This position is a security-sensitive position pursuant to Texas Education Code 51.215 and Texas Government Code 411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code 117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R.

• 51.215 and Texas Government Code
• 411.094. To the extent that a position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Texas Business and Commerce Code
• 117.001(2), the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired for and to continue to be employed in that position. Personnel in such positions, and similarly situated state contractors, will be routinely reviewed to determine whether things such as criminal history or continuous connections to the government or political apparatus of a foreign adversary might prevent the applicant, employee, or contractor from being able to maintain the security or integrity of the infrastructure. A foreign adversary is a nation listed in 15 C.F.R.
• 791.4.

Residency Requirement:

Employees must permanently reside and work in the State of Texas.