Spanish Medical Interpreter

Lexington Medical Center; West Columbia (SC); On-site; USD 60,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Sign-on bonus

Relocation assistance eligibility

Job summary

Lexington Medical Center is seeking a Spanish Medical Interpreter in West Columbia, SC to bridge language and cultural gaps, ensuring accurate communication for LEP patients and families.

The role requires at least 1 year of interpreter experience and may require CCHI certification within the first year; Bridging the Gap training is provided on hire. Signing bonus and potential relocation assistance are offered for full-time, rotating AM/PM shifts.

Qualifications

• Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent.
• Minimum Years of Experience: 1 year of experience as a medical interpreter.
• Certification/Licensure: Nationally certified at time of hire or must obtain certification within first year (Spoken Language Interpreters must be nationally certified through CCHI).
• Training: Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter proficiency testing and training upon hire.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate outstanding listening, analytical and short-term memory skills.
• Demonstrate excellent language skills in both English and another language.
• Demonstrate understanding of ethical and professional codes of conduct (confidentiality, informed consent, privacy).
• Provide interpretation services with accuracy of meaning using medical, business, and general terminology for patients, families, and staff.
• Follow the guidelines of the National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare (NCIHC).
• Provide sight-translation when needed and appropriate of pertinent materials for patients and families.
• Serve as a cultural mediator to enhance communication between staff and patients or family members.
• Monitor language and interpreting skills; stay updated on linguistic meanings and regional variances.
• Participate in Continuing Education to maintain certification.
• Monitor, respond to requests through ServiceHub; adapt to high-pressure or emotionally intense scenarios.
• Able to travel to other LMC facilities.

Skills

Spanish interpreter experience

Bilingual English/Spanish

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Job description

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Be the Bridge. Be the Voice. Be Part of Our Mission.

Your language has the power to make a difference in the lives of our patients and families.

Full Time
Rotating
Variable - AM/PM Shifts

Sign-On Bonus:$7,500

*Potential Relocation Assistance Eligible

• Minimum 1 year of Spanish medical interpreter experience required
• CCHI certification preferred but not required at time of hire

At Lexington Health, our interpreters do more than translate words. They help patients understand their care, ask questions, make informed decisions and feel confident navigating their healthcare journey.

As a Spanish Medical Interpreter, you will be an important part of the care team, helping bridge language and communication needs while providing compassionate, accurate and professional interpretation during some of life’s most important moments.

If you are an experienced Spanish medical interpreter who believes in the importance of compassionate communication, cultural understanding and exceptional patient care, we want you on our team.

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinctionstatus for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as bestin the Columbia Metroarea by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Healthdelivers more than 4,000babies each year, performs more than 34,000surgeries annually and isthe region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center.Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

Job Summary

A Spoken Language Interpreter is an employee of Lexington Medical Center who facilitates communication of spoken messages between LEP patients and visitors and LMC staff and providers. An interpreter combines the ability to facilitate understanding with both cultural and linguistic barriers while adhering to the role of the interpreter. An interpreter provides sight-translation of appropriate materials as admissible according to the conventions of medical interpreting to enhance patients’ and families’ comprehension of medical procedures, treatment, discharge instructions, patient and family education, and follow-up care.

Minimum Qualifications

Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience: 1 Year of experience as a medical interpreter
Substitutable Education & Experience (Optional): None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: Nationally certified at the time of hire or must obtain certification within the first year of employment (Spoken Language Interpreters must be nationally certified through the Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters (CCHI)
Required Training: Must complete or have completed Bridging the Gap Medical Interpreter specific proficiency testing and training upon hire.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrate outstanding listening, analytical and short-term memory skills.
• Demonstrate excellent language skills in both English and another language.
• Demonstrate an understanding of ethical and professional codes of conduct covering confidentiality, informed consent and privacy.
• Provides interpretation services effectively, with accuracy of meaning through the use of medical, business, and general terminology. The communication triad may include, but is not limited to, interpretation for patients, family members, visitors, LEP employees of LMC, and any person providing care or treatment on behalf of LMC and its affiliates.
• Follows the guidelines of the National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare (NCIHC).

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provides sight-translation when needed and appropriate of pertinent materials for patients and families.
• Serves as a cultural mediator, as necessary and when appropriate, to enhance communication between staff and patients or family members.
• Monitors language and interpreting skills, takes initiative to maintain and improve as necessary and stays abreast of linguistic meanings and regional variances of both languages.
• Participates in Continuing Education opportunities to maintain certification.
• Monitors, accepts and responds to requests through ServiceHub.
• Culturally sensitive and able to adapt to adverse situations, handle high pressure or emotionally intense scenarios.
• Able to travel to other LMC facilities.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits choices for our benefit eligible employees and their families:

• Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
• Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
• Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
• Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
• Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
• Adoption assistance
• LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
• Student loan forgiveness

Equal Opportunity Employer
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.