Language Interpreter - Language Access - PRN Rotating Shift

Language Interpreter

Fastpaced highvolume hospital looking for a top skilled Language Interpreter

Work location: 8200 Walnut Hill Lane Dallas Texas 75231 and 1301 Pennsylvania Avenue Fort Worth Texas 76104

Work environment: Must be able to travel between the 2 work locations (North Dallas and Downtown Fort Worth locations)

Work hours: PRN; the majority of the hours 8am430pm and/or 630am3pm) Monday Friday; You may be asked to work Saturdays as needed work some major holidays and cover last minute callins

Department Highlights:

Fastpaced collaborative and teambased environment

Opportunity to make a positive contribution

Opportunity to enhance your goals and values

Heres What You Need:

• High School Diploma or equivalent (REQUIRED)
• Completion of Catholic Charities Community Interpreting program or any equivalent interpreter qualifying program (PREFERRED)
• Bachelors Degree in Interpretation and Translation Languages or Linguistics (PREFERRED)
• Two years of work experience in language interpretation or bilingual customer/patient experience in a hospital or healthcare facility (REQUIRED)OR
• One year of work experience as a medical interpreter in a hospital or healthcare facility (REQUIRED)OR
• One year of related work experience in a medical interpretation and Baccalaureate or higher degree in interpretation or translation (REQUIRED)
• Bilingual English/Spanish (STRONGLY PREFERRED)
• National Professional Certification credentials such as CCHI Certified Healthcare Interpreter (AHICHI) upon Hire (PREFERRED)
• National Professional Certification credentials such as CCHI Certified Healthcare Interpreter (AHICHI) within 2 years (REQUIRED)
• Strong computer skills and ability to multitask and juggle phone calls email requests and Vocera calls simultaneously (PREFERRED)
• Reliable Transportation (STRONGLY PREFERRED)

What You Will Do:

Facilitate accurate medical and health care related information during routine and nonroutine patient care activities between clinicians and THR systems staff to Limited English Proficient (LEP) patients and family members

Apply technical knowledge and skills for accurate verbal consecutive or simultaneous interpretation and sighttranslation

Follow guidelines of interpreters professional code of ethics from the National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare (NCIHC)

Provide continuous assistance and training to interpreter colleagues

Act as a cultural liaison and resource to the hospital to provide effective communication and services to LEP patients and Families

Additional perks of being a Texas Health employee:

Benefits include 401k PTO medical dental Paid Parental Leave flex spending tuition reimbursement Student Loan Repayment Program as well as several other benefits.

Delivery of high quality of patient care through nursing education nursing research and innovations in nursing practice.

Strong Unit Based Council (UBC).

A supportive team environment with outstanding opportunities for growth.

Entity Highlights:

At Texas Health Resources our mission is to improve the health of the people in the communities we serve.We are one of the largest faithbased nonprofit health systems in the United States with a team of more than 23000 employees of wholly owned/operated facilities plus 2.200 employees of consolidated joint ventures in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth area.Our career growth and professional development opportunities are topnotch and our benefits are equally outstanding.

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