Medical Interpreter

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🔥 23 minutes ago

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

🔔 Pennsylvania – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🌎 Translator / Interpreter

🚫👨‍🎓 No degree required

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Lehigh Valley Health Network

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10,000+ employees

🏥 Healthcare

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Healthcare Insurance

Lehigh Valley Health Network is a comprehensive healthcare system that is now part of Jefferson Health, one of the top 15 not-for-profit health systems in the United States. It offers a wide range of medical services, including primary care, urgent care, and specialized institutes like the Lehigh Valley Topper Cancer Institute and the Lehigh Valley Heart and Vascular Institute. LVHN provides extensive care solutions, including video visits, second opinions, and a network of doctors and clinicians in numerous locations. It emphasizes education through residencies and fellowships and prioritizes patient-centric services such as lab testing and women's health care. The network also focuses on innovation, offering clinical trials and advanced therapies like CAR-T Cell Therapy.

📋 Description

• Provide foreign language interpreting services for individuals with limited English proficiency and staff • Facilitate cross-cultural communication for non-English-speaking patients of all ages • Provide accurate interpretation between LEP patients and hospital personnel • Educate individuals and staff on culturally specific values, beliefs, and practices relevant to encounters • Convey medical terminology and support-service information to LEP patients • Explain the interpreter's role, responsibilities, and limitations • Serve as a cultural mediator between patients, families, and clinicians regarding medical care • Explain hospital resources, office protocols, and limitations; make appropriate referrals • Develop relationships with LEP community focus groups focused on community needs • Provide verbatim interpretation to preserve the medical record and convey message meaning, intent, tone, style, and language level

🎯 Requirements

• High School Diploma/GED • 1 year experience in human or health services • Ability to adhere to interpreter standards of practice and code of ethics • Ability to continuously perform the same type of work for extended periods of time • Ability to interpret and translate on a daily basis in possibly stressful situations • Excellent listening skills • Knowledge of medical terminology and/or specialized vocabulary • Understanding of the subject matter to effectively convert source language to target language • BTG - Bridging the Gap - State of Pennsylvania upon hire • Foreign language training preferred • Ability to lift and carry 25 lbs.; frequent sitting/standing; frequent keyboard use; patient care providers may be required to kneel, bend, squat, and perform CPR