Designated Healthcare Interpreter Job at Dell Medical School, Del Valle, TX

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  • Dell Medical School
  • Del Valle, TX

Job Description

General Notes

The Department of Internal Medicine at the Dell Medical School is looking for a Designated Healthcare Interpreter.

Purpose

The designated healthcare interpreter interprets all aspects of patient care and academic practice between patients, clinicians, and departments. The primary function of the Interpreter is to provide interpretation between signed and spoken language to a deaf physician in all areas of the physician’s work, including but not limited to: clinical, education, research, academic, and administrative settings. The interpreter works to relay information accurately and completely in compliance with all clinical site policies and procedures, particularly relating to patient confidentiality and informed consent, as well as the Code of Professional Conduct and Code of Ethics as set forth by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf and the Board for the Evaluation of Interpreters.

Responsibilities

  • Interpret for Deaf and Hard of Hearing clinicians in their interactions with patients, families, trainees, care providers, and other hospital personnel in all settings and areas of the physician’s work

  • Interpret complex and/or sensitive medical and personal information, including diagnostic and surgical procedures, medical histories and medical, social and psychological assessments, and diagnostic and treatment plan development.

  • Meet regularly as scheduled by deaf physician to assist in coordination of schedule for language access services in all settings and areas of the physician’s work

  • Work as a team with other interpreters when needed.

  • Communicate with UT, and partner hospital-related faculty, staff, trainees, and visitors as necessary

  • Enhance community outreach through partnerships and collaboration with local, state, regional, and/or national interpreting and healthcare organizations

  • Maintain position-related documentation (e.g., time logs, professional development, academic activities)

  • Engage in professional development activities (e.g., BLS, professional CE activities) as necessary to maintain appropriate credentials

  • Undergo health care maintenance (e.g., annual PPD, annual influenza vaccine) as necessary

  • Read and respond to electronic mail in a timely manner

  • VA-specific needs.

  • Other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Minimum of current RID and/or NIC and/or Texas BEI certification. At least 5 years of professional interpreting experience in healthcare settings. Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written, ASL, and oral communication skills. Flexibility and good judgement. Highly developed sense of discretion in dealing with confidential information. Ability to multi-task and work well in a fast-paced, stressful environment while maintaining confidentiality. Professional appearance and demeanor. History of regular and punctual attendance in the workplace. The Interpreter consistently will work in high-level, high-stakes circumstances, and must possess advanced proficiency with medical concepts and terminology, in both lay and professional language, and in both spoken and signed modes. Interpreters without an academic degree may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree. More than 5 years of experience as an interpreter working frequently with deaf medical professionals.

Salary Range

$90,000+ depending on qualifications

Working Conditions

  • May work around standard office conditions.

  • Repetitive use of a keyboard at a workstation.

Work Shift

  • Varied all days, all times (mornings, days, evenings, overnight, on-call/backup, weekends, and holidays).

Required Materials

  • Resume/CV

  • 3 work references with their contact information; at least one reference should be from a supervisor

  • Letter of interest

Important   for applicants who are NOT current university employees or contingent workers: You will be prompted to submit your resume the first time you apply, then you will be provided an option to upload a new Resume for subsequent applications. Any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) will be uploaded in the Application Questions section; you will be able to multi-select additional files. Before submitting your online job application, ensure that ALL Required Materials have been uploaded. Once your job application has been submitted, you cannot make changes.

Important for Current university employees and contingent workers: As a current university employee or contingent worker, you MUST apply within Workday by searching for Find UT Jobs. If you are a current University employee, log-in to Workday, navigate to your Worker Profile, click the Career link in the left hand navigation menu and then update the sections in your Professional Profile before you apply. This information will be pulled in to your application. The application is one page and you will be prompted to upload your resume. In addition, you must respond to the application questions presented to upload any additional Required Materials (letter of interest, references, etc.) that were noted above.

Job Tags

Full time, Traineeship, Work at office, Local area, Shift work, Night shift, Weekend work, Day shift, Afternoon shift,

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