Spanish Medical Interpreter Senior

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Children's Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs is a top-ranked hospital located in a top-ranked city.

With a regional team of more than 1,000 team members, Children's Colorado has been present in southern Colorado since 2001 and now has team members at five locations providing outpatient specialty care, emergency care, inpatient care and therapy care. Children's Hospital Colorado, Colorado Springs is the first pediatric-only hospital in the region and includes the region's only emergency department and operating rooms built just for kids and served by pediatric experts who have dedicated their lives to treating kids - and only kids - and who are directly linked to one of the country's leading pediatric academic medical centers.

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The Medical Interpreter, Sr. is responsible for performing full level interpretation and translation work while providing training and mentoring to less experienced or junior interpreters in the related principles, methods and techniques related to interpretation and translation.

Department Name: CSH Medical Interpreters
Job Status: 40 hours/week
Shift: Monday through Friday 8-4:30

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent is required.
• Experience: Spoken and written fluency in Spanish and English with a minimum of a combination of three (3) years of translation/interpretation experience.
• Certification(s): Certified as a Bridging the Gap (BTG) Medical Interpreter or equivalent is required at the time of hire.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

An employee in this position may be called upon to do any or all of the following essential functions. These examples do not include all of the functions which the employee may be expected to perform.

• Provides full level interpretation services for patients, families, associates and staff.
• Provides full translation services including discharge instructions and other documents as assigned by the department.
• Mentors junior interpreters during pre-arranged training sessions with focus on helping them to becoming linguistically and culturally responsive.
• Participates in evaluations of new hires by providing feedback and observations to the manager.
• Assists the department manager in completing assessments on ongoing training and overall interpretation or translation processes.
• Participates in department programs or assigned projects as applicable.
• Maintains competency with medical terminology by specialty.
• Utilizes the hospital's electronic medical record system and trains junior interpreters in it use, including documentation regarding appointments, accessing patient medical records, provide statistics and other duties specific to the department.

SCOPE AND LEVEL

• Guidelines: Guidelines are generally but not always clearly applicable, requiring the employee to exercise judgment in selecting the most pertinent guideline, interpret precedents, adapt standard practices to differing situations, and recommend alternative actions in situations without precedent.
• Complexity: Duties assigned are generally complex and may be of substantial intricacy. Work assignment is performed within an established framework under general instructions but requires simultaneous coordination of assigned functions or projects in various stages of completion.
• Decision Making: Exercises judgment and discretion, and is responsible for determining the time, place and sequence of the work performed.
• Communications: Contacts with the public or employees where explanatory or interpretive information is exchanged, defended, and gathered and discretion and judgment are required within the parameters of the job function.
• Supervision Received: Performs work with minimal supervisory oversight. Under general supervision, the employee receives assignments and is expected to carry them through to completion with substantial independence. Recurring work clearly covered by guidelines may or may not be reviewed.

Ability to Perform Essential Functions of the Job

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Audio-Visual: Hearing: Good

Audio-Visual: Near Vision: Good

General Activity: Stand or Walk: 4-6 hrs. per day; fast paced work environment

WORK ENVIRONMENT

Exposure: Exposure to blood or body fluid: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to chemicals: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to cold or heat: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to dampness: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to infectious diseases: Occasional.

Exposure: Exposure to noise or vibration: Occasional.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Manages stress appropriately.

Mental and Emotional Requirements: Works with others effectively.

It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, or any other status protected by law or regulation. Be aware that none of the questions are intended to imply illegal preferences or discrimination based on non-job-related information.

Here, you matter. As a Children's Hospital Colorado team member, you will receive a competitive pay and benefits package designed to take care of your needs that includes base pay, incentives, paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, company provided life and disability insurance, paid parental leave, 403b employer match (retirement savings), a robust wellness program, and access to professional development tools, including an education benefit to help you advance your career.

As part of our Total Rewards package, Children's Colorado offers an annual employee bonus program that rewards eligible team members based on organizational performance. If organizational goals are met for the year, the bonus is paid out the following April.

Children's Colorado delivers annual base pay increases to eligible team members based on their performance over the previous year.