Spoken Language Medical Interpreter - Spanish/Portuguese/French
Location: Portland, ME
Facility: MaineHealth Corporate
Schedule: Full Time
Job Category: Professional - Nonclinical
Req #: 19313
Date Posted:
Description
Languages : Spanish, Portuguese and French**This position is not a remote working position. The location of the office is Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine.
The Foreign Language Medical Interpreter role facilitates health related communication between Health Care Providers (HCPs) and Limited English Proficient (LEP) patients. Medical Interpreters help to ensure that patients receive understandable and respectful care that is in keeping with their cultural health beliefs, practices and primary language.
Required Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)
- Education: Training and/or experience in medical interpretation (12 hour LANA training) preferred.
- License/Certifications: N/A
- Experience: N/A
- Additional Skills/Requirements Required: Native fluency or a comparable skill level in both English and the target language. Knowledge of medical terminology in source and target languages.
- Additional Skills/Requirements Preferred: N/A
With a career at any of the MaineHealth locations across Maine and New Hampshire, you’ll be working with health care professionals that truly value the people around them – both within the walls of the organization and the communities that surround it.
We offer benefits that support an individual's needs for today and flexibility to plan for tomorrow – programs such as paid parental leave, a flexible work policy, student loan assistance, training and education, along with well-being resources for you and your family.
If you have questions about this role, please contact Leanne M. Roberts at [email protected]
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