What are the responsibilities and job description for the ASL Healthcare Interpreter - Per Diem position at M Health Fairview?
Overview
M Health Fairview is seeking an American Sign Language Interpreter! This role will help cover the Twin Cities/Metro area!
Job Summary:
American Sign Language Healthcare Interpreters provide communication access for all stakeholders involved in the healthcare encounter by providing meaningful, effective, and equitable communication via in-person or virtual platforms.
This position is casual and will pick up shifts, as needed by department.
This position is not eligible for benefits.
Responsibilities/Job Description
Job Expectations:
Interprets accurately and completely, conveying the content and spirit of the original message, taking into consideration the cultural context in a way that is responsive to the demands of the situation or the person(s) involved in the encounter (in person and/or video).
- Explains the scope of practice that is responsive to the demands of the situation.
- Has proven understanding of basic healthcare terminology and physical anatomy.
- Ability to interpret complex healthcare concepts into ASL and voice into English
- Ability to transliterate complex healthcare concepts
- Manage in-person or virtual encounters promoting communicative autonomy
- Alert all parties to any significant cultural or linguistic disparities appropriate to the goal of the encounter
Maintains confidentiality and professional boundaries
- Adheres to RID Code of Professional Conduct.
- Demonstrates honest & ethical conduct according to Guiding Principles.
- Has firm understanding of HIPAA as it applies to the healthcare interpreter
- Adopts understanding from the Healthcare Interpreter Code of Ethics
- Diffuses conflict between parties by remaining calm and impartial.
Manages workflow with Epic, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Teams
Must learn how to navigate and a variety of virtual platforms
Timely communication with scheduling office and administrative team
Adaptability:
Travels to and provides interpreting services in multiple settings as needed/requested
- Platforms including but not limited to: in-person and/or virtual interpreting
- Demonstrates personal flexibility to meet staffing and patient communication needs
- Manages and communicates unanticipated changes throughout the day
- Demonstrates ability to provide language services across a variety of clinical disciplines
Organization Expectations, as applicable:
- Demonstrates ability to provide care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served.
- Partners with patient care giver in care/decision making.
- Communicates in a respective manner.
- Ensures a safe, secure environment.
- Individualizes plan of care to meet patient needs.
- Modifies clinical interventions based on population served.
- Provides patient education based on as assessment of learning needs of patient/care giver.
- Fulfills all organizational requirements.
- Completes all required learning relevant to the role.
- Complies with and maintains knowledge of all relevant laws, regulation, policies, procedures and standards.
- Fosters a culture of improvement, efficiency and innovative thinking.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Required
Experience
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in the interpreting profession
License/Certification/Registration
- (One or more of the following)
- CSC (Comprehensive Skills Certificate)
- CI and CT (Certificate of Interpretation and Certificate of Transliteration)
- NAD: Level IV or higher
- NIC (National Interpreter Certification) (previous rubric): Advanced or Master
- NIC (most current rubric): Certified
- Deaf Interpreter: Certified
Preferred
Education
- Associate’s degree in sign language interpreting or related field
Experience
- Healthcare interpreting
- Chemical dependency/Recovery interpreting
- Mental health interpreting
- QMHI or Proven Mental Health Training Preferred
- Proven experience with DeafBlind community
- Tactile communication
- Protactile communication
License/Certification/Registration
- N/A
Additional Requirements (must be obtained or completed within a period of time):
Level to which this Job reports: MGR
Does this job have direct reports: No
Does this job have indirect reports: No
