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Facilitates complex communication between staff and clients or patients, which includes parents or guardians. Communication may take place in a medical or community setting; providing interpretation, sight translation, and/or translation of documents on an AVS (After Visit Summary).

• Completion of medical interpreting course to include ethics, medical terminology or proven linguistic abilities in medical interpreting strongly preferred. (or current enrollment with completion within 6 months.
• Bachelor's Degree Translation and interpreting, language acquisition, language for health professionals or related areas preferred
• Also, High School graduate or Certificate of General Educational Development (GED) or High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED) required

• Must pass verbal and written proficiency tests with an overall score of 80%.Solid knowledge of complex medical terminology through completion of Medical Terminology class or proven linguistic abilities in medical interpreting and knowledge of the National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC) code of ethics.

- Assists in facilitating communication between staff and clients or patients and their parents or guardians, before, during and after treatment.
- Interprets in a variety of situations and settings, e.g. medical appointments, meetings, examinations, treatment or therapy sessions. May include complex situations or settings.
- Provides non-English speaking patients and families with an appropriate sight translation of medical/social/health care information and other important documents from an English version.
- Attends in-services and educational meetings to maintain and enhance professional expertise. Attends and contributes to assigned committees, task forces, special projects.
- Translate, proofread, edit, and prepare the final version of written materials in the electronic health record (Epic) or MS Word.
- May provide additional down-time support with scheduling, audits, special projects.
- Bilingual who speaks, reads and writes proficiently in both native and target languages (Spanish) with ability to break linguistic and cultural barriers between patients and medical staff.
- Computer and word processing expertise including MS Word, Outlook, Excel, comfort with an iPad and working in our electronic health record.
- Good customer service skills, strong communication skills and excellent listening skills.
- Effective organizational skills with attention to detail including ability to prioritize and assess needs.
- Ability to multi-task in order to manage interpretation for more than one patient/family at a time.
- Ability to shift from one language to another in simultaneous and consecutive mode of interpreting.
- CCHP or NBCMI certification must be maintained

Note: To be considered for Interpreter II level: Requires at least 2+ years Interpreter experience, preferably in a medical setting. (or In-house contractors must have at least 1+ years and may qualify after full rotation has been completed, generally around 12 months)

- CCHI-Certified Healthcare Interpreter - Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreters within 2 Years OR CMI-Certified Medical Interpreter - National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters within 2 Years

Required Work Schedule will be:

Tuesdays: 8:30am-5:00pm at Forest Home Clinic

Wednesdays: 8:30am-5:00pm at Milwaukee Main Campus

One Saturday 4:30pm-1:00am and Sunday 3:30-12 in 4 weeks at Milwaukee Main Campus

This is a Part-Time, FTE .5 (averages 20 hours/week) (Benefits Eligible role)

Children's Wisconsin is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We treat everyone with dignity, respect, and fairness. We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by the law.

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