• Job Description

  Req#: 308399
  SUMMARY Hennepin Healthcare has a current opening for a Pashto/Dari Interpreter in our Interpreter Services department. This casual position will pick up day shifts. Provides spoken language interpretation services in a variety of settings to facilitate communication between Limited English Proficient (LEP) patients, their companions, and Hennepin Health System (HHS) providers and team members. RESPONSIBILITIES - Precisely and accurately interprets between LEP patients, companions, and providers or other healthcare team members, face-to-face or via remote modalities (such as telephone or video) - Provides non-complex document translation services between the target and source languages - Shares relevant cultural information with all parties involved and collaborates to the goal of full patient/provider understanding, providing equitable access and healthcare outcomes for LEP patients - Maintains strict patient confidentiality in accordance with HHS policies and HIPAA - Accurately documents and bills interpreter services provided - Maintains basic computer skills to complete job functions using various software, including EMR (Electronic Medical Record) - Supports departmental and organizational initiatives around language access by working constructively in a team, participating in program functions, and performing tasks as requested by the department leadership, such as participating in training new team members and in-service training for existing team members as needed - Assists with coordination of the deployment of language services, as needed - Adheres to National Council on Interpreting in Health Care (NCIHC) medical interpreter standards of practice and code of ethics. Demonstrates honest and ethical conduct

• About the company

  Hennepin County Medical Center is a Level I adult and pediatric trauma center and safety net hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the county seat of Hennepin County.

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