What are the responsibilities and job description for the Translator position at Lexington Medical Center?
Interpreter Services
PRN
Day Shift
flexible
Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.
Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.
Job Summary
Responsible for converting written material from the source language into the target language, ensuring that the translated text conveys the meaning of the original message accurately.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience: 1 Year of experience as a medical interpreter or translator.
Substitutable Education & Experience: None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: None.
Required Training: None.
Essential Functions
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.
Nearest Major Market: Columbia
Nearest Secondary Market: South Carolina
PRN
Day Shift
flexible
Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually and is the region's third largest employer.
Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state’s first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer’s care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.
Job Summary
Responsible for converting written material from the source language into the target language, ensuring that the translated text conveys the meaning of the original message accurately.
Minimum Qualifications
Minimum Education: High School Diploma or Equivalent
Minimum Years of Experience: 1 Year of experience as a medical interpreter or translator.
Substitutable Education & Experience: None.
Required Certifications/Licensure: None.
Required Training: None.
Essential Functions
- Produces and reviews translations for quality and accuracy. As needed, will complete edits of translated writing to ensure that quality standards are met.
- Demonstrates excellent levels of oral and written proficiency in both English and Source/Target Language. Will complete monthly terminology assessments.
- Translates written text using appropriate translation software to promote the consistency of translations. Projects include:
- Translation of patient-provider communication through MyChart.
- Lex Health patient education, EPIC smart phrases.
- Lex Health Marketing materials.
- Other projects as needed my department leadership.
- Utilizes specialized dictionaries, thesauruses, and other reference materials to find the closest equivalents of terminology and words.
- Demonstrates sound research skills to find medical, technical, scientific, and business terms/phraseology in order to find the correct translation.
- Communicates with the project requesters as needed to assure accuracy and quality.
- Maintains the fidelity of the original written messages in translations produced, while taking into consideration word meaning, context, sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, syntax, and the intended audience.
- Maintains confidentiality of patient and provider communication.
- As needed or requested by department leadership, may perform duties as an Interpreter.
- Performs all other duties as assigned.
- Day ONE medical, dental and life insurance benefits
- Health care and dependent care flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
- Employees are eligible for enrollment into the 403(b) match plan day one. LHI matches dollar for dollar up to 6%.
- Employer paid life insurance – equal to 1x salary
- Employee may elect supplemental life insurance with low cost premiums up to 3x salary
- Adoption assistance
- LHI provides its full-time employees employer paid short-term disability and long-term disability coverage after 90 days of eligible employment
- Tuition reimbursement
- Student loan forgiveness
It is the policy of Lexington Health to provide equal opportunity of employment for all individuals, and to remain compliant with applicable state and federal laws and regulations. Lexington Health strives to provide a discrimination-free environment, and to recruit, select, on-board, and employ all employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, national origin, veteran status, or pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, including but not limited to, lactation. Lexington Health endeavors to upgrade and promote employees from within the hospital where possible and consistent with the employee’s desires and abilities and the hospital’s needs.
Nearest Major Market: Columbia
Nearest Secondary Market: South Carolina