INTERPRETER - CERTIFIED ASL

Minimum Offer

$ 26.22/hr.

Maximum Offer

$ 39.33/hr.

Compensation Disclaimer

Compensation for this role is based on a number of factors, including but not limited to experience, education, and other business and organizational considerations.

Department: Interpreter Language Services

FTE: 1.00

Full Time

Shift: Days

Position Summary:

Provides accurate interpretation in American Sign Language (ASL). Serves as cultural bridge between staff/providers and patients/families on deaf/Deaf culture. Assists deaf, deaf and blind, and hard-of-hearing patients and/or family members who communicate in ASL navigate the UNM healthcare system. Provides services via in-person and video remote interpreting (VRI) as assigned. Teach/train health system staff on diversity and cultural competence issues as they pertain to deaf/Deaf community and cultural norms. Ensures adherence to Hospitals and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age groups.

Detailed Responsibilities:

• QUALITY SERVICE - Deliver quality service and act in a positive way with all customers to complete assigned functions; identify, recommend and implement opportunities for continuous improvement
• INTERPRET - Adhere to the NAD-RID Code of Professional Conducts for ASL interpreters
• CONFIDENTIALITY - Maintain strict patient confidentiality as per UNM Hospitals and department policies
• FOLLOW-UP - Assist in patient follow-up as necessary; may include contacting patients for appointment reminders
• WORKING RELATIONS - Establish and maintain positive relationships with patients, visitors, and Hospitals employees in the work environment
• DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through participation in educational programs, reading current literature, attending in-services, meetings and workshops
• PATIENT SAFETY 1 - Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
• PATIENT SAFETY 2 - Demonstrate proactive approach to patient safety by seeking opportunities to improve patient safety through questioning of current policies and processes
• PATIENT SAFETY 3 - Identify and report/correct environmental conditions and/or situations that may put a patient at undue risk
• PATIENT SAFETY 4 - Report potential or actual patient safety concerns, medical errors and/or near misses in a timely manner
• PATIENT SAFETY 5 - Encourage patients to actively participate in their own care by asking questions and reporting treatment or situations that they don't understand or may "not seem right"
• INTERPRET - Interpret into proper medical terminology in a medical setting using a variety of techniques
  
  

Qualifications

Education:

Essential:

• Bachelor's Degree
  
  

Nonessential:

• Training
• Certification
  
  

Essential:

Education specialization:

• BA/BS or Deaf Alternative Pathway
  
  

Nonessential:

• Completion of Sign Language Interpreter Prep Program
• Core CHI
  
  

Experience:

Essential:

At least 1 year of interpreter experience

Nonessential:

No preferred experience

Credentials:

Essential:

• NM SLIPB
• National Cert from Registry of Interp for the Deaf (RID)
  
  

Physical Conditions:

Light Work: Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly (Constantly: activity or condition exists 2/3 or more of the time) to move objects. Physical demand requirements are in excess of those for Sedentary Work. May require walking or standing to a significant degree or requires sitting most of the time but entails pushing and/or pulling of arm or leg controls; and/or may require working at a production rate pace entailing the constant pushing and/or pulling of materials even though the weight of materials is negligible.

Essential:

Working conditions:

• Minor Hazard - physical risks, dirt, dust, fumes, noise
• Ineligible for interpreter stipend
• May be required or is required to perform on-call duties