**It's more than a career, it's a calling** WI-SSM Health Dean Medical Group Madison Fish Hatchery **Worker Type:** Regular **Job Highlights:** + Department: Interpreter Services + Schedule: Full Time, Day Shift (8:00am - 5:00pm) + Starting Pay: $24.07+/hr (Offers are based on years of experience and equity for this role.) + Location: WI-SSM Health Dean Medical Group 1211 Fish Hatchery Rd - Will travel between four sites + Requirement: + One yearSpanish medical interpreting experience + Certified Medical Interpreter: + ​The National Board of Certification for Medical Interpreters + Certification Commission for Healthcare Interpreting (CCHI) **Job Summary:** Acts as a liaison between English and limited-English speaking guests, staff and patients/families by providing oral interpretation, (LIMITED) written translation services, as well as staff education and training. Provides support and serves as a resource for other department functions. **Job Responsibilities and Requirements:** PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES + Interprets for patients, families and staff in a variety of clinical and non-clinical settings. Forms of interpreting may include face to face, telephonic and video remote interpreting. + Complies with all privacy and confidentiality policies when communicating patient information. + Provides (LIMITED) translation of written documents, correspondence and patient education materials. + Assists in explaining language access requirements/obligations and the cultural needs of diverse patient populations. + Assists in the orientation and onboarding of new members of the regional language services team. + Trains employees on regulatory requirements and the use of interpreter services through formal and informal training. + Coordinates, prioritizes and organizes daily activities to ensure effective support is provided to the staff and patients. + Actively participates in department workgroups and improvement initiatives. + Strictly adheres to the National Standards of Practice for Interpreters in Health Care and the Interpreter’s Code of Ethics. + Works in a constant state of alertness and safe manner. + Performs other duties as assigned. EDUCATION + High school diploma or equivalent combination of education and experience. EXPERIENCE + One-year experience + Spanish Language PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS + Frequent lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 0-25 lbs. + Frequent sitting, standing, walking, reaching and repetitive foot/leg and hand/arm movements. + Frequent use of vision and depth perception for distances near (20 inches or less) and far (20 feet or more) and to identify and distinguish colors. + Frequent use of hearing and speech to share information through oral communication. Ability to hear alarms, malfunctioning machinery, etc. + Frequent keyboard use/data entry. + Occasional bending, stooping, kneeling, squatting, twisting and gripping. + Occasional lifting/carrying and pushing/pulling objects weighing 25-50 lbs. + Rare climbing. **Work Shift:** Day Shift (United States of America) **Job Type:** Employee **Department:** 9275000069 Interpreter Services **Scheduled Weekly Hours:** 40 _SSM Health is an equal opportunity employer. SSM Health does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity,_ _pregnancy, veteran status_ **_,_** _or any other characteristic protected by applicable law._ Click here to learn more. (https://www.ssmhealth.com/privacy-notices-terms-of-use/non-discrimination?\_ga=2.205881493.704955970.1667719643-240470506.1667719643)