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Department: Interpreter Language Services
FTE:
1.00
Full Time
Shift: Days
Position
Summary:
Provide accurate hospital medical written translation for
patient facing and internal documents. Ensure adherence to Hospitals
and departmental policies and procedures. Patient care assignment may
include neonate, pediatric, adolescent, adult and geriatric age
groups.
Detailed responsibilities:
* PATIENT SAFETY 1 -
Follow patient safety-related policies, procedures and protocols
*
DEVELOPMENT - Enhance professional growth and development through
participation in educational programs, reading current literature,
attending in-services, meetings and workshops
* 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
* TRANSLATION - Assist in written
translation of medical information to internal and external
customers
* TRANSLATION - Translate in written form patient
education information as requested
* 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
* 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
* 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"
* WORKING RELATIONS - Establish
and maintain positive relationships with patients, visitors, and
Hospitals employees in the work environment
* LIAISON - Develop
collaborative relationships with managers and departments to
facilitate and support quality translation services
* PROJECT
MANAGEMENT - Act as owner for assigned initiatives and create an
environment for project completion and success
Education:
Essential:
* Course
Nonessential:
*
Bachelor's Degree
Education specialization:
Essential:
* UNMH
Inter/Translator Med Qual-Adv High or Superior
Score
Nonessential:
* Related Discipline
Experience:
Essential:
3 years directly related
experience
Nonessential:
Experience using computer assisted
translation (CAT) tools and translation memory (TM)
softwareProficiency in SDL Trados
Credentials:
Essential:
* Amercian Translators Assoc
(ATA) Cert w/in 1 year of pos
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.
Working
conditions:
Essential:
* Minor Hazard - physical risks, dirt,
dust, fumes, noise
* Ineligible for interpreter stipend
* May be
required or is required to perform on-call duties
Department: Education
TRANSLATOR
University of New Mexico - Hospitals
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