600 Methodist Richardson Medical Center
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INTERPRETER
- Location
- Dallas, Texas
- Work mode
- On-site
- Employment type
- Part-time
About the job
Hours of Work : 24 Days Of Week : Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Work Shift : Part Time (United States of America) Job Description : Your Job: The Interpreter is responsible for providing language assistance for patients, families, and visitors regarding medical procedures, complex discharges, and potentially litigable situations in order to provide accurate information and help resolve any issues or perceived problems.
Your Job Requirements:
- Associate degree preferred
- 3 years Interpretation services preferred
- 2 years of interpreting medical terminology
- Spanish language interpreters meet Spanish proficiency as defined by Methodist Health System.
Your Job Responsibilities:
• Performs timely and accurate interpretation for non-English speaking patients, families, and visitors.
- Performs timely and accurate interpretation for non-English speaking patients, families, and visitors.
- Assesses patient’s level of understanding, evaluates need for further language assistance, family outreach or referrals.
- Responsible for translation of legal documents.
- Assists medical staff in gathering background on patients as requested.
- Promotes positive patient relations.
- Responsible for the translation of legal documents that require a patient or family's signature, ensuring that the patient and/or family has a full understanding of the document.
- Maintains positive working relationships with employees, other hospitals, and community agencies to ensure effective communication among all patient contacts.
- Provides emotional support to spouse, children, siblings, friends, and others who are involved in the patient's welfare.
- Participates in the quality process by collecting response time and other quality of service indicators to measure translation services as whole and by each individual staff member.
- Maintains knowledge of applicable rules, regulations, policies, laws and guidelines that impact the Language Assistant area. Develops effective internal controls that promote adherence to applicable state/federal laws, and the program requirements of accreditation agencies and federal, state, and private health plans.
- Perform other job duties as assigned.
- Magnet®-designated hospital
- 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare by Becker’s Hospital Review , 2023
- Top 10 Military Friendly® Employer, Gold Designation, 2023
- Top 10 Military Spouse Friendly® Employer, 2023
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From 600 Methodist Richardson Medical Center's careers page (Workday), checked 31 Oct 2026.
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Posted 16 Oct 2026 · checked 31 Oct 2026 · Report this job