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ASL INTERPRETER

Join Jamaica Hospital Medical Center

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center—one of America’s 100 Best Hospitals by Healthgrades—is a 384-bed, not-for-profit, fully accredited community teaching hospital serving Queens since 1891, where we started in just a four-bedroom house. Today, we deliver nationally recognized care in cardiology, stroke, oncology, imaging, and emergency medicine, and are New York State’s only Primary Heart Attack Center and the first Comprehensive Stroke Center.

With an expanded Level I Trauma Center, Pediatric Emergency Department, modern maternity services, and over 120,000 ER visits annually, we offer dynamic opportunities for professional growth, impact and clinical excellence. Through our affiliation with Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and the upcoming opening of our newly built, state-of-the-art Cancer Center, we continue to expand access to world-class care.

As a safety-net hospital, filling a void for the people in the community, we proudly serve all patients regardless of ability to pay. Join us during this exciting period of growth and help shape the future of healthcare.

Mission: To serve our patients and the community in a way that is second to none. 

Vision: To be the premier integrated healthcare delivery system by providing the highest quality, most cost-effective service, which is accessible and sensitive to all.

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Jamaica Hospital

ASL INTERPRETER

Jamaica Hospital Medical Center a member of the Medisys Health Network is a fully accredited community-based teaching hospital and Level I Trauma and Stroke Center. We are proud of our uncompromising commitment and approach in providing the highest levels of professional, compassionate care to the many underserved patients and residents in Queens. We are currently seeking an experienced American Sign Language Interpreter for an immediate full-time day shift position in our Language Assistance Program. The Language Assistance Program at Jamaica Hospital Medical Center offers a wide range of interpreter services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing patients.

DUTIES

  • Selected candidates will provide interpreting services for Deaf and Hard of Hearing patients and hearing health care professionals in a variety of medical settings.
  • Facilitating communication through the use of sign language, spoken English, cultural mediation, and knowledge about visual accessibility..
  • Providing training to educate staff working with Deaf and Hard of Hearing patients.
  • Relaying information accurately and completely in compliance with hospital policies and procedures, patient confidentiality, and informed consent, as well as the Code of Professional Conduct for the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf.
  • May manage auxiliary aids and services for individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing.
Requirements
  • RID Certification required
  • High school diploma or equivalent required
  • College Degree in ASL Interpretation preferred.
  • Minimum 1-2 years prior experience as a medical interpreter
  • Knowledge of medical terminology in English and American Sign Language.
  • Ability to communicate in different registers in English and American Sign Language.
  • Cognitive ability to provide interpretation services in all clinical settings, according to RID Standards of Practice and Code of Professional Conduct.
  • Good communication and behavioral skills.

Salary Range:  $60,000 – $75,000  depending on experience

 

 
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