Interpreter (Spanish)

Riggs Community Health Center is currently seeking a Medical Interpreter for our Spanish language patients. Our team of established behavioral health professionals are continually providing a growing variety of services to the community in a small clinic setting. Riggs Community Health Center conducts integrated health care for all stages of life, including dental and behavioral health out-patient services. As a Riggs Community Health Center team member, you will collaborate with highly skilled medical professionals in a variety of concentrations to provide top quality care options to an under-served population. Improving Health, Improving Lives...

Riggs Community Health Center is a highly rated Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) dedicated to the mission of improving access to quality, cost effective, comprehensive health care with respect and compassion to under-served community members. The right candidate will share our mission and will reap the rewards of a fulfilling career in helping our community. We offer a competitive benefits package including high compensation, low-cost comprehensive medical/dental/vision insurance, $0 high-cost prescriptions assistance, $0-medical imaging assistance, $500 HSA employer contribution, life insurance, short & long term disability, 3 weeks PTO per year, 8 paid holidays, education reimbursements, 401(k), and more!

Essential Duties:

• Interprets spoken statements from one language to another.
• Translates documents, correspondence, forms and other written material from one language to another.
• Rewrites materials from one language into another.
• Maintains records of materials translated.
• Creates documents in Spanish.
• Interprets via telephone for Riggs CHC patients at community physician offices, when possible.
• Attends all mandatory in-services.
• Assisting clinical staff in filing patient labs and other reports.
• Assisting with necessary paper work and telephone contacts necessary for patient appointments, medications, and follow-up courtesy calls.
• Assembling records as requested.
• Assisting with photocopying records and faxing as requested.
• Assisting with preparing requisitions for replacement supplies.