Full time Spanish interpreter
Beth Israel Lahey Health · Cambridge, MA · 1 mo ago
Marketing$54k/yrFull-time
We need to output only HTML fragment, no html/body tags, no markdown fences. Use for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Include sections only if posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting.
Let's extract content:
Intro: "When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Facilitates clinical communication between hospital staff and patients. Candidates will need to have an acceptable rating on the Interpreter Assessment Evaluation, which happens during the interview process. Successful candidates will need to have the ability to work well within a team environment."
That's about the role. So we can have
for section headings: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Include sections only if posting has real specific content. We need to parse the posting.
Let's extract content:
Intro: "When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Facilitates clinical communication between hospital staff and patients. Candidates will need to have an acceptable rating on the Interpreter Assessment Evaluation, which happens during the interview process. Successful candidates will need to have the ability to work well within a team environment."
That's about the role. So we can have About the role
with paragraphs.
Then "Job Description Essential Duties & Responsibilities (including but not limited to):" followed by list of duties. So we can have Responsibilities
with - each duty.
List items:
- Medical interpreting between clinician and patient during face-to-face or telephone encounters.
- Acts as a liaison between patients and staff.
- Informs clinicians about cultural considerations when treating Spanish-speaking patients.
- Interpreter for ancillary departments.
- Interpreters between non-clinical staff and patients as needed.
- Provides support and coverage for the Interpreter Services Coordinator as needed.
- Edits translated materials.
- Identifies areas where the hospital can better meet the needs of Spanish communities, i.e.., outreach, signage, etc.
- Explains interpreter model to clinicians and patients.
- Assists with training staff interpreters.
- Orients patients to hospital as needed, i.e., L & D tours, community events, etc.
- May perform on-call services on evenings and weekends/holidays.
- May assist with Community Health classes needing a Spanish interpreter.
- Performs other duties as needed.
- Dept. Specific Functions Assists in the coordination/scheduling of interpreters.
- Assists with data entry/data collection.
- Completes interpreter paperwork promptly.
- Assists as needed in scheduling and confirming patient appointments
- Supports patients outside of their clinical appointments as needed with issues relating to their care at the hospital.
- Contributes to developing an environment that is welcoming and responsive to our patients.
- Performs other duties as needed.
- Additional Job Description DEPT. SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS (Interpreter Services) Assists in the coordination/scheduling of interpreters.
- Assists with data entry/data collection.
- Completes interpreter paperwork promptly.
- Assists as needed in scheduling and confirming patient appointments
- Supports patients outside of their clinical appointments as needed with issues relating to their care at the hospital.
- Contributes to developing an environment that is welcoming and responsive to Spanish-speaking patients.
- Performs other duties as needed.
There is duplication; we need to preserve all substantive information but not duplicate lines? The instruction: "Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions." So we should remove duplicated lines. So we need to deduplicate duties.
Let's compile unique duties:
1. Medical interpreting between clinician and patient during face-to-face or telephone encounters.
2. Acts as a liaison between patients and staff.
3. Informs clinicians about cultural considerations when treating Spanish-speaking patients.
4. Interpreter for ancillary departments.
5. Interpreters between non-clinical staff and patients as needed.
6. Provides support and coverage for the Interpreter Services Coordinator as needed.
7. Edits translated materials.
8. Identifies areas where the hospital can better meet the needs of Spanish communities, i.e., outreach, signage, etc.
9. Explains interpreter model to clinicians and patients.
10. Assists with training staff interpreters.
11. Orients patients to hospital as needed, i.e., L & D tours, community events, etc.
12. May perform on-call services on evenings and weekends/holidays.
13. May assist with Community Health classes needing a Spanish interpreter.
14. Performs other duties as needed.
15. Assists in the coordination/scheduling of interpreters.
16. Assists with data entry/data collection.
17. Completes interpreter paperwork promptly.
18. Assists as needed in scheduling and confirming patient appointments.
19. Supports patients outside of their clinical appointments as needed with issues relating to their care at the hospital.
20. Contributes to developing an environment that is welcoming and responsive to our patients.
21. Contributes to developing an environment that is welcoming and responsive to Spanish-speaking patients. (Similar but distinct; we can keep both or merge? Might be considered duplicate but wording differs: "our patients" vs "Spanish-speaking patients". Keep both.)
Also "Assists in the coordination/scheduling of interpreters." appears multiple times; keep one.
Now Minimum Qualifications section: "Minimum Qualifications High School diploma or equivalent (GED). BA/BS preferred. Bi-lingual (oral and written) bi-cultural skills. Medical interpreting skills, including accuracy and memory. Satisfactory fluency in English and target language(s) at a level that ensures accurate and understandable interpretation. Satisfactory proficiency in medical terminology (i.e., basic anatomy, physiology and diagnostic procedures and treatments) at a level that ensures accurate interpretation. One year of experience working as an interpreter in a healthcare environment is preferred. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills. Certification of completion of an Interpreter Program required. National certification preferred."
We can split into Requirements, Qualifications, Skills as appropriate. The instruction: Use headings for sections like Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We need to decide what goes where.
We have "Minimum Qualifications" which includes education, language skills, experience, certification. Could map to Qualifications.
We have "Physical Requirements & Environment" section: "Normal office environment Outpatient clinical environment with some exposure to infectious diseases and cleaning solutions. Adherence to safety procedures minimizes the risk of injury. Normal office environment for administrative duties."
That could be Requirements? Or maybe we can put under Requirements.
We have "Pay Range $53,560.00 USD - $79,581.00 USD" plus description. That's Pay.
We have no explicit Benefits or Schedule besides maybe mention of on-call services evenings/weekends/holidays (that's schedule). Could create Schedule section with that info.
We have no explicit Benefits section; we should not create Benefits unless posting actually states them. There's mention of vaccination requirement, but that's not a benefit. So we omit Benefits.
We have no explicit About the role besides intro; we can put that.
We have no explicit Skills section separate; we could extract skills from qualifications: "Excellent interpersonal and communication skills." Also "Medical interpreting skills, including accuracy and memory." "Bi-lingual (oral and written) bi-cultural skills." "Satisfactory fluency..." etc. Could put under Skills.
But we need to avoid thin sections. Perhaps combine Qualifications and Skills into one? But instruction says prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We could have About the role, Responsibilities, Qualifications (including requirements, skills, physical), Pay, Schedule.
Let's decide sections:
- About the role (intro)
- Responsibilities (duties)
- Qualifications (education, language, experience, certification, physical requirements)
- Skills (maybe separate but could be part of Qualifications). To avoid thin, we could merge skills into Qualifications.
- Pay (salary range)
- Schedule (on-call services evenings/weekends/holidays)
We should not create Benefits.
Now we need to ensure we don't include filler like "commensurate with experience". Not present.
Now produce HTML:
About the role
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Facilitates clinical communication between hospital staff and patients. Candidates will need to have an acceptable rating on the Interpreter Assessment Evaluation, which happens during the interview process. Successful candidates will need to have the ability to work well within a team environment.
Responsibilities
- Medical interpreting between clinician and patient during face-to-face or telephone encounters.
- Acts as a liaison between patients and staff.
- Informs clinicians about cultural considerations when treating Spanish-speaking patients.
- Interpreter for ancillary departments.
- Interpreters between non-clinical staff and patients as needed.
- Provides support and coverage for the Interpreter Services Coordinator as needed.
- Edits translated materials.
- Identifies areas where the hospital can better meet the needs of Spanish communities, i.e., outreach, signage, etc.
- Explains interpreter model to clinicians and patients.
- Assists with training staff interpreters.
- Orients patients to hospital as needed, i.e., L & D tours, community events, etc.
- May perform on-call services on evenings and weekends/holidays.
- May assist with Community Health classes needing a Spanish interpreter.
- Performs other duties as needed.
- Assists in the coordination/scheduling of interpreters.
- Assists with data entry/data collection.
- Completes interpreter paperwork promptly.
- Assists as needed in scheduling and confirming patient appointments.
- Supports patients outside of their clinical appointments as needed with issues relating to their care at the hospital.
- Contributes to developing an environment that is welcoming and responsive to our patients.
- Contributes to developing an environment that is welcoming and responsive to Spanish-speaking patients.
Qualifications
- High School diploma or equivalent (GED). BA/BS preferred.
- Bi-lingual (oral and written) bi-cultural skills.
- Medical interpreting skills, including accuracy and memory.
- Satisfactory fluency in English and target language(s) at a level that ensures accurate and understandable interpretation.
- Satisfactory proficiency in medical terminology (i.e., basic anatomy, physiology and diagnostic procedures and treatments) at a level that ensures accurate interpretation.
- One year of experience working as an interpreter in a healthcare environment is preferred.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Certification of completion of an Interpreter Program required. National certification preferred.
- Physical requirements: Normal office environment; outpatient clinical environment with some exposure to infectious diseases and cleaning solutions; adherence to safety procedures minimizes risk of injury; normal office environment for administrative duties.
Pay
$53,560.00 USD - $79,581.00 USD annual base salary range. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.
Schedule
May perform on-call services on evenings and weekends/holidays.
We should ensure no duplicate lines. The schedule line duplicates duty about on-call; but it's okay to mention schedule.
We removed EEO etc. Also removed "Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled" etc. Also removed "More than 35,000 people working together..." etc. Also removed vaccination requirement? That's not EEO but maybe considered boilerplate? It's a condition of employment; but not explicitly listed as a section to keep. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Vaccination requirement could be considered legal/condition; but not explicitly listed. Might be considered boilerplate? It's a condition of employment; but not sure. Safer to keep? The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Vaccination requirement is not EEO. It's a condition of employment; could be considered legal boilerplate. I
About the role
When you join the growing BILH team, you're not just taking a job, you’re making a difference in people’s lives. Facilitates clinical communication between hospital staff and patients. Candidates will need to have an acceptable rating on the Interpreter Assessment Evaluation, which happens during the interview process. Successful candidates will need to have the ability to work well within a team environment.
Responsibilities
- Medical interpreting between clinician and patient during face-to-face or telephone encounters.
- Acts as a liaison between patients and staff.
- Informs clinicians about cultural considerations when treating Spanish-speaking patients.
- Interpreter for ancillary departments.
- Interpreters between non-clinical staff and patients as needed.
- Provides support and coverage for the Interpreter Services Coordinator as needed.
- Edits translated materials.
- Identifies areas where the hospital can better meet the needs of Spanish communities, i.e., outreach, signage, etc.
- Explains interpreter model to clinicians and patients.
- Assists with training staff interpreters.
- Orients patients to hospital as needed, i.e., L & D tours, community events, etc.
- May perform on-call services on evenings and weekends/holidays.
- May assist with Community Health classes needing a Spanish interpreter.
- Performs other duties as needed.
- Assists in the coordination/scheduling of interpreters.
- Assists with data entry/data collection.
- Completes interpreter paperwork promptly.
- Assists as needed in scheduling and confirming patient appointments.
- Supports patients outside of their clinical appointments as needed with issues relating to their care at the hospital.
- Contributes to developing an environment that is welcoming and responsive to our patients.
- Contributes to developing an environment that is welcoming and responsive to Spanish-speaking patients.
Qualifications
- High School diploma or equivalent (GED). BA/BS preferred.
- Bi-lingual (oral and written) bi-cultural skills.
- Medical interpreting skills, including accuracy and memory.
- Satisfactory fluency in English and target language(s) at a level that ensures accurate and understandable interpretation.
- Satisfactory proficiency in medical terminology (i.e., basic anatomy, physiology and diagnostic procedures and treatments) at a level that ensures accurate interpretation.
- One year of experience working as an interpreter in a healthcare environment is preferred.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
- Certification of completion of an Interpreter Program required. National certification preferred.
- Physical requirements: Normal office environment; outpatient clinical environment with some exposure to infectious diseases and cleaning solutions; adherence to safety procedures minimizes risk of injury; normal office environment for administrative duties.
Pay
$53,560.00 USD - $79,581.00 USD annual base salary range. Actual compensation is determined based on several factors, that may include seniority, education, training, relevant experience, relevant certifications, geography of work location, job responsibilities, or other applicable factors permissible by law.
Schedule
May perform on-call services on evenings and weekends/holidays.
We should ensure no duplicate lines. The schedule line duplicates duty about on-call; but it's okay to mention schedule. We removed EEO etc. Also removed "Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled" etc. Also removed "More than 35,000 people working together..." etc. Also removed vaccination requirement? That's not EEO but maybe considered boilerplate? It's a condition of employment; but not explicitly listed as a section to keep. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Vaccination requirement could be considered legal/condition; but not explicitly listed. Might be considered boilerplate? It's a condition of employment; but not sure. Safer to keep? The instruction says remove EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate. Vaccination requirement is not EEO. It's a condition of employment; could be considered legal boilerplate. I