Medical and Community Interpreter
Linguistica International
S. Kearns, Utah
11.2014 - Current
- Provided oral interpretations for Patients and medical staff during special events, successfully maintaining pace with native speakers to deliver real-time comprehension.
- Maintained message content, tone and emotion as closely as possible.
- Provided cultural input to speakers to help parties who did not speak similar languages communicate with and understand one another.
- As a Medical Interpreter, I play the role of an advocate, cultural broker, clarifier, and conduit; seamlessly switching from one role to the other as needed.
- I am also responsible to accurately interpret verbatim what is said between the medical staff, the patients, and their family members (when appropriate) while using a professional register with the proper medical terminology.
- Following a mandatory monthly continuous learning courses provided by the agency. I am a competently savvy Certified Medical Interpreter with an exceptional background with over 20-year experience handling intensive medical calls.
- Collaborating across disciplines to support patients' needs and enhance care and understanding
between patients and their medical team. - As a Certified Mental Health Crisis Intervention Therapist, I am efficient at handling intricate calls pertaining to Mental Health issues, or as is often the case, with calls pertaining to the Center for Survivors of Torture that most interpreters may find arduous to deal with.
- Assist the HR department from time to time, to evaluate French speaking as well as Haitian-Creole speaking potential future interpreters.
- I am an accomplished, resourceful and skilled at seamlessly bridging cultural divides between patients, their family, and their medical team.
- Attended training programs to improve professional knowledge and interpretation skills.
