ERIKA CELEDON De GAMEZ
Lilburn,GA
Summary
Caring and poised professional with many years of experience providing interpretation services to patients with limited English skills. Worked cohesively with healthcare employees to translate verbal and written medical information. Supported development of healthcare programs to meet cultural and ethnic needs by suggesting materials for translation and other services for non-English speakers. As well as a talented interpreter with advanced conversational abilities. Maintains emotion, style and content of speaker's words in translations and familiar with deeper cultural context behind phrases.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
English/Spanish Interpreter
Self Employed Services
Lilburn, GA
03.2023 - Current
- Start date: March 11th, 2023, as a part-time job with an hourly rate of $40 per hour, plus a mileage rate of 0.65 cents per mile.
- Conducted executive interpreting for clients' citizenship tests in the Citizenship and Immigration Services Department in Spanish to ensure a thorough understanding of their needs.
- Performed simultaneous translation during conferences and meetings held in both languages.
- Interpreted phone conversations between people who spoke different languages fluently.
- Drafted written translations of oral statements made by individuals or groups.
- Utilized specialized software programs to facilitate document translations.
- Evaluated audio recordings for linguistic accuracy and completeness.
Spanish/English Medical Interpreter
Kaiser Permanente Health Plan
11.2017 - Current
- Start Date: November 21st, 2017 - Current
- Full-time employee.
- Regional Office located at Nine Piedmont Center, 3495 Piedmont Road NE, Atlanta, GA 30305-1736. Manager Pilar Gutierrez, pilar.M.gutierrez@kp.org, Phone (404) 365-4115.
- Started with an hourly rate of $35 per hour and a mileage rate of 0.61 cents per mile.
- The current hourly rate is $40 per hour, raised in March 2023, with a mileage rate of $0.65 per mile.
- Company Overview: Georgia Region.
- As a Spanish medical interpreter, I provide consecutive, simultaneous, and sight interpretation to patients and their families with English proficiency to enhance patients' and family members' understanding of medical procedures, treatment options, discharge instructions, patient and family education, and follow-up care.
- I rely on compliance with hospital policies, procedures, and HIPAA Standards.
- I promote the appropriate utilization of language access services at Kaiser Permanente, both in-person and video visits, and I perform other related duties incidental to the work.
- Georgia Region
Spanish/English Medical Interpreter
Union Latina
11.2016 - 11.2017
- Start Date: November 1st, 2016.
- End Date: November 2nd, 2017.
- Hourly rate of $25 per hour.
- The manager's name is Lucy. Email: interpreters@unionlatinainc.com
- As a workers' compensation and medical interpreter, my job requires interpreter services during medical treatment appointments for an injured worker who is unable to speak, understand, or communicate in English with either a lawyer or any person involved in his or her case.
- As a Spanish medical interpreter, I provide consecutive, simultaneous, and sight interpretation to patients and their families with English proficiency to enhance patients' and family members' understanding of lawyer visits, medical procedures, treatment options, discharge instructions, patient and family education, and follow-up care.
- I rely on compliance with hospital policies, procedures, and HIPAA Standards.
Stay Home Mother of 2
Full Time Stay Home Mother and Wife
Lawrenceville, USA
03.2014 - 11.2016
- Start Date: March 15th, 2014, Priceless Job.
- End Date: November 1st, 2016.
- Duties on this full-time job were nursing, feeding infants, changing diapers, preparing meals, doing housekeeping work, paying bills, running errands, taking children to school, and buying groceries.
- Promoted high customer satisfaction by resolving problems with knowledgeable and friendly service.
- Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
- Prioritized and organized tasks to efficiently accomplish service goals.
- Identified the needs of customers promptly and efficiently.
- Exceeded customer satisfaction by finding creative solutions to problems.
Office Administrator
Nature Scapes Maintenance & Design Corp.
03.2010 - 03.2014
- Part-Time Job, $300 Weekly.
- Start Date: March 15th, 2010.
- End Date: March 15th, 2014.
- Manager's Name: Jose Toledo, Phone: (470) 723-7755.
- Properly translating from English to Spanish, and vice versa, from clients to staff members.
- Handle all word processing, typing, Access, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Entering data for reports, production items, shipping, and inventory.
- Maintain a computerized inventory of all parts, supplies, and products.
- Organized and maintained filing systems, including electronic databases and records.
- Answered incoming calls in a professional manner, directed callers to appropriate personnel or departments, and took messages as needed.
- Help plan and organize company functions, schedule clients' meetings, greet clients, update clients' charts, answer the telephone, and represent the company in a professional and businesslike manner.
- Coordinated and managed daily administrative operations of the office.
Education
Associate of Science Degree - Medical Assistant
Gwinnett College
Lilburn, GA04.2014
Certificate - Spanish/English Medical Interpreter
The University Of Georgia, Gwinnett Campus
12.2009
Skills
- Bilingual (English/Spanish)
- Fluent in Spanish (Speak, Read, and Write)
- Bilingual communication
- Accurate Translation
- Consecutive Translation
- Speech Clarity
- Live interpretations
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Confidentiality understanding
- Medical Translation
- Information Interpretation
- Grade-Level Translation
Certification
Certificate in Spanish/English Medical Interpreter
Coursework
- Ethics of Interpreting
- Healthcare interpreting terminology in English and Spanish
- Spanish/English linguistics skills
- Analysis of the healthcare provider environment and issues regarding Latino/Hispanic healthcare
- Development of integrated interpreter skills
- Understanding the cultural aspects of Latino/Hispanic healthcare
Languages
Spanish
Native/ Bilingual
English
Full Professional
Timeline
English/Spanish Interpreter
Self Employed Services
03.2023 - Current
Spanish/English Medical Interpreter
Kaiser Permanente Health Plan
11.2017 - Current
Spanish/English Medical Interpreter
Union Latina
11.2016 - 11.2017
Stay Home Mother of 2
Full Time Stay Home Mother and Wife
03.2014 - 11.2016
Office Administrator
Nature Scapes Maintenance & Design Corp.
03.2010 - 03.2014
Associate of Science Degree - Medical Assistant
Gwinnett College
Certificate - Spanish/English Medical Interpreter
The University Of Georgia, Gwinnett Campus
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