Rebecca Downs
Pound Ridge,New York
Summary
At Retina Consultations, I enhanced patient-provider interactions as a Medical Interpreter, leveraging my deep understanding of anatomy and physiology alongside cultural insight. I excelled in translating complex medical information, ensuring confidentiality, and improving communication efficiency. My skills in medical technology and clinical management, language services and document translation significantly contributed to patient care and legal compliance.
Overview
35
35
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Medical Interpreter
Retinal Consultations
04.1989 - 06.2024
- Streamlined patient and provider interaction by providing channel of effective communication.
- Followed ethical codes to protect confidentiality of patient medical information.
- Interpreted services to families during process of scheduling initial visit and coordination of ongoing treatment.
- Translated procedural information to facilitate understanding between doctors and patients.
- Served as medical interpreter for patients and staff clinical encounters by delivering accurate, skilled interpretations to facilitate effective communications.
- Equipped healthcare providers with cultural information to promote appropriate provision of health services.
- Translated documents about treatment directions and helped non-English speaking patients fill out medical forms.
- Converted written materials from one language to another such as books, publications or web pages.
- Created new text in target language to reproduce content and style of original text.
- Completed precise translations of official documents with correct words and phrasing to meet legal standards.
- Maximized quality control of translated documents.
- Created detailed reports on accuracy of translated documents.
- Interpreted conversations simultaneously to help both parties conduct business, handle medical needs or manage personal concerns.
- Facilitated communication between law enforcement personnel and individuals involved in crimes such as witnesses, persons of interest, and suspects.
- Interpreted spoken and written languages other than English and vice versa.
- Proofread, edited and improved documents of different sizes.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - History
Fordham University
Bronx, NY06-2014
Skills
- Cultural insight
- Clinical manager, advocate
- Patient /client assessment
- Fluent interpretation and translation
Affiliations
- JCAHPO
- ASORN
- OPS
Certification
COA,
OSC
CST
Languages
Spanish
Full Professional
Timeline
Medical Interpreter
Retinal Consultations
04.1989 - 06.2024
Bachelor of Arts - History
Fordham University
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