Job Description

More Than Just Care, It’s Community

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.

If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be  Munson Material.  To us, that means teammates who live by our values of  excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity,  and a commitment to creating  exceptional experiences  for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You

• Grow:  Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance. 

• Thrive:  Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.

• Be Well:  Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges. 

• Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings

Job Description

A Day in the Life 

• Provide language interpretation services for patients/families receiving healthcare.

• Assures that patient/family member(s) know precisely what each speaker has said, rendering all messages accurately and completely, without adding, omitting, or substituting information.
• Replicates the register, style, and tone of the speaker.
• Maintains objectivity during interpretation, not allowing personal judgments or cultural values to bias interactions.
• Adheres to the National Council on Interpreting in Healthcare Standards of Practice and Code of Ethics.

Qualifications

What’s Required

• Bilingual in ONE of the following languages: Russian, Ukranian, or Spanish.
• Pass required bilingual fluency & conversation skills, knowledge of interpreting and ethics of interpreting assessment in order to be considered a qualified medical interpreter (including knowledge of medical terminology as required by regulation).
• Agrees to maintain required certification or

  qualifications

  for medical interpreting.
• Demonstrated exemplary customer relation skills and professional demeanor, with proven ability to communicate effectively and accurately, verbally and in writing with all levels within the organization and with outside agencies.
• Ability to maintain high degree of confidentiality regarding information available within the department and hospital.

Additional Information

Are you Munson Material? Apply today! 

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.

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