Medical Interpreter - Arabic
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ChristianaCare
Wilmington, DE, US
Summary
Provide accurate and complete interpretation between Arabic and English across various medical settings including appointments, procedures, and end-of-life conversations. Serve as a linguistic and cultural resource while maintaining professional boundaries and confidentiality in accordance with healthcare standards.
Job Description
Job Details
Your language expertise can help make exceptional care possible.
At ChristianaCare, clear communication is essential to safe, high-quality care. Our Language Services team helps ensure that patients with limited English proficiency (LEP) can understand, participate in, and make informed decisions about their healthcare.
We are seeking a Casual Arabic Medical Interpreter to support patients and caregivers.
Why ChristianaCare Language Services?
Professional interpretation is an important part of patient safety, health equity, and the patient experience at ChristianaCare. Our Language Services team provides a full spectrum of language support for our culturally diverse patient population and is a licensed training organization for The Community Interpreter®.
As a Medical Interpreter, you’ll work alongside physicians, nurses, social workers, and other healthcare professionals, using your language expertise to help patients and families have a voice in their care.
What You’ll Do
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Provide accurate and complete interpretation between Arabic and English during medical appointments, assessments, family meetings, informed consent discussions, patient education, procedures, psychiatric and social work consultations, and palliative and end-of-life conversations.
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Provide interpretation in person, by telephone, and through video.
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Accurately interpret medical terminology and sensitive healthcare information while preserving the meaning and intent of the communication.
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Serve as a linguistic and cultural resource for patients, families, and healthcare professionals.
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Maintain confidentiality, impartiality, and professional boundaries in accordance with ChristianaCare policies and the NCIHC Code of Ethics and Standards of Practice.
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Maintain flexibility to support on-call and emergency needs across our hospitals.
Medical interpreting requires more than conversational fluency. We’re looking for professionals who can confidently and accurately interpret complex healthcare conversations.
Qualifications:
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High school diploma or GED required. An associate degree or college coursework in any area related to science or human services highly desired.
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Advanced-High proficiency or above in Arabic and English
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Successful completion of required language competency testing
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Minimum 40-hour medical interpreter training program
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Strong communication, listening, interpersonal, and cultural competency skills
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National certification as a Medical or Healthcare Interpreter highly desired
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Experience in a healthcare setting as a medical or healthcare interpreter, remote interpreting experience is a plus.
Why ChristianaCare?
Join a diverse and inclusive culture grounded in Love and Excellence, with programs and resources designed to support our caregivers at work and beyond.
Eligible caregivers may have access to medical, dental and vision coverage; retirement and financial planning resources; dependent and backup care services; fitness and wellness reimbursement; and employee discounts.
Bring your language expertise to a place where being understood can make all the difference.
Hourly Pay Range: $23.85 - $35.78
This pay rate/range represents ChristianaCare’s good faith and reasonable estimate of compensation at the time of posting. The actual salary within this range offered to a successful candidate will depend on individual factors including without limitation skills, relevant experience, and qualifications as they relate to specific job requirements.
Christiana Care Health System is an equal opportunity employer, firmly committed to prohibiting discrimination, whose staff is reflective of its community, and considers qualified applicants for open positions without regard to race, color, sex, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status, disability, pregnancy, citizenship status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state, or local law.
Post End Date
Sep 30, 2026
EEO Posting Statement
ChristianaCare offers a competitive suite of employee benefits to maximize the wellness of you and your family, including health insurance, paid time off, retirement, an employee assistance program. To learn more about our benefits for eligible positions visit https://careers.christianacare.org/benefits-compensation/
Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs.
ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of primary care and outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,336 beds), a freestanding emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute.
ChristianaCare is nationally recognized as a great place to work, rated by Forbes as the 2nd best health system for diversity and inclusion, and the 29th best health system to work for in the United States, and by IDG Computerworld as one of the nation’s Best Places to Work in IT. ChristianaCare is rated by Healthgrades as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals and continually ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek and other national quality ratings. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. With its groundbreaking Center for Virtual Health and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Newark, Delaware
Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, ChristianaCare is one of the country’s most dynamic health care organizations, centered on improving health outcomes, making high-quality care more accessible and lowering health care costs.
ChristianaCare includes an extensive network of primary care and outpatient services, home health care, urgent care centers, three hospitals (1,336 beds), a freestanding emergency department, a Level I trauma center and a Level III neonatal intensive care unit, a comprehensive stroke center and regional centers of excellence in heart and vascular care, cancer care and women’s health. It also includes the pioneering Gene Editing Institute.
ChristianaCare is nationally recognized as a great place to work, rated by Forbes as the 2nd best health system for diversity and inclusion, and the 29th best health system to work for in the United States, and by IDG Computerworld as one of the nation’s Best Places to Work in IT. ChristianaCare is rated by Healthgrades as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals and continually ranked among the nation’s best by U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek and other national quality ratings. ChristianaCare is a nonprofit teaching health system with more than 260 residents and fellows. With its groundbreaking Center for Virtual Health and a focus on population health and value-based care, ChristianaCare is shaping the future of health care.
Company size
10,001+ employees
Industry
Hospitals and Health Care
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Newark, Delaware
