UTHealth (University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston)·Houston, Texas
Provides oral and written translation of medical reports, patient histories, and clinical discussions to ensure access to psychiatric services. Acts as a linguistic resource for patients and staff, including performing on-call translation duties.
UTHealth Houston's Behavioral Sciences Campus (BSC) is hiring a Spanish Language Interpreter!
Our Behavioral Sciences Campus, the largest academic psychiatric hospital in the country, is comprised of John S.
Dunn Behavioral Sciences Center and Harris County Psychiatric Center, serving 27 counties.
BSC offers individualized inpatient treatment for a variety of behavioral health disorders across its 23 on-site units, totaling 538 beds.
These units include treatment in child/adolescent, adult/geriatric, co-occurring disease, psychosis, and competency restoration units.
The Spanish Language Interpreter plays a critical role in ensuring patients' access to psychiatric services by utilizing strong English and Spanish writing and translation skills, with attention to grammar and accuracy, to support the delivery of essential, timely care.
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Provides oral and written translation of diverse patient care-related material. Position Key Accountabilities: Provides written translation of patient histories and other medical reports, patient education and instructional material, advance directives, medical documents and other institutional publications. Provides oral translation of discussions related to patient referral, new patient registration, financial evaluation, patient assessment, treatment planning, admissions, discharge, and other clinical and healthcare-related discussions. Interprets clinical, financial, psychosocial and ethical discussions related to patient care activities. Serves as a resource to patients, staff and care providers to contribute to successful patient outcomes. Performs on-call translation duties requiring immediate response to electronic paging. Performs other duties as assigned.
Requires an Associate's Degree or equivalent experience and at least 2 years of relevant experience. Strong English and Spanish writing and translation skills are strongly preferred.
Market context
In Texas, Spanish language interpreter roles in behavioral sciences settings are often in steady demand because patient communication and documentation both depend on accurate language support. These positions can be competitive when employers look for an associate’s degree or equivalent experience, plus at least 2 years of relevant experience and strong English and Spanish writing and translation skills. Review the AI-summarized requirements and benefits here to save research time, then tailor your application to show interpreting experience in behavioral health settings.