Healthcare or medical interpreters and translators
Controller Job Description
Healthcare or medical interpreters and translators typically work in healthcare settings and help patients communicate with doctors, nurses, technicians, and other medical staff. Interpreters and translators must have knowledge of medical terminology in both languages. They may translate patient consent documents, patients’ records, pharmaceutical and informational brochures, regulatory information, and research material from one language into another.
Healthcare or medical interpreters must be sensitive to patients’ personal circumstances and must maintain confidentiality and ethical standards.
Typical duties of a Controller
Duties and Responsibilities:
• Translate Medical Information Verbally.
• Translate Medical Text.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Assist with Patient Follow-Up.
• Establish Positive Interactions.
• Participate in Continued Training.
• Translate questions and accurately translate medical history and other information from patients to medical staff.
• Relay diagnoses, instructions, and other medical information accurately to patients and their families, and make sure they understand.
• Maintain patient confidentiality.
• Understand cultural gaps and explain any cultural gap to medical professionals that may interfere with compliance or understanding.
• Written and verbal fluency in two relevant languages.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Working knowledge of medical terminology.
• Excellent verbal communication skills.