Medical Translator

**We are looking for individuals who want to join our Team in **Spangdahlem Air Base**:
**JOB OPENING**
- ** Title: Medical Translator**:

- ** Location: Spangdahlem, Germany**:

- ** Start Date: Immediately**:

- ** Job-Type: Full-Time**

**SUMMARY**

Medical Translator services are required for eligible health care beneficiaries as scheduled by the Government for the 52nd Medical Squadron/Spangdahlem Air Base. The translator is embedded in the clinic and is responsible for translating, processing, maintaining, and releasing medical records and referrals. You are required to compile or extract medical records data to ensure compliance with regulatory requirements.

**QUALIFICATIONS**
- Must have the ability to read, speak and write English and German languages at a proficiency Level 4 (very fluent).
- Be able to provide a significant service as a translator between the German healthcare providers and American medical healthcare beneficiaries.
- A certification as German-English/English-German translator/interpreter is required. One of the following certifications will meet this requirement: Bachelor of Arts in Translation/Interpretation, Diplom Uebersetzer/Dolmetscher, Staatlich gepruefter Uebersetzer, Staatlich anerkannter Uebersetzer, US State Department certified translator, or other international or national organizations like American Translators Association, International Interpreters Association, etc. certificates should not be older than five (5) years unless work experience within the English language is current.
- High School Diploma
- Type a minimum of 40 WPM
- Knowledge of medical terminology.
- Knowledge of Customer Service
- Knowledgeable in general medical ethics, health records administration
- Be familiar with Air Force Quality Management principles. Patient confidentially and the ability to deal with patient-sensitive information are indispensable. Shall display courtesy toward coworkers and customers and maintain professional composure at all time
- Shall maintain an understanding/knowledge of both HIPAA and German privacy laws/regulations and maintain a thorough understanding of the healthcare of DoD beneficiaries

**RESPONSIBILITIES include, but are not limited to**
- Provide official medical translation from German to English on host nation medical reports received in the Referral Management Center.
- Initiates and locates patient medical records as needed; scans medical report results and translations into the Healthcare Artifact and Image Management Solution (HAIMS) system as required.
- Translates HN provider medical reports “on the spot” and urgently from German to English and English to German as needed.
- Translates command sponsorship packages as needed.
- Translates TRICARE Prime requests older than one (1) year as needed.
- Provides medical report translations for TRICARE Select and PLUS beneficiaries as needed.
- Maintains translating a minimum of 1.5 medical report pages per hour and a performance threshold of 99% accuracy of all final reports submitted to the 52 MDG. The 99% accuracy measurement is defined as the final report being free from any defects in either language structure and/or transcription of content (e.g. laboratory results and their accompanying units of measure). As such, the contractor shall provide a complete and accurate rendering of medical documentation (i.e. source material) into grammatically and colloquially correct products in the written English language.

**APPLICATION PROCESS**

DOCPER/SOFA/Logistical Support Status

This position is not eligible for support under NATO Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) supplemental agreement articles 72 or 73.
- **_ French Consulting is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements._**

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