• Interpreter (Arabic)
• Part time - Ongoing Position
• 21.00 Hours per week

The Royal Women’s Hospital is Australia’s first and largest specialist hospital dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of newborns and women of all ages. To join the Women’s is to be instrumental in forging progress towards health equity for women from ground-breaking research through to the bedside delivery of multi-disciplinary clinical care.

Creating exceptional experiences is at the heart of everything we do for our patients, their families, and our people across our specialised services within maternity, neonatal and women’s health.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a qualified Arabic interpreter to join our Language Services Team. Our Department of Language Services is responsible for providing interpreting services to women using any service provided by the Women's.

Your contribution

This position is responsible for providing interpreting services to women (Arabic and ideally Assyrian and Chaldean) using any service provided by the Women's. Furthermore, the position involves participating in the development of services for women of culturally and linguistically diverse CALD backgrounds as a team member and in consultation with RWH clinics and departments of the Women's.

Your duties will include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Interpret in NAATI certified language(s) - Arabic for women and their families
• Translate brief messages (non-clinical) and/or check translations if required
• Create a safe cultural space for women and families receiving care, so that they can communicate naturally about their health and wellbeing
• Contribute to a high performing team of interpreters
• Collect data for bookings and enter statistics accurately and in a timely way
• Provide administrative assistance to support the team as requested
• Participate in own professional development activities
• Contribute to improving the safety and quality of services for women with a CALD background at the Women's.

About you

To be successful within this role you will need to have:

• Appropriate Tertiary Qualification and NAATI Interpreter certification (previously Level 3).
• High level of computer literacy and skills for electronic medical records, search engines, data collect systems and platforms, telehealth, video conferencing, and Microsoft office 365
• Demonstrated experience in health interpreting and understanding of health contexts for women and newborns
• Experience with working with women and families of newborns is highly desirable
• Skills in interpreting in Assyrian and Chaldean languages are highly desirable.

Our offering

When you join the Women’s you unite with talented people who share your purpose and unwavering determination to advance health outcomes for all women. You will find a workplace that is collaborative, progressive and passionate about learning and working together in multi-disciplinary teams to ensure you find the exceptional in your everyday.

Our staff benefits program includes salary packaging, on-site car parking and childcare (subject to availability), alongside a range of discounted financial, lifestyle and wellbeing benefits provided by our staff benefit partners. To learn more, please visit: www.thewomens.org.au/careers/why-work-at-the-womens/staff-benefits/.

We are proudly Breastfeeding Association accredited. The Women’s is committed to gender equity principles and our people have an awareness of and sensitive approach to violence against women/family violence matters.

The Women’s is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and social inclusion. We welcome applications from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, including those from Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islanders, people with lived experience of disability and people who identify as LGBTI.

It is a policy of the Women's to provide reasonable adjustments for persons with a disability. If you need assistance or adjustments to fully participate in the application or interview process, please contact the hiring manager listed under 'Contact Person'

Ready to make the move?

For more information about the position, please see the Position Description attached and apply online by selecting “apply now” below. Please contact the Language Services Manager, Mrs Kim Pham, on T: (03) 8345 3055 if you have any queries. Applications need to address each of the Key Selection Criteria to be considered for short-listing for interviews.

All appointments to the Women’s are subject to a satisfactory clearance of Working with Children Check and Police Check.

COVID-19 Vaccination Requirement

Please be aware that in line with the Health Minister's Covid-19 Mandatory Vaccination Order, all workers at the Women's regardless of role, will be required to be fully vaccinated (3 doses) for COVID-19 or hold an acceptable medical exemption.

Influenza Vaccination Requirement

In line with the Health Services Amendment (Mandatory Vaccination of Healthcare Workers) Act 2020, some health care workers are now required to have their flu vaccination to work in health care. Evidence of vaccination is required.

As this role fits into category A or B of the departments risk ratings, applicants will be required to have been vaccinated against influenza. Evidence of vaccination is required.

All applicants will be required to provide acceptable evidence of their vaccination status.

If you would like to receive this information/publication in an accessible format (such as large print or audio) please call our HR Enquiries line on: 03 8345 2080, or email [email protected] using the subject line: Interpreter enquiry via EthicalJobs.