Description

Duties for this position include providing visual interpretation services to patients at the John L. Norris Addiction Treatment Center.  

General duties include, but are not limited to:

Translating, communicating, and interpreting verbal spoken language (i.e., English) into American Sign Language (ASL) and from ASL into a verbal spoken language.
Providing ASL interpretation services for Deaf or Hard of Hearing patients during treatment groups and during other treatment activities;
Providing ASL services for clinical appointments and/or for community based outside appointments.
Maintaining patient confidentiality.
 

J. L. Norris ATC is a Tobacco-Free Facility.

Requirements

Certification by the Registry of Interpreters for the Deaf, Inc. (RID); or a passing score on the written portion of the RID certification examination and two years of experience providing sign language interpretive services; or a rating of intermediate or above on the Sign Communication Proficiency Interview conducted by the National Technical Institute for the Deaf.