Interpreter

About This Role

This temporary, part-time hourly interpreter position serves as a member of the Missouri Disaster Medical Assistance Team (MO DMAT-1) within the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA)/Disaster Medical Assistant Team (DMAT). The interpreter acts as a verbal communicator, converting spoken messages between languages in real-time to facilitate understanding. This position would be embedded within a medical tent or nearby facility, comparable to an urgent care or ER setting.

Responsibilities

• Interpret verbal communication from one language to another (preferably Arabic, Dutch, German, Portuguese, or Spanish) to English in real-time within a medical setting
• Adhere to confidentiality and professionalism standards within MO DMAT-1
• Perform other related duties as required to facilitate efficient language interpretation for a variety of patients, medical personnel, and emergency response leadership

Requirements

• Fluent in Arabic, Dutch, German, Portuguese, or Spanish to English
• Practical knowledge of basic medical terminology and the ability to describe ongoing activities of the medical team in multiple languages
• Skill in active listening, concentration, memory retention, and critical thinking processes
• Excellent skills in oral communication to interact with patients and medical personnel in multiple languages
• Near-native fluency in both source and target languages and the ability to adjust/adapt techniques to each interaction
• Ability to effectively organize and plan during crisis situations
• Possess good inter-organization coordination skills, work well with technical experts, local officials, and other organizations
• Ability to set priorities, plan, and implement activities to maximize efficiency
• Ability to establish the necessary relationships with outside medical and mortuary services organizations in order to provide for efficient operations
• Ability to keep abreast of developments both within the organization and in outside arenas affecting the organization as a whole (disaster medicine, public health, and disaster response/relief operations)

Important Details

• Employment type: temporary part-time hourly

Physical Requirements

• Work in a variety of climatic conditions and extreme weather
• Move safely over uneven terrain or in confined spaces
• Withstand and witness a variety of situations including medical care
• Respond quickly to sounds
• See and respond to dangerous situations
• Work in an austere environment

About the Company

The Missouri Department of Public Safety is committed to developing and maintaining a talented workforce.