The Royal Melbourne Hospital is one of Australia’s leading public healthcare providers.

Join the team. Build a career. We are looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join The Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Casual Certified Interpreter (Vietnamese, Arabic, Mandarin & Cantonese)

• Provide a high-quality Interpreter Service to support consumers and staff to maintain a high level of clinically safe care
• We offer supportive professional development opportunities
• Be a part of a dynamic team dedicated to the provision of interpreter and translation services
• Casual basis Interpreter (Vietnamese, Arabic, Mandarin & Cantonese)
• Working at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (City and Royal Park Campuses)

The Interpreter Service sits within the Allied Health Department and is committed to providing responsive language services that include interpreter and translation services. We have an in-house team of 21 interpreters. The team provides appropriately credentialed interpreter services for patients, families and staff to facilitate safe communication throughout a patient’s journey at The Royal Melbourne Hospital (City and Royal Park Campuses).

Your new role: 

• Provide accurate, timely, and ethical language interpretation which helps facilitate safe care.
• Solutions focused with an ability to meet deadlines, work independently and within a team.
• Work with RMH stakeholders and the wider community to improve culturally responsive and aware services

About you:

• Use your NAATI Interpreter, and Translator certification to support the RMH team in providing safe, timely and patient centred care.
• You hold excellent communication skills with a track record of working in partnership with consumers, patients and where applicable carers and families.
• You have previous Interpreting experience working in a health service and can prioritise tasks effectively to meet emergent situations.

Benefit of working with The Royal Melbourne Hospital:

• We celebrate staff achievements and champion speaking up for safety
• Enjoy excellent work-life balance working in a supportive and collaborative team
• Salary packaging, onsite car parking and, close to public transport.

Interested?

If you are looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real difference, we would love to hear from you.

All appointments are subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and, where applicable, a Working With Children Check. Evidence of immunisation assessment is required prior to commencement.

Don’t delay – apply now. Recruitment is ongoing, with interviews commencing as suitable candidates are identified.

Please click here for the Position Description 

All appointments are made subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Record Check and satisfactory Working With Children Check.

The RMH is committed to creating a culturally safe environment as a collective responsibility. We draw on our principles of self-determination, equity, accountability, and shared learning to create a culturally responsive health system that challenges how we strive for continuous quality improvement to meet the expectations of the communities and patients we serve.

RMH is a child safe organisation, committed to upholding the rights, safety, and wellbeing of children and young people in line with the Child Safe Standards.

As a leader in healthcare, we recognise the need to foster a culture of equity, inclusion, and belonging. We encourage people of all backgrounds, identities, and abilities to apply, and will provide adjustments to support equitable participation.