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.

Certified Italian Interpreter

The Royal Melbourne Hospital

• Provide a high-quality Interpreter Service to support consumers.
• Be a part of a dynamic team dedicated to the provision of interpreter and translation services.
• Part-time 0.6 EFT ongoing role.

The Interpreter Service sits within Allied Health and is committed to providing responsive language services that include interpreter and translation services. We have an in-house team of 21 including the Manager of the service and booking clerk. 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.

Benefits 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?

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.