Healthcare Interpreter Certification
A level 2 course is also offered for advanced study.
Healthcare interpreter certification. National certification for healthcare interpreters. National certification puts the medical interpreter profession on par with other professions including other allied healthcare professionals. Program now open to working pre certified interpreters. Healthcare interpreting is a career.
Ritntid announces the non credit certificate in healthcare interpreting chi program for 2020 2021. The program is a blended format consisting of a consolidated week long face to face classroom experience and online learning components. Health care interpreter training at hcc. All candidates will become lifelong members of the entercomm club and.
There are two national certifications for health care interpreters. Upon successful completion of this training you will be ready for a career as a staff medical interpreter to work as a bilingual staff member in a health care agency and more. In just a few months you can earn a certificate in health care interpreting. Become a qualified healthcare interpreter by successfully completing the level 1 course 45 hours and passing the national language line interpreter skills test medical scenario.
Until 2013 the standing committee known as the stc was the standards training and certification committee. The target audience for cchis certification program is a healthcare interpreter of any language at an entry level position defined as. The stc was involved in the national dialogue promoting and researching national certification for healthcare interpreters. Certification and other credentialing requirements vary by state.
A person who is able to perform the functions of a healthcare interpreter competently independently and unsupervised in any setting and in any modality where health care is provided with the knowledge skill and. Interpreters are part of the patient care team. The healthcare interpreters career path includes attaining a national interpreter certification. This one and only 48 hour interpreter training in new york city features all language specific role plays a 10 hour medical terminology workshop instructed by an attending physician language coaching by certified interpreters and an optional practicum at local hospitals.