Chinese Translator- CAIPA Ambassador (On-Site)

Job description

Job Type Full-time Description: As the Chinese Translator-Care Navigator for Maimonides Hospital, the role is to enhance patient care, patient experience, and transitional care of Chinese patients in the Emergency Department, in-patient setting, and outpatient units, as well as the cancer center. The goal is to promote patients’ bio-psycho-socio-economic well-being and connection to community resources and support. Furthermore, the Chinese Translator-Care Navigator helps facilitate appropriate follow-up care when patients return to the community in order to reduce patients’ readmission risk. Responsibilities: - Assist patients in navigating their care in a medical setting, including simple interpretation for Chinese-speaking patients. - Expect community referred patients, and greet and assist with registering patients in the hospital setting. - Foster communication between hospital and referring community physicians. - Identify and engage with patients that require additional community support and make referrals to the CAIPA Care team in order to facilitate connection to community resources. - Update or add PCP information to the hospital system in order to ensure that discharge re...