Paul C. Y. Email & Phone Number

Freelance medical interpreter providing recurring in-person English/Cantonese/Mandarin general and medical interpretation assignments in consecutive mode for non English-speaking and Limited English Proficiency (LEP) patients, their family members and rehabilitation/medical/social service/nursing staff at NYU Langone Health, Mount Sinai Hospital, Elmhurst Hospital, Bellevue Hospital, Weill Cornell Medical Center/NY Presbyterian, Hospital for Special Surgery, Memorial Sloan Kettering Hospital, Northwell Health Physician Partners-Neurology, Park Terrace Care Center, New York Medical Rehabilitation Center, Auburndale Chiropractic, Bedford Medical and Lexington School for the Deaf. Good working knowledge of Adobe Acrobat, MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint), and many other computer/Web applications. Have received praises throughout the years from former managers and past clients, and more recently, the medical staff of all levels, for his professionalism, sense of responsibility, work attitude and team player spirit.Specialties: • English, Cantonese, Mandarin• Consecutive interpretation• Medical terminology• Customer service• People skills• Teamwork• Responsibility• Punctuality• Attention to detail• Interpersonal communication• Adobe Acrobat XI Standard/Standard DC/Pro DC/Pro • Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint)• Apple iCloud, Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive• Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Zoom• Windows, MacOS• CD/DVD burning • Document/image scanning • WinZip• Graphics• Grammar• Spelling• Proofreading• Typing (40-50 wpm)

Listed skills include Powerpoint, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat, and 23 others.

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  Freelance Medical Interpreter

  Just Interpretation Llc

  Jun 2022 - Present - New York, United States

  • Render accurate and complete interpretations without additions, omissions or changes• Maintain confidentiality, privacy and non-disclosure of sensitive patient medical records throughout all patient/medical staff interactions, except with the prior consent of the patients and/or their family members or if and when required by law• Maintain professional work relationship and rapport with all rehabilitation/medical/social service/nursing staff• Report session-related start and end times, delays, changes, cancellations and any other unforeseen situations to agency coordinators via SMS and stand by for instructions• Provide interpretation assistance for the following sessions: • Rehabilitation therapy sessions (physical, occupational, speech, music, art, horticulture) for adult patients with stroke/TBI; pediatric patients with congenital defects • Psychological evaluations for adult stroke/TBI patients • Therapy and psychological assessments and re-assessments for pediatric patients with congenital disorders • Psychological counseling with high school student • Pediatric serial castings • Sight translations of discharge plans and medicine educations • Informed consents/re-consents for cancer clinical trials • In-person and WebEx family meetings on treatment and post discharge care options • End-of-life family meetings with palliative care teams • Adult/pediatric swallow/feeding studies • NCV/EMG tests • ECT pre-treatment and follow-up discussions • LVAD instructions for patient awaiting heart transplant • ABI test • MRI/CT/PET scans, X-rays, ultrasound-guided breast biopsies with IV contrast • Conference calls/video follow-up sessions for pediatric patients with congenital defects • IMEs for personal injury/disability claims • Medical consultations/follow-up visits/procedures/updates