Levi KUMBI
Kigali,RWANDA
Summary
Experienced Medical Interpreter with over 11 years of expertise in providing accurate and culturally sensitive interpretation services in healthcare, legal, financial, and general interpretation settings. Holds several certifications acquired through various training programs. Fluent in French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, and Kirundi, with strong proficiency in medical terminology, remote interpretation, and maintaining HIPAA standards while adhering to all ethical guidelines.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
MEDICAL INTERPRETER CONTRACTOR
VOYCE GLOBAL
09.2023 - Current
- Provide accurate and culturally sensitive interpretation services between non-English speaking patients and healthcare providers, ensuring effective communication in medical consultations, procedures, and follow-ups.
- Translate complex medical terminology, diagnoses, treatment plans, and prescriptions to help patients fully understand their healthcare options, rights, and responsibilities.
- Maintain strict confidentiality and adhere to professional codes of ethics and standards, safeguarding sensitive medical information and patient privacy.
- Offer remote interpretation services via telephone and video conferencing, ensuring access for patients in various locations and settings.
- Adapt communication methods to respect and meet the cultural needs of diverse patients, ensuring understanding across different languages and cultural backgrounds.
- Collaborate with the team at Voyce Global , supporting the company's medical and healthcare clients by providing high-quality, timely interpretation services for patients in need of language assistance.
- Participated in ongoing professional development to stay current on medical industry trends, advances in medical terminology, and best practices for interpreters.
MEDICAL INTERPRETER CONTRACTOR
Hello Globo
01.2021 - 04.2023
- Provide foreign language interpreting to enable understanding and successful communication between individuals with limited English proficiency and providers and staff
- Adheres to interpreter standards of practice and code of ethics
- Facilitate effective communication over the phone between providers and clients who speak, French, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, and Kirundi
- Thoroughly understand the subject matter to effectively convert source language to target language
- Remain sensitive to the cultures associated with the languages of expertise
- Assist refugees in hospitals, schools, legal settings, and social security administration offices
- Relay concepts and ideas between languages
MEDICAL INTERPRETER
Kigali Faysal Hospital
01.2017 - 01.2020
- Mediated communications between medical staff and foreign language speaking patients to certify all questions and advice are correctly delivered
- Played key role in transcribing documents explicating the content in a very friendly and practical way for the local Patients
- Maintained detailed records of interpreted conversations for future reference purposes
- Assisted in translation of medical text by transcribing doctor's notes into comprehensible terms for customers
- Mentored and taught peers to improve overall translation skills of department
- Skilled in creating accurate translations that retain the original meaning of the source material
- Maintained strict patient confidentiality to uphold organizational integrity standards
- Compiled terminology and information to be used in translations, included technical terms such as those for legal and medical material
- Spoke in audible tones to help others clearly understand in person and on telephone
TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER
USAID RWANDA
01.2011 - 01.2016
- Company Overview: Projects in Rural Areas
- Traveled with and guided foreign tourists
- Mediated communications between USAID staff and Local community to certify all questions and message are correctly delivered
- Maintained detailed records of interpreted conversations for future reference purposes
- Verified comprehension of key and essential information by emphasizing consequential and important message was conveyed as to break cultural constraints
- Assisted in translation of text by transcribing notes into comprehensible terms for the local community
- Maintained strict confidentiality to uphold organizational integrity standards
- Provided verbal summaries of non-English documents for immediate use.
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.) - LOGISTIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Mount Kenya University
12.2021
Skills
- Computer Proficiency
- Microsoft Office
- Goals and Performance
- Client Service
- Active Listening
- Multitasking
- Attention to Detail
- Adaptability
- Crisis Management
- Emotional Intelligence
Certification
- The Medical Interpreter Online
- Medical Terminology, Anatomy and Physiology by PROPIO LS, LLC
Languages
French
Kinyarwanda
Lingala
Kirundi
References
References available upon request
Timeline
MEDICAL INTERPRETER CONTRACTOR
VOYCE GLOBAL
09.2023 - Current
MEDICAL INTERPRETER CONTRACTOR
Hello Globo
01.2021 - 04.2023
MEDICAL INTERPRETER
Kigali Faysal Hospital
01.2017 - 01.2020
TRANSLATOR AND INTERPRETER
USAID RWANDA
01.2011 - 01.2016
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (B.S.) - LOGISTIC INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
Mount Kenya University
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