About the role
Mater Language Services currently has a rewarding opportunity for an experienced Vietnamese Interpreter to join the team on a permanent part-time basis (0.8 FTE).
In this role, you will deliver professional interpreting services across on-site, telephone and telehealth settings, supporting communication in Vietnamese. You will hold current accreditation with the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI) and play a key role in facilitating clear, accurate communication between patients, their families, and Mater staff.
As part of the Language Services team, you will act as an important cultural liaison, helping to ensure patients from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds can access safe, high-quality and compassionate healthcare. This role requires a high level of cultural awareness, sensitivity, and a strong understanding of the challenges faced by diverse communities when navigating healthcare services.
Salary range: $46.96 - $51.73 per hour plus superannuation and access to not-for-profit salary packaging up to $15,900 + access to many staff benefits!
What you’ll be doing
Key duties will include:
About you
To be successful in this role you will possess the following skills, experience and qualifications:
A tertiary qualification in interpreting and translating is considered desirable.
Please address the following selection criteria in your Cover Letter:
Why join us?
Mater is Queensland’s largest not-for-profit healthcare provider, delivering exceptional care to nearly 700,000 patients each year across 12 hospitals. We’re leaders in healthcare, education, fundraising & philanthropy and research — and it’s our people who make the difference.
We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our team and help shape the future of care. At Mater, you’ll be part of a purpose-driven organisation that values innovation, compassion, and excellence.
Be part of something bigger. Make your move with Mater #GETBETTERWITHMATER
Applications close 19th of June 2026 –please note, we may contact applicants prior to the closing date, please do not hesitate to APPLY NOW. Direct applications only — we are not engaging recruitment agencies at this time. All successful candidates may be required to complete pre‑employment checks (including criminal history, working rights, medical and working with children checks).
Mater offers a safe, supportive, flexible and inclusive workplace where everyone is valued. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and abilities. Visit our Reconciliation webpage
Mater ensures all children have an environment suitable for their safety and wellbeing through proper supervision and safeguarding practices.
The Royal Children's Hospital (RCH) has been providing outstanding care for Victoria's children and their families for over 147 years.
We are the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria and our care extends to children from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas.
With a passionate, highly skilled and committed staff campus wide of over 5,000, we provide a full range of clinical services, tertiary care and health promotion and prevention programs for children and young people.
We are the designated state-wide major trauma centre for paediatrics in Victoria and a Nationally Funded Centre for cardiac and liver transplantation.
When it comes to training and research we partner with the very best. Our campus partners, the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute (MCRI) and The University of Melbourne Department of Paediatrics, along with the RCH Foundation, are on site with the hospital in Parkville. Together, we are committed to improving the health outcomes for children today and in the future.
In 2016–17, more than 85,654 children attended our Emergency Department, 322,291 specialist clinic appointments were held which was almost 70,000 more than the previous year, more than 17,000 surgeries were performed and more than 48,552 children were admitted to our wards.
