Dental Mobile Unit Driver - Part time

Dental Mobile Unit Driver

"Follow Your Calling, Find Your Career"

Salary Range: $20.00 - $24.71

This is a non-exempt (hourly) position

Pay rates are based on education, skill, experience level and internal equity. Internal equity considerations include an assessment of the applicant's salary history and qualifications in comparison to the market rate and requirements for the job.

This is a part time role. Schedule is Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday from 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM and Friday from 7:30 AM to 12:00PM (29 total hours/week)

About Us

At Mecklenburg County, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are with support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. We're counting on YOUR unique voice and perspective to help Mecklenburg County Public Health become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a healthier world for all.

As a member of the Mecklenburg County Public Health team, you will become a subject matter expert in the public health field. The CDC foundation explains that "Public health is the science of protecting and improving the health of people and their communities. This work is achieved by promoting health lifestyles, researching disease and injury prevention, detecting, preventing, and responding to infectious disease".

Come be a part of Mecklenburg County's Public Health department's vision to "assure the health and safety of our diverse and changing community today and for future generations."

Position Summary

Understand and comply with traffic laws and regulations

Employ radio communication with dispatch

Read and interpret road maps/GPS system

Maintain accurate trip records either on paper or electronically

Perform basic vehicle maintenance-daily inspections of the vehicle, fuel check, and electric power

Before leaving the facility, the driver should perform a daily pre-check of the vehicle''s maintenance, including ensuring it''s properly fueled and that maintenance is performed as recommended.

The driver should perform weekly cleaning and maintenance of the vehicle, including emptying water and sewer tanks and filling water storage tanks as needed.

Assist passengers and/or employees with boarding, in-transit, and de-boarding as needed

Driving mobile vehicle to and from scheduled visits, setting up and taking down the vehicle at each site

The driver should park, set up, level, hook up, and tear down the unit daily, and return it to its designated location each day.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience: Minimum of one year of experience driving a commercial vehicle, or successful completion of Central Piedmont Community College or approved driving school's CDL Driving Program. Must have an acceptable driving record per County standards.

Education: High School Diploma or equivalent.

Combination of relevant education and relevant experience accepted?: Yes

Licenses and Certifications

• Requires a valid North Carolina or South Carolina Driver''s License
• Requires County Driving Privileges
• Annual Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) check required
• Depending on the area of assignment, may require a Class A or B CDL with one or more of the following endorsements, H(Hazardous Materials), N(Tank Vehicle), P (Passenger Transport), S (School Bus/Passenger Transport), T (Double/Triples), or X (Tanker and hazardous Materials)

Preferred Qualifications

• Bilingual (Spanish and English) proficiency oral and written Knowledge,
• CDL preferred

Skills and Abilities

Knowledge of

• Thorough knowledge of traffic laws and regulations governing operation of assigned vehicle.

Skills

• Customer relations, communication and interpersonal skills.

Abilities

• Customer Focus: Ensuring that the customer perspective is a driving force behind business decisions and activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers' and own organization's needs.
• Engagement Readiness: Demonstrating a willingness to commit to one's work and to invest one's time, talent, and best efforts in accomplishing organizational goals
• Safety Awareness: Identifying and correcting conditions that affect employee safety; upholding safety standards.
• Safety Intervention: Having knowledge of conditions that affect patient, self, and/or employee safety under normal conditions and conditions that occur in crisis situations; skilled in identifying conditions that might cause health or safety hazards and takes action to remove such hazards; understands all aspects of providing a safe environment for patient, self, and/or others in crisis.
• Work Standards: Setting high standards of performance for self and others; assuming responsibility and accountability for successfully completing assignments or tasks; self-imposing standards of excellence rather than having standards imposed.
• Organization / Job Fit: The extent to which an organization's mode of operation and values are consistent with the type of environment that provides personal satisfaction. The extent to which activities and responsibilities available in the job are consistent with the activities and responsibilities that result in personal satisfaction; the degree to which the work itself is personally satisfying.
• Technical Skills: Having achieved a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; keeping up with current developments and trends in areas of expertise.

Computer Skills

• Basic computer skills

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To accomplish this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform, with or without reasonable accommodation, each essential function satisfactorily. Reasonable accommodations may be made to help enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Disclaimer Statement

This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, requirements or working conditions. Other duties may be assigned based on business need and the supervisor's request. Mecklenburg County reserves the right to revise the job description at any time. Designated positions may be required to assist in emergency and/or disaster situations.