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Attorney - Regional

Salary

$6,354.40 - $11,284.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

OS/PAW/214076

Department

LDH-Office of Secretary

Opening Date

10/22/2025

Closing Date

10/29/2025 11:59 PM Central

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About this Job

The mission of the Louisiana Department of Health is to protect and promote health and to ensure access to medical, preventive, and rehabilitative services for all residents of the State of Louisiana.

Learn more about Louisiana Department of Health (https://ldh.la.gov/)

The Louisiana Department of Health is seeking a skilled Attorney–Regional to serve as senior legal counsel for Region 2, focusing on the Eastern Louisiana Mental HealthSystem(ELMHS) campus in Jackson, LA. This role provides expert legal guidance on complex health law matters involving psychiatric hospitals, group homes, and forensic residentialfacilities. The Attorney–Regional supports key programs across Public Health, Behavioral Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Adult Protective Services, helping shape decisions that impact communities statewide. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced legal professional to make a meaningful difference in Louisiana’s public health system.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Louisiana license to practice law plus four years of experience as a practicing attorney.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere (https://apps01.civilservice.louisiana.gov/onestopjobinfo/DisplayJobSpec.aspx?JobCode=169780) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Provide highly technical legal advice, assistance, and consultation to the Executive Counsel, General Counsel, and Deputy General Counsels on complex and high-profile health law matters.

+ Serve as senior legal counsel for LDH Region 2, focusing on 24-hour state psychiatric hospitals, group homes, and forensic supervised transitional residential aftercare (FSTRA) facilities on the ELMHS campus.

+ Advise and represent LDH regional programs, including the Office of Public Health (OPH), Office of Behavioral Health (OBH), Office for Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (OCDD), and Adult Protective Services (APS).

+ Interpret and apply state and federal laws, rules, and regulations governing public health, behavioral health, and developmental disability programs.

+ Prepare and review contracts, policies, and other legal documents to ensure compliance and minimize agency risk.

+ Provide legal representation and administrative support in hearings, litigation, and other proceedings involving LDH facilities and contracted providers.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: Probationary, Job appointment (temporary appointment that may last up to 48 months),

Cost Center: 3071070203

Position Number(s): 50557072

Compensation: This position is eligible for a Premium Pay of up to $2.00/hr for hours worked based on longevity.

Attorney-Regional - Special Entrance Rate (SER) of $36.66 hourly / $2,932.80 bi-weekly

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application, which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the Information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for the position must be included in the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education). Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

Contact Information:

Patricia Walker

[email protected]

LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

225-342-6477

This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at 1-888-464-4218.

LDH supports Louisiana’s commitment to being a State as a Model Employer (SAME) by promoting the recruitment, hiring, and retention of individuals with disabilities.

Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity tomake a differencethrough public service. With an array of career opportunities in every major metropolitan center and in many rural areas, state employment provides an outstanding option to begin or continue your career.

As a state employee, you will earn competitive pay, choose from a variety of benefits, and have access to a great professional development program:

Insurance Coverage More information can be found at https://info.groupbenefits.org/

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found athttps://www.civilservice.louisiana.gov/Parental-Leave/Default.aspx

Holidays and Leave – State employees receive the following paid holidays each year:

+ New Year's Day

+ Martin Luther King, Jr. Day,

+ Mardi Gras,

+ Good Friday,

+ Memorial Day,

+ Independence Day,

+ Labor Day,

+ Veteran's Day,

+ Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

***** Additional holidays may be proclaimed by the Governor

State employees earn sick and annual leave which can be accumulated and saved for future use. Your accrual rate increases as your years of service increase.

Retirement – State of Louisiana employees are eligible to participate in various retirement systems (based on the type of appointment and agency for which an employee works). These retirement systems provide retirement allowances and other benefits for state officers and employees and their beneficiaries. State retirement systems may include (but are not limited to):

+ Louisiana State Employees Retirement System (www.lasersonline.org). LASERS has provided this video (https://lasersonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Your\_Retirement\_System.mp4) to give you more detailed information about their system

+ Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (www.trsl.org),

+ Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (www.lsers.net), among others

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To ensure compliance with LDH Nepotism Policy#41, if you have any immediate family members that are currently employed by LDH, please list the name and relationship. Please type “N/A” if no immediate family members are employed by LDH.

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Do you possess a current Louisiana license to practice law?

+ Yes

+ No

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If you answered yes to the question above, please list your Bar Roll Number and the original issuance date of your license (mm/yy). If you answered no to the question above, please type "N/A". NOTE: Failure to list the requested information may result in your application being considered incomplete.

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Employer

State of Louisiana

Address

For agency contact information, please refer to

the supplemental information above.

Louisiana State Civil Service, Louisiana, 70802

Phone

(866) 783-5462

Website

http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm

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