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Disease Intervention Specialist 1-3

Salary

$2,978.00 - $5,360.00 Monthly

Location

Baton Rouge, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

OPH/PTT/215354

Department

LDH-Office of Public Health

Opening Date

12/03/2025

Closing Date

12/8/2025 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/)

Make a meaningful impact on public health across Louisiana. As a Disease Intervention Specialist 1–3 with the Office of Public Health, you’ll play a vital role in the fight against STDs and HIV by conducting field investigations, interviewing patients, locating and counseling contacts, and supporting communities through education and prevention. This position offers impactful statewide work giving you the opportunity to collaborate with clinics, healthcare providers, and community partners across the state. If you’re driven by purpose, skilled in communication, and passionate about protecting community health, this role puts you on the front lines of disease prevention and intervention.

An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:

Accepting Direction:The ability to accept and follow directions from those higher in the chain of command.

Displaying Expertise: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training

Making Accurate Judgments:The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards.

Minimum Qualifications

Three years of experience in disease investigation and prevention activities; OR

Three years of experience in investigatory work, social services, nursing, or as a medical laboratory technician or assistant; OR

A bachelor's degree.

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=158430) .

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

+ Conduct interviews with STD/HIV patientsto collect case histories, identify and locate contacts, document exposure information, and maintain complete and confidential medical records.

+ Perform field investigations and follow-up visitsin homes, clinics, and high-risk neighborhoods to locate contacts, encourage treatment compliance, provide education, and document outcomes in confidential files.

+ Provide patient and contact educationon STD/HIV symptoms, transmission, treatment, and prevention, while offering counseling, referrals, and support to ensure continued medical care and follow-up.

+ Collect laboratory specimensusing proper procedures, including drawing blood via syringe or venipuncture, and ensure accurate handling and documentation of test-related information.

+ Collaborate with healthcare providers and community partners—including clinics, hospitals, schools, prisons, and nursing homes—to support disease prevention, promote reporting compliance, and expand community-based surveillance efforts.

+ Support program operations and professional developmentby performing additional duties as assigned, attending trainings, and participating in workshops to ensure effective delivery of STD/HIV program services.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as a Probationary appointment

Cost Center: 3262108002

Position Number(s): 112399, 50455711, 50325405

Career Progression: This position may be filled as aDisease Intervention Specialist 1, 2, or 3determined by the qualifications of the candidate selected. This position provides the opportunity to advance within this job series.

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:

Paul Tran

[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.

Information on the Louisiana Works, Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is available here (https://www.laworks.net/workforcedev/lrs/lrs\_rehabilitation.asp) .

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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+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable accepting direction

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to accept direction

+ 3= I can accept direction

+ 4= I can accept directions and help others improve their ability to accept direction

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DE: Rate your ability to display expertise based on our definition: The ability to exhibit specialized skills or knowledge gained from experience or training.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable displaying expertise

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to display expertise

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MAJ: Rate your ability to make accurate judgments based on our definition: The ability to form an opinion objectively and decisively based on relevant information and in accordance with established standards.

+ 1= I have no experience and/or am uncomfortable making accurate judgments

+ 2= I have limited experience or require assistance to make accurate judgments

+ 3= I can make accurate judgments

+ 4= I can make accurate judgments and help others improve their ability to make accurate judgments

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Phone

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Website

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