Overview
Disease Intervention Specialist 1-3 Jobs in Baton Rouge, LA at LDH-Office of Public Health
Salary
$3,037.00 – $5,472.00 Monthly
Location
Baton Rouge, LA
Job Type
Classified
Job Number
OPH/SP/225004
Department
LDH-Office of Public Health
Opening Date
08/19/2026
Closing Date
8/29/2026 11:59 PM Central
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
Make a Difference in Your Community and Across Louisiana! Join the Louisiana Department of Health’s STD/HIV Program and play a vital role in protecting public health through field investigations, patient interviews, education, counseling, and community outreach. This dynamic, statewide position offers the opportunity to connect directly with individuals, healthcare providers, and community partners while helping identify exposures, connect people to treatment, and prevent the spread of STD/HIV. If you’re ready for meaningful work that makes a real difference, apply today!
An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:
Accepting Direction: The ability to be open and willing to follow guidance or instructions.
Thinking Critically: The ability to analyze information objectively, identify connections across sources, and form logical, well supported conclusions.
Using Data: The ability to collect, analyze, and use data to generate insights and inform decisions.
Acting with Ethics and Integrity: The ability to make choices that reflect ethical standards, integrity and honesty, regardless of circumstances or personal benefit.
Adapting to Change: The ability to demonstrate flexibility in thoughts, behaviors, and actions in response to evolving circumstances or unexpected change.
Communicating Effectively: The ability to convey information, ideas, and emotions using structured communication methods that promote understanding and engagement.
Demonstrating Business Acumen: The ability to apply business insight, data, and strategy to make informed decisions and achieve organizational goals.
Demonstrating Emotional Intelligence: The ability to identify and understand emotions in oneself and others sand use that understanding to manage one’s behavior and relationships.
Developing Performance: Builds the future potential of others by supporting long-term growth, skill development, and career progression.
Displaying Professionalism: The ability to uphold workplace standards through consistent conduct, responsible communication, and consideration for others.
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 found here.
Job Duties and Other Information
Job Duties:
- Conducts field investigations and interviews with newly and currently infected patients to obtain and document case histories, sexual partner information, exposure risks, and disease disposition.
- Identifies, locates, and follows up with individuals who may have been exposed to STD/HIV and maintains accurate, confidential case records and documentation.
- Performs field follow-up with STD/HIV cases and contacts, including visits to residences and high-risk areas, to monitor treatment recommendations and encourage appropriate medical care.
- Provides education and counseling to patients and contacts regarding STD/HIV symptoms, treatment, disease progression, prevention, and the importance of follow-up care.
- Refers patients and contacts to appropriate STD/HIV clinics and healthcare providers for medical evaluation, testing, treatment, and preventive services.
- Collects blood specimens using appropriate laboratory procedures, including venipuncture, and documents and maintains test and laboratory information in confidential medical records.
- Conducts surveillance and outreach with physicians, healthcare providers, schools, clinics, hospitals, correctional facilities, nursing homes, and other community partners to promote STD/HIV prevention and reporting.
Position-Specific Details:
Location:Office of Public Health / Region 2-BRCO / East Baton Rouge Parish
Appointment Type: This position will be filled as a Probationary appointment
Cost Center: 3262108002
Position Number(s): 50455711
Career Progression: This position may be filled as a Disease Intervention Specialist 1, 2, or 3 determined 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.
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). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
Contact Information:
Shambrielle Pooler
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.
LDH is an equal opportunity employer and seeks to recruit a highly productive and diverse workforce and will provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and prospective employees. Employment decisions shall be based strictly on merit and without regard to religious or political beliefs, sex, race, or any other non-merit factor.
Louisiana State Government represents a wide variety of career options and offers an outstanding opportunity to make a difference through 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 at https://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 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
Title: Disease Intervention Specialist 1-3
Company: LDH-Office of Public Health
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
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