Disease Intervention Specialist 3
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- Location
- New Orleans, Louisiana
- Compensation
- $44,640 - $80,436/yr
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About this role
About the Department
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 the health of Louisiana communities by joining the Office of Public Health as a Tuberculosis (TB) Disease Intervention Specialist. In this rewarding role, you'll investigate and monitor TB cases, provide critical case management, educate and support clients throughout treatment, and help prevent the spread of infectious disease. If you're passionate about public health and making a lasting impact, this is your opportunity to help protect the health and well-being of communities across Region 1.
This position performs TB surveillance of cases, contacts, and routine reactors in order to treat, prevent, and ultimately eradicate TB in Louisiana. A DIS is responsible for ensuring proper case management of their clients as well as ensuring that those clients adhere to medication regimens throughout their course of treatment.
An ideal candidate should possess the following competencies:
Demonstrating Accountability: The ability to take ownership of actions, behaviors, performance, decisions, and outcomes.
Developing Performance: Builds the future potential of others by supporting long-term growth, skill development, and career progression.
Making Accurate Judgments: The ability to assess options, weigh risks, and make sound decisions using available information and logical reasoning.
Building Trust: The ability to create a safe and supportive environment where others feel comfortable speaking up, sharing ideas, and acknowledging mistakes.
Focusing on Customers: The ability to understand and meet the needs, preferences, and experiences of internal and external customers.
Position Duties
Five 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 plus two years of experience in disease investigation and prevention activities; OR
A bachelor's degree plus two years of experience in disease investigation and prevention activities; OR
An advanced degree in epidemiology, public health, in a biological science, or nursing plus one year of experience in disease investigation and prevention activities.
Minimum Qualifications
The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be found here.
Other Qualifications
Job Duties:
- Manages assigned tuberculosis (TB) cases and suspects by coordinating patient care, monitoring treatment progress, and ensuring adherence to prescribed medication regimens.
- Conducts Directly Observed Therapy (DOT), Directly Observed Preventive Therapy (DOPT), and Video Directly Observed Therapy (VDOT) to promote treatment compliance and successful completion of therapy.
- Performs TB contact investigations by interviewing patients, identifying exposed individuals, conducting screenings, and collecting clinical specimens for laboratory testing.
- Maintains accurate and timely patient records by entering case information, laboratory results, and billing documentation into the TB Patient Management System (webLATB) and Electronic Health Record (EHR).
- Coordinates inter-jurisdictional case notifications and collaborates with state TB programs to ensure continuity of care for patients who relocate during treatment.
- Monitors patient health status, reports critical findings, medication side effects, and noncompliance issues to leadership, and supports appropriate follow-up care.
- Assists with onboarding and training new Disease Intervention Specialist staff by providing instruction in field investigations, contact tracing techniques, and TB testing procedures.
Position-Specific Details:
Location: Office of Public Health / Bureau of Infectious Diseases / Orleans Parish
Appointment Type: This position may be filled as a Probationary or a Promotional appointment
Cost Center: 3262109641
Position Number(s): 185485
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). Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.
For information on how to check your application status and understand status updates, please click HERE.
Contact Information:
Paul Tran
LA Department of Health (LDH)
Division of Human Resources
PO Box 4818
Baton Rouge, LA 70821225-342-6477
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.
Benefits
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.
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
Supplemental Questions
- I withhold information, dismiss input, and damage psychological safety.
- I am honest and open, listen to others, and support safe dialogue.
- I build trust through honesty, empathy, and open conversation.
- I build trust across groups, encourage openness, and protect psychological safety.
- I struggle to understand customer needs, provide clear information, or resolve issues.
- I respond to customer needs with some support and build basic working relationships.
- I understand customer needs, communicate clearly, and deliver timely, reliable service.
- I anticipate customer needs, build trust, and deliver personalized, proactive service.
- I make reactive or delayed decisions and sometimes overlook risks, priorities, or potential bias.
- I try to weigh options but struggle when there’s uncertainty, competing priorities, or unclear outcomes.
- I make timely, well-reasoned decisions by using available information, context, and trade-offs.
- I make sound decisions in complex situations, lead others through ambiguity, and adapt as new information emerges.
Required Question
Agency Information
EmployerState of LouisianaAddress 1201 N 3rd StBaton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802 Phone(866) 783-5462
Website http://agency.governmentjobs.com/louisiana/default.cfm