Public Health Epidemiologist Technician 2 (Legionella Surveillance Epidemiologist)

Salary : $3,403.00 - $6,124.00 Monthly
Location : New Orleans, LA
Job Type: Classified
Job Number: OPH/PTT/225671
Department: LDH-Office of Public Health
Opening Date: 09/02/2026
Closing Date: 9/16/2026 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.
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The Infectious Disease Epidemiology (IDEpi) Section is responsible for reducing the occurrence of infectious diseases to public health importance. The Section conducts surveillance activities to detect cases and identify trends to institute appropriate intervention and follow-up control measure. The position will be under the supervision of a Public Health Epidemiologist Manager. This position requires routine statewide duties, including fieldwork, inspections, investigations, or direct services that extend beyond the employee's domicile parish. These statewide responsibilities are an inherent and ongoing part of the job and may require frequent travel.

Minimum Qualifications
Four years of experience in epidemiology, healthcare analytics and reporting, health equity, nursing or public health; OR

A bachelor's degree in public health, epidemiology, biological sciences, behavioral sciences, health sciences or nursing plus one year of experience in epidemiology; OR

A master's degree in public health, epidemiology, biological sciences, behavioral sciences, health sciences or nursing.

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:

• Develops, implements and maintains Louisiana's legionellosis surveillance system, including providing annual training opportunities and ensuring accuracy of data reported.
• Oversees on-site epidemiologic assessments/investigations of healthcare facilities and other public locations where legionellosis clusters have been detected.
• Interprets, analyzes and evaluates statewide data submitted to the Infectious Disease Reporting Information System (IDRIS) from Louisiana facilities. Creates reports to identify problem areas and measures progress of prevention efforts.
• Oversees surveillance, outbreak detection, and public health response to other water-borne diseases, including cryptosporidiosis and giardiasis.
• Represents LA OPH in national surveillance task forces. Conducts presentations and participates in workgroups and forums in accordance with CDC requests

Position-Specific Details:
Location: Office of Public Health / Bureau of Infectious Diseases / Orleans Parish

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as aJob appointment (temporary appointment that may last up to 48 months)

Cost Center: 3262107644

Position Number(s): 50594311
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.
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Contact Information:

Paul Tran
LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

[click to reveal phone number]225-342-6477
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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:
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Parental Leave - Up to six weeks paid parental leave
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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 (). LASERS has provided this video to give you more detailed information about their system
• Teacher's Retirement System of Louisiana (),
• Louisiana School Employees Retirement System (), among others

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This position will be filled as a Job appointment only. Job appointments may last up to 48 months. Acknowledge by checking "Yes" that you understand this is a temporary position.

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Do you possess a bachelor's or master's degree in public health, epidemiology, biological sciences, behavioral sciences, health sciences, or nursing?

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