Registered Nurse 1-3

Registered Nurse 1-3

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Registered Nurse 1-3

Salary

$4,259.00 - $7,675.00 Monthly

Location

Shreveport, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

OPH/PAW/222049

Department

LDH-Office of Public Health

Opening Date

06/09/2026

Closing Date

6/14/2026 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 (

Join the Louisiana Office of Public Health as a Registered Nurse and make a direct impact on the health of communities in Caddo Parish and across the state. In this lead nurse role, you’ll manage a full public health caseload, support multiple programs, and collaborate with a dedicated healthcare team to deliver essential services.

This dynamic position includes fieldwork, investigations, and statewide engagement—offering variety, leadership opportunity, and meaningful service. If you’re ready to advance public health and practice at the top of your license, we encourage you to apply.

Minimum Qualifications

Possession of a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role, as defined by the State Civil Service, can be foundhere.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

• Provides comprehensive nursing care using the nursing process for programs such as Reproductive Health, WIC, Tuberculosis, and Immunizations.

• Performs nursing assessments, obtains patient histories, conducts examinations, and administers treatment according to standing orders.

• Conducts laboratory tests, prepares specimens for analysis, reviews results, and initiates clinical follow-up and case management.

• Assists Nurse Practitioners in medical clinics and accurately documents patient care and clinical data using electronic health records and program databases.

• Monitors and manages TB patients, including home visits, directly observed therapy, symptom review, and testing.

• Provides patient education, counseling, disease prevention guidance, and immunization services across all programs and clinics.

• Participates in program coordination, quality assurance activities, disaster preparedness training, and public education on emergency response and natural disasters.

Position-Specific Details:

Location: Office of Public Health / OPH-Region 7-BRCO / Caddo Parish

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

Cost Center: View phone number on click.appcast.io

Position Number(s): 55913

Career Progression: This position may be filled as aRegistered Nurse 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.

For information on how to check your application status and understand status updates, please click HERE ( .

Contact Information:

Patricia Walker

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LA Department of Health (LDH)

Division of Human Resources

PO Box 4818

Baton Rouge, LA 70821

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This organization participates in E-verify, and for more information on E-verify, please contact DHS at View phone number on click.appcast.io.

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 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

Parental Leave– Up to six weeks paid parental leave

More information can be found at

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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Do you possess a current Louisiana Registered Nurse license or a temporary permit or multi-state license issued by a Nursing Licensure Compact (NLC/eNLC) state to practice as a registered nurse?

• Yes

• No

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If you answered "YES" to the question above, please list the license TYPE, NUMBER, ORIGINAL ISSUE DATE, and EXPIRATION DATE. If you answered "NO", enter N/A NOTE ORIGINAL issue date must be provided (NOT most recent renewal) as your experience will be credited from the date you put here when you attained your license.

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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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State of Louisiana

Address

1201 N 3rd St

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 70802

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