Medical Certification Specialist 1-2 (Trainer)

Salary

$5,217.00 - $9,403.00 Monthly

Location

Statewide, LA

Job Type

Classified

Job Number

OAAS/DPT/224628

Department

LDH-Office of Aging & Adult Services

Opening Date

08/10/2026

Closing Date

8/21/2026 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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This position may be filled in the following parishes: Rapides, Avoyelles, Vernon, Grant, La Salle, Catahoula, Concordia, Lafayette, St. Landry, Acadia, Evangeline, St. Martin, Vermillion, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, East Baton Rouge, West Baton Rouge, Ascension, and Livingston

This position is part of the OAAS training team. Routine statewide travel is required in order to perform training duties and deliver presentations relative to all OAAS Long Term Care programs that serve the elderly and persons with adult-onset disabilities.

The ideal candidate will have excellent written and verbal communication skills in order to facilitate effective training in classroom and large audience settings; knowledge in adult learning principles; possess analytical thinking and problem solving skills; and be well organized. The position also requires ability to engage and develop a rapport with others, while also thinking in a disciplined and systematic fashion since a primary focus of the training team is the use and coding of a standardized assessment and care-planning tool used in multiple OAAS programs. The candidate must be/or become certified in the use of the assessment tool and in person-centered care planning principles.

The following attributes are preferable (but not required): experience using standardized functional/clinical assessment tools, knowledge of Medicaid Long Term Care Programs’ rules and regulations (including Nursing Facilities, Community Choices Waiver, Adult Day Health Care Waiver, Long-Term-Personal Care Services and the Program for the All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly), proficiency in MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, etc.).

Minimum Qualifications

A current Louisiana license in a health services field, health regulation field, or social services field plus two years of experience in hospital or nursing home administration, health services, health regulation, or social services; OR

A bachelor's degree plus two years of experience in hospital or nursing home administration, health services, health regulation, or social services; OR

A master's degree in a health services field, health regulation field, or a social services field plus one year of experience in hospital or nursing home administration, health services, health regulation, or social services.

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:

• Conducting regularly scheduled trainings on the standardized assessments and person-centered care planning used by OAAS;
• Maintaining certification/training records;
• Assisting with revisions and/or development of training materials;
• Providing technical assistance to other OAAS staff, providers and support coordination agencies;
• Developing and delivering other trainings and/or presentations to providers statewide.
• Assisting with monitoring of Medicaid enrolled support coordination agencies (on-site and data review),
• Conducting assessments at home visits, and

Position-Specific Details:

Location: Office of Aging and Adult Services / Headquarters - AD PROGRAM OPERATIONS / Statewide Parish

Appointment Type: This position may be filled as aProbationary appointment

Cost Center: 3201022002

Position Number(s): 159860

Career Progression: This position may be filled as a Medical Certification Specialist 1 or 2 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:

Debbie Parris-Thymes

[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.

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