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New grad disease intervention specialist jobs welcome recent graduates and entry level candidates with zero to two years of experience, where strong internship work or public health coursework can matter more than a long resume. Most openings are on-site roles across Healthcare & Medical Services, Education, and Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, with employers like Ochsner Health, CommonSpirit Health, and Johns Hopkins University hiring at this level now.
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The Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases at the Baltimore City Health Department is seeking a Physician Assistant to provide specialized clinical care and harm reduction services primarily for people who use drugs (PWUD) in a mobile, integrated care van called Healthcare on The Spot. The Physician Assistants scope of service will include managing patients living with opioid use disorder, hepatitis C, HIV, providing Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV, wound care, mental health disorders like anxiety and depression, and sexually transmitted infections.
Though most of the clinical time will be spent on the mobile van, the provider may provide clinical services in other on-traditional settings like drop-in centers, or alongside outreach teams, meeting people where they are in the community. Medical care will include obtaining a medical history, performing appropriate physical examinations, assessing patients’ problems, and resolution of identified problems by appropriate medical management.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Provider examines and evaluates all new and return patients and documents findings. This is to include, as needed: medical history, physical examination, written orders for medications, diagnostic tests, and review of results of bacteriologic and laboratory examinations.
- Implements protocols for treatment, monitoring adverse effects, and recognizing that the condition of individual patients may occasionally require a medical decision to alter certain aspects of these protocols.
- Completes all forms requiring the attention of a clinician, i.e., insurance, vocational rehabilitation, social services, automated information management input documents, and abstracts patient records as required.
- Provides consultations, makes patient referrals, and arranges general hospitalization with appropriate medical care providers.
- Participates in in-service training and supervises clinical training of approved students and physicians-in-training.
- Participates in research activities authorized by JHU and BCHD.
- Counsel's patients, providing disease information about treatment, prevention, follow-up care, sex partner referral,l and contraception as appropriate.
- Provides Emergency Services to the Department as needed.
- Works with BCHD outreach and Disease Intervention Specialists to identify, locate, and attempt to re-engage people who have been out of healthcare for HIV/HCV/STDs.
- Maintains a current and valid license in accordance with the respective governing board.
- Serve as driver for the mobile clinic (only a standard driver’s license required) and maintain general maintenance for the van.
- Perform other related tasks as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree; Certification by the NCCPA or a similar national certifying body.
- Completion of a CAAHEP-certified Physician Assistant program.
- Must be licensed as a PA in the State of Maryland or another state where practicing. Current CPR certification.
- Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross CPR certification required.
- Experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor's degree, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Three years of experience in a related clinical area and obtained proficiency in the specialty.
Technical Qualifications & Specialized Certifications
- Must maintain current licensure and certification during the duration of employment.
- Completion of the JHH credentialing process is required prior to the start date.
- Valid driver's license.
Classified Title: Physician Assistant
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Physician Assistant (DOM Infectious Disease)
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG
Starting Salary Range: $112,572 - $152,900 Annually ($120,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F 8:30am-5pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM DOM Infectious Disease
Personnel area: School of Medicine
Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.
Education and Experience Equivalency
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
Applicants Completing Studies
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
Background Checks
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
EEO is the Law
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf
Accommodation Information
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit: https://accessibility.jhu.edu/.
Vaccine Requirements
Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry.
The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
The Department of Medicine, Infectious Diseases at the Baltimore City Health Department is seeking a Physician Assistant to provide specialized clinical care and harm reduction services primarily for people who use drugs (PWUD) in a mobile, integrated care van called Healthcare on The Spot. The Physician Assistants scope of service will include managing patients living with opioid use disorder, hepatitis C, HIV, providing Pre-exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) to prevent HIV, wound care, mental health disorders like anxiety and depression, and sexually transmitted infections.
Though most of the clinical time will be spent on the mobile van, the provider may provide clinical services in other on-traditional settings like drop-in centers, or alongside outreach teams, meeting people where they are in the community. Medical care will include obtaining a medical history, performing appropriate physical examinations, assessing patients’ problems, and resolution of identified problems by appropriate medical management.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities
- Provider examines and evaluates all new and return patients and documents findings. This is to include, as needed: medical history, physical examination, written orders for medications, diagnostic tests, and review of results of bacteriologic and laboratory examinations.
- Implements protocols for treatment, monitoring adverse effects, and recognizing that the condition of individual patients may occasionally require a medical decision to alter certain aspects of these protocols.
- Completes all forms requiring the attention of a clinician, i.e., insurance, vocational rehabilitation, social services, automated information management input documents, and abstracts patient records as required.
- Provides consultations, makes patient referrals, and arranges general hospitalization with appropriate medical care providers.
- Participates in in-service training and supervises clinical training of approved students and physicians-in-training.
- Participates in research activities authorized by JHU and BCHD.
- Counsel's patients, providing disease information about treatment, prevention, follow-up care, sex partner referral,l and contraception as appropriate.
- Provides Emergency Services to the Department as needed.
- Works with BCHD outreach and Disease Intervention Specialists to identify, locate, and attempt to re-engage people who have been out of healthcare for HIV/HCV/STDs.
- Maintains a current and valid license in accordance with the respective governing board.
- Serve as driver for the mobile clinic (only a standard driver’s license required) and maintain general maintenance for the van.
- Perform other related tasks as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree; Certification by the NCCPA or a similar national certifying body.
- Completion of a CAAHEP-certified Physician Assistant program.
- Must be licensed as a PA in the State of Maryland or another state where practicing. Current CPR certification.
- Current American Heart Association or American Red Cross CPR certification required.
- Experience may be considered in lieu of a bachelor's degree, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
- Additional education may substitute for required experience, and additional related experience may substitute for required education beyond a high school diploma/graduation equivalent, to the extent permitted by the JHU equivalency formula.
Preferred Qualifications
- Three years of experience in a related clinical area and obtained proficiency in the specialty.
Technical Qualifications & Specialized Certifications
- Must maintain current licensure and certification during the duration of employment.
- Completion of the JHH credentialing process is required prior to the start date.
- Valid driver's license.
Classified Title: Physician Assistant
Job Posting Title (Working Title): Physician Assistant (DOM Infectious Disease)
Role/Level/Range: ACRP/04/MG
Starting Salary Range: $112,572 - $152,900 Annually ($120,000 targeted; Commensurate w/exp.)
Employee group: Full Time
Schedule: M-F 8:30am-5pm
FLSA Status: Exempt
Location: School of Medicine Campus
Department name: SOM DOM Infectious Disease
Personnel area: School of Medicine
Total Rewards
The referenced base salary range represents the low and high end of Johns Hopkins University’s salary range for this position. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. Exact salary will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, market conditions, education/training and other qualifications. Johns Hopkins offers a total rewards package that supports our employees' health, life, career and retirement. More information can be found here: https://hr.jhu.edu/benefits-worklife/.
Education and Experience Equivalency
Please refer to the job description above to see which forms of equivalency are permitted for this position. If permitted, equivalencies will follow these guidelines: JHU Equivalency Formula: 30 undergraduate degree credits (semester hours) or 18 graduate degree credits may substitute for one year of experience. Additional related experience may substitute for required education on the same basis. For jobs where equivalency is permitted, up to two years of non-related college course work may be applied towards the total minimum education/experience required for the respective job.
Applicants Completing Studies
Applicants who do not meet the posted requirements but are completing their final academic semester/quarter will be considered eligible for employment and may be asked to provide additional information confirming their academic completion date.
Background Checks
The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check. Johns Hopkins is committed to hiring individuals with a justice-involved background, consistent with applicable policies and current practice. A prior criminal history does not automatically preclude candidates from employment at Johns Hopkins University. In accordance with applicable law, the university will review, on an individual basis, the date of a candidate's conviction, the nature of the conviction and how the conviction relates to an essential job-related qualification or function.
Diversity and Inclusion
The Johns Hopkins University values diversity, equity and inclusion and advances these through our key strategic framework, the JHU Roadmap on Diversity and Inclusion.
Equal Opportunity Employer
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
EEO is the Law
https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf
Accommodation Information
If you are interested in applying for employment with The Johns Hopkins University and require special assistance or accommodation during any part of the pre-employment process, please contact the Talent Acquisition Office at jhurecruitment@jhu.edu. For TTY users, call via Maryland Relay or dial 711. For more information about workplace accommodations or accessibility at Johns Hopkins University, please visit: https://accessibility.jhu.edu/.
Vaccine Requirements
Johns Hopkins University requires all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry.
The following additional provisions may apply, depending upon campus. Your recruiter will advise accordingly.
The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.
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Entry Level Disease Intervention Specialist Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get an entry level disease intervention specialist job?
Start by highlighting any public health coursework, clinical rotations, or community outreach internships on your resume. Employers at this level look for candidates who understand contact tracing workflows, basic epidemiology, and patient communication. Certifications in public health or medical terminology give you an edge. Tailoring your application to show comfort with field interviews and confidential record-keeping helps you stand out against other entry level applicants.
Which companies hire entry level disease intervention specialists?
Companies hiring entry level disease intervention specialists right now include Ochsner Health, CommonSpirit Health, and Johns Hopkins University, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. At this level, most hiring comes from county and state health departments, federally qualified health centers, and nonprofit community health organizations that regularly onboard candidates new to the field.
Are there remote entry level disease intervention specialist jobs?
Yes, though most positions at this level are field-based or on-site by nature. About 4% of entry level disease intervention specialist openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, typically covering roles focused on phone-based contact tracing or administrative case management rather than in-person patient outreach.
Are these new grad disease intervention specialist jobs?
Yes, this page includes new grad, recent graduate, and junior disease intervention specialist roles. A posting is new-grad friendly when it welcomes zero to two years of experience, accepts internships or practicum work in lieu of full-time history, or values a public health portfolio over an established career. Many listings at this level explicitly invite candidates completing their degree to apply.
Which industries hire the most entry level disease intervention specialists?
Entry Level disease intervention specialist roles concentrate in Healthcare & Medical Services, Education, and Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors drive entry level hiring because disease intervention work is core to their public health mandates, and they regularly recruit new graduates to fill field investigator and case interviewer positions.