LVN, Licensed Vocational Nurse Clinic - Spohn Specialty Orthopedic Surgery

CHRISTUS Health

Corpus Christi, Texas

You'll provide care to clinic patients under a physician's or registered nurse's supervision.

Posted Oct 1

Pay: Not posted
Shift and hours: Weekday day shifts, 8AM-5PM Monday-Friday 8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday5 shifts a week
Unit and setting: Spohn Specialty Orthopedic Surgery clinic · Clinic Provides care under supervision of physician or registered nurses for clinic patients, according to established standards and practices.
License: LVN license LVN License in state of employment or compactLVN license in the state of employment or a compact state
Term: Permanent

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Patients: Provides care under supervision of physician or registered nurses for clinic patients, according to established standards and practices. Provides care under supervision of physician or registered nurses for clinic patients, according to established standards and practices.
Day to day: assisting providers with exams, treatments and procedures Assists provider(s) in examination and treatment of patients and with procedures.
Day to day: collecting specimens, including phlebotomy (specific to site) collecting specimens [including phlebotomy (specific to site).
Day to day: lab procedures as needed Performs various lab procedures when necessary and in accordance with competency.
Day to day: giving medications and immunizations per provider order Administers medications/immunizations according to provider order.
Day to day: handling medication refills with providers Assists provider(s) with medication refills.
Day to day: answering and returning clinic phone calls Answers phone/records phone messages, and assists provider(s) with patient related calls.
Day to day: scheduling tests, results and pre-certification Assists in scheduling test appointment, results and pre-certification.
Day to day: helping move patients through the clinic Assist with patient flow through the clinic.
Hours stated: 8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday
Weekends: No weekends

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Summary

Provides care under supervision of physician or registered nurses for clinic patients, according to established standards and practices. Performs various lab procedures when necessary and in accordance with competency.

Responsibilities

Meets expectations of the applicable OneCHRISTUS Competencies: Leader of Self, Leader of Others, or Leader of Leaders. Under the direction of the physician; performs basic patient care duties including, but not limited to, obtaining vital signs, weighing patients, and collecting specimens [including phlebotomy (specific to site). Assists provider(s) in examination and treatment of patients and with procedures.

Assist with patient flow through the clinic. Answers phone/records phone messages, and assists provider(s) with patient related calls. Assists in scheduling test appointment, results and pre-certification.

Documents any information related to patient. Assists provider(s) with medication refills. Administers medications/immunizations according to provider order.

Cleans and restocks exam rooms. Cleans equipment in accordance with policy. Orders stock supplies from supply department (specific to site maintains sterile technique and utilizes universal protocol.

Performs routine clerical duties assigned, including but not limited to locating patient charts, filing and the completion of routine forms. Attends/completes required meetings and in-service training and performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

CERT
LVN License in state of employment or compact
BLS

Work Schedule

8AM - 5PM Monday-Friday

Work Type

Full Time

What's around it?

In Corpus Christi, TX

Corpus Christi, TXFrom Census ACS 2024.

Living costs about 7% below the US average

Median rent: $1,292/mo
Household income: $67,394/yr, all local households, not nurse pay

Life in Corpus Christi, TX

NeighborhoodsNurses and other relocators most often land on the Southside—King’s Crossing and The Lakes—for newer builds, stronger schools, and a school-to-H-E-B-to-Target loop, or in the Bay Area north of Highway 358 on the south shore of Corpus Christi Bay, a roughly 41,500-resident mix of middle-class families and seniors in mostly 3-bedroom houses. Bayside/Ocean Drive (homes between Alameda and Ocean Drive, Del Mar and Ennis Joslin) is repeatedly called the nicest established bay-view strip. Flour Bluff sits minutes from NAS Corpus Christi and draws military families; Calallen and Northwest Crossing offer Calallen ISD and a quieter, country-adjacent feel at the cost of a longer drive; North Padre Island is canal homes, golf carts, and Whitecap Beach. Portland in San Patricio County and the growing London area (London ISD, larger lots) also come up constantly in local recommendations.

Nurses and other relocators most often land on the Southside—King’s Crossing and The Lakes—for newer builds, stronger schools, and a school-to-H-E-B-to-Target loop, or in the Bay Area north of Highway 358 on the south shore of Corpus Christi Bay, a roughly 41,500-resident mix of middle-class families and seniors in mostly 3-bedroom houses. Bayside/Ocean Drive (homes between Alameda and Ocean Drive, Del Mar and Ennis Joslin) is repeatedly called the nicest established bay-view strip.

Flour Bluff sits minutes from NAS Corpus Christi and draws military families; Calallen and Northwest Crossing offer Calallen ISD and a quieter, country-adjacent feel at the cost of a longer drive; North Padre Island is canal homes, golf carts, and Whitecap Beach. Portland in San Patricio County and the growing London area (London ISD, larger lots) also come up constantly in local recommendations.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: facebook.com Source 2: lrgrealty.com Source 3: reddit.com Source 4: oceangloryhomes.com Source 5: stephsellscorpus.com

Getting aroundTypical one-way commute is about 17.6 minutes, but the city runs roughly 30 miles from Calallen to North Padre Island, so averages hide large swings by neighborhood. Daily driving rides SPID (Hwy 358), the JFK Causeway to the island, US-77, and Saratoga Boulevard; school traffic on SPID and Saratoga can stretch a short map drive, and island-to-mainland traffic is a standing complaint. Flour Bluff is about 5 minutes from NAS Corpus Christi; Calallen is about 25 minutes to the base. Transit Score is 27 and Walk Score 40—the bus does not cover the city well, so a car is the real system; these sources do not name hospital campuses, parking, or hospital-specific routes.

Typical one-way commute is about 17.6 minutes, but the city runs roughly 30 miles from Calallen to North Padre Island, so averages hide large swings by neighborhood. Daily driving rides SPID (Hwy 358), the JFK Causeway to the island, US-77, and Saratoga Boulevard; school traffic on SPID and Saratoga can stretch a short map drive, and island-to-mainland traffic is a standing complaint.

Flour Bluff is about 5 minutes from NAS Corpus Christi; Calallen is about 25 minutes to the base. Transit Score is 27 and Walk Score 40—the bus does not cover the city well, so a car is the real system; these sources do not name hospital campuses, parking, or hospital-specific routes.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: lrgrealty.com Source 2: realestate.usnews.com Source 3: facebook.com Source 4: rent.com Source 5: stephsellscorpus.com

OutdoorsFree or cheap outdoor life centers on the downtown Bayfront for walking and jogging, Cole Park with paths, a fishing pier, and a playground, plus North Beach, North Packery Beach, and Mustang Island. Padre Island National Seashore is the wild stretch: a long undeveloped barrier island with a small vehicle fee and seasonal sea turtle releases. Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge and Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve cover trails, boardwalks, and birding; the South Texas Botanical Garden & Nature Center is the planted counterpart. Conquer the Coast is the annual all-ages bike ride, Run the Runway is a 5K on the airport runway, and fishing and windsurfing are year-round defaults.

Free or cheap outdoor life centers on the downtown Bayfront for walking and jogging, Cole Park with paths, a fishing pier, and a playground, plus North Beach, North Packery Beach, and Mustang Island. Padre Island National Seashore is the wild stretch: a long undeveloped barrier island with a small vehicle fee and seasonal sea turtle releases.

Hans and Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge and Oso Bay Wetlands Preserve cover trails, boardwalks, and birding; the South Texas Botanical Garden & Nature Center is the planted counterpart. Conquer the Coast is the annual all-ages bike ride, Run the Runway is a 5K on the airport runway, and fishing and windsurfing are year-round defaults.

Sources

As of Sep 11, 2026Source 1: homecity.com Source 2: visitcorpuschristi.com Source 3: rent.com Source 4: oceangloryhomes.com Source 5: facebook.com

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Living in Corpus Christi

Corpus Christi stretches about 30 miles from Calallen to North Padre Island: Gulf beaches and bayfront parks on one side, refineries and hurricane insurance on the other. Southside (King’s Crossing, The Lakes) and the Bay Area north of Hwy 358 fit most nurses who want H-E-B, Target, and an ~18-minute city commute; Calallen and London trade drive time for top-rated ISDs; Flour Bluff sits minutes from NAS; the Island means canal homes and Whitecap via the JFK Causeway. Weekends run to Cole Park, Padre Island National Seashore, the USS Lexington, and Water Street Oyster Bar. A car is non-negotiable given a Transit Score of 27, and some Gulf beaches are state highways you can drive on. Expect sticky summers, bugs, thin transit, uneven schools, refinery air, and occasional Stage II drought rules—choose the neighborhood before you sign.

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Sources

As of 2026Source 1: lrgrealty.com Source 2: stephsellscorpus.com Source 3: realestate.usnews.com Source 4: rent.com Source 5: oceangloryhomes.com Source 6: homecity.com Source 7: visitcorpuschristi.com Source 8: quora.com Source 9: facebook.com Source 10: reddit.com

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