Houston Pain and Spine is currently looking to expand and is looking for a medical assistant/ licensed vocational nurse to work in an outpatient clinical setting. Job tasks include but are not limited to the following:
Ability to document chief compliant, hpi and plan (as directed) in an EMR
Triage patient calls when needed
Complete prescription refills
Returning patient calls from the nurse's line
Rooming patients on our 3 clinic days and obtaining medications, previous medical history and surgeries
Sending surgical postings to facilities and coordinating special equipment for the procedures
Assisting with in office procedures - discharges and rooming patients
We have 2 office locations and your time will be spent 2 days at our Houston location and 1-2 days at our Woodlands, TX location. Employees will be compensated for the miles driven for the Woodlands office.
The ideal candidate should exhibit the following qualities
Independent worker who is also able to work will in a team atmosphere
Multitasking
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Required Education and Experience
Either a Medical Assistant Certificate or LVN Degree
New Graduates are welcome to apply
Bilingual in Spanish/English
Compensation and Benefits
Compensation is determined based upon experience and qualification for the position
Health and Dental Insurance: Houston Pain and Spine does contribute to the plan for the employee only. The plan is a BCBS PPO plan.
Paid Time off/ Holidays: PTO is available after 90 days of employment. Per calendar year, the employee is entitled to 80 hours of paid time off. Major holidays are compensated as a regular time rate.
Neighborhoods+Downtown Houston is an urban loft-and-high-rise pocket aimed at students, singles, and young professionals, with a $320,117 median purchase price, $1,756 average rent, University of Houston-Downtown nearby, and a crime rating safer than 73% of Houston neighborhoods. Midtown ranks #3 on Niche’s 2026 Houston-area list: walkable, artsy, transit-accessible, and increasingly the place to live near downtown. Families cluster in Kingwood and Sugar Land, Spring Branch (parks and schools), and Cinco Ranch—Niche’s #1 suburb, population 18,611, with neighborhood pools, highly graded public schools, parks, and playgrounds. Museum Park and the Astrodome Area also carry A+ Niche grades and sit close to the Medical Center; Taylor Lake Village is a small-town Clear Lake suburb with Clear Creek ISD and a short drive to the Medical Center, Kemah, and Galveston Bay. Commuter “golden zones” are discussed relative to Downtown, the Texas Medical Center, and the Energy Corridor.
Downtown Houston is an urban loft-and-high-rise pocket aimed at students, singles, and young professionals, with a $320,117 median purchase price, $1,756 average rent, University of Houston-Downtown nearby, and a crime rating safer than 73% of Houston neighborhoods. Midtown ranks #3 on Niche’s 2026 Houston-area list: walkable, artsy, transit-accessible, and increasingly the place to live near downtown.
Families cluster in Kingwood and Sugar Land, Spring Branch (parks and schools), and Cinco Ranch—Niche’s #1 suburb, population 18,611, with neighborhood pools, highly graded public schools, parks, and playgrounds. Museum Park and the Astrodome Area also carry A+ Niche grades and sit close to the Medical Center; Taylor Lake Village is a small-town Clear Lake suburb with Clear Creek ISD and a short drive to the Medical Center, Kemah, and Galveston Bay.
Commuter “golden zones” are discussed relative to Downtown, the Texas Medical Center, and the Energy Corridor.
Getting around+Houston is vast sprawl; locals and realtors repeat the same rule: live as close to your workplace as you reasonably can. Average commute is cited at 27 minutes, but that hides huge variance—Katy commenters warn you to hotel overnight and drive both morning and afternoon rushes, with 45-minute-plus runs common, while Sugar Land and Beltway-adjacent areas are recommended for Downtown at roughly 40 minutes to well over an hour in traffic. Primary job nodes named for suburb ranking are Downtown, the Texas Medical Center, and the Energy Corridor. A car is treated as mandatory; public transit is limited (Metro bus from IAH into Downtown; cab about $55 from IAH and about $45 from Hobby). Heavy traffic and thin transit are among the most consistent complaints.
Houston is vast sprawl; locals and realtors repeat the same rule: live as close to your workplace as you reasonably can. Average commute is cited at 27 minutes, but that hides huge variance—Katy commenters warn you to hotel overnight and drive both morning and afternoon rushes, with 45-minute-plus runs common, while Sugar Land and Beltway-adjacent areas are recommended for Downtown at roughly 40 minutes to well over an hour in traffic.
Primary job nodes named for suburb ranking are Downtown, the Texas Medical Center, and the Energy Corridor. A car is treated as mandatory; public transit is limited (Metro bus from IAH into Downtown; cab about $55 from IAH and about $45 from Hobby).
Heavy traffic and thin transit are among the most consistent complaints.
Outdoors+Buffalo Bayou Park is the signature urban greenway, with Downtown skyline views, the Waugh Drive Bat Colony, the Cistern, Johnny Steele Dog Park, and a skate park. Hermann Park offers a kid-friendly train; Memorial Park is the city’s largest greenspace, with Land Bridges and the Eastern Glades (opened 2020) and is compared locally to Central Park. Discovery Green is a 12-acre downtown oasis with Kinder Lake bumper/cruiser boats, the John P. McGovern Playground, and fitness-in-the-park programming. Trails support walking, running, hiking, and group bike rides; the Houston Arboretum is a named hiking destination. On the southeast side, Taylor Lake, Clear Lake, and Galveston Bay support boating, fishing, and kayaking; Go Ape zipline sits at 18427 Southwest Freeway and Geronimo Adventure Park is at 6749 FM 2920.
Buffalo Bayou Park is the signature urban greenway, with Downtown skyline views, the Waugh Drive Bat Colony, the Cistern, Johnny Steele Dog Park, and a skate park. Hermann Park offers a kid-friendly train; Memorial Park is the city’s largest greenspace, with Land Bridges and the Eastern Glades (opened 2020) and is compared locally to Central Park.
Discovery Green is a 12-acre downtown oasis with Kinder Lake bumper/cruiser boats, the John P. McGovern Playground, and fitness-in-the-park programming. Trails support walking, running, hiking, and group bike rides; the Houston Arboretum is a named hiking destination.
On the southeast side, Taylor Lake, Clear Lake, and Galveston Bay support boating, fishing, and kayaking; Go Ape zipline sits at 18427 Southwest Freeway and Geronimo Adventure Park is at 6749 FM 2920.
Houston is distinct for nurses because of the Texas Medical Center—one of the world’s largest medical complexes—plus no state income tax and housing that still undercuts most big U.S. cities. Midtown, Museum Park, and the Astrodome Area sit near TMC; Downtown lofts average about $1,756 a month. Families often choose Cinco Ranch, Sugar Land, Kingwood, or Spring Branch, but Katy-style suburbs can mean 45-minute-plus drives—test both rush hours. A car is essential; transit is thin and traffic is the daily tax. Budget for a 1.40% property-tax rate and insurance averaging $4,644 a year on a $300,000 house. Summers are brutally hot and humid, pests are constant, and flooding is neighborhood-specific (Tropical Storms Arthur and Bertha in 2026). The payoff is food (The Pit Room, El Tiempo), Buffalo Bayou and Memorial Parks, the Museum District, the Rodeo, and free events at Discovery Green. Safety is hyper-local: pick the neighborhood, not just the city.
