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.
Neighborhoods+West Longview and Rose Valley are the names that come up first for quiet, community-minded family streets. Briarcliff is a resident favorite for sitting central to Longview Mall and most of the city's restaurants, with housing called affordable for most incomes. Wildwood has many newer, higher-priced homes that are not Longview's typical ranch style, while remaining central. White Oak, just down the road from Longview, is recommended for strong neighborhoods and decently priced properties. Downtown adds apartments and lofts in renovated historic buildings, including Alton Plaza.
West Longview and Rose Valley are the names that come up first for quiet, community-minded family streets. Briarcliff is a resident favorite for sitting central to Longview Mall and most of the city's restaurants, with housing called affordable for most incomes.
Wildwood has many newer, higher-priced homes that are not Longview's typical ranch style, while remaining central. White Oak, just down the road from Longview, is recommended for strong neighborhoods and decently priced properties.
Downtown adds apartments and lofts in renovated historic buildings, including Alton Plaza.
Getting around+U.S. News lists an average commute of about 16.14 minutes; locals say most places in Longview are 15-20 minutes away, with no hour-long traffic. The city sits on Interstate 20, about 120 miles (two hours) east of Dallas, 60 miles west of Shreveport, and about 35 miles from Tyler, with East Texas Regional Airport offering flights to major hubs. Healthcare is anchored by CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center and Longview Regional Medical Center, which together employ over 3,000 healthcare professionals. Sources do not name hospital access roads, transit lines, or parking conditions.
U.S. News lists an average commute of about 16.14 minutes; locals say most places in Longview are 15-20 minutes away, with no hour-long traffic. The city sits on Interstate 20, about 120 miles (two hours) east of Dallas, 60 miles west of Shreveport, and about 35 miles from Tyler, with East Texas Regional Airport offering flights to major hubs.
Healthcare is anchored by CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center and Longview Regional Medical Center, which together employ over 3,000 healthcare professionals. Sources do not name hospital access roads, transit lines, or parking conditions.
Outdoors+Longview is framed around scenic, tree-filled parks and trails, big trees, and easy East Texas outdoor access rather than one marquee city park. Nearby White Oak has a splash pad; Gladewater offers a lake plus antiques. Fish fries, parks, and outdoor adventures are part of the local identity, and moving guides cite year-round recreation. Broader East Texas lakes and recreational sites sit within an easy drive, though these sources name few Longview city parks individually.
Longview is framed around scenic, tree-filled parks and trails, big trees, and easy East Texas outdoor access rather than one marquee city park. Nearby White Oak has a splash pad; Gladewater offers a lake plus antiques.
Fish fries, parks, and outdoor adventures are part of the local identity, and moving guides cite year-round recreation. Broader East Texas lakes and recreational sites sit within an easy drive, though these sources name few Longview city parks individually.
Check the commute at your shift’s start and end, upfront housing costs, and whether moving assistance must be repaid if you leave.
Living in Longview
Longview is an I-20 East Texas city of about 83,000 where a relocating nurse can live close to work without metro prices. CHRISTUS Good Shepherd Medical Center and Longview Regional Medical Center employ more than 3,000 healthcare workers; typical drives across town run 15-20 minutes. Housing is the headline: median values near $190,000-$223,000, rents often in the $876-$1,337 range, ranch homes in Briarcliff near Longview Mall, newer higher-priced houses in Wildwood, quiet family streets in West Longview, Rose Valley, and White Oak, plus downtown lofts such as Alton Plaza. What feels distinct is civic texture more than skyline: the Arts!Longview Cultural District, Downtown Live at Heritage Plaza, the summer Great Texas Balloon Race and balloon glow, and Friday-night high school football. Neighbors still wave; kids still bike. Tradeoffs are real—limited nightlife, not a big city, ice that sits on uncleared roads, some homelessness, and Tyler growing faster 35-45 minutes west. Shreveport is about an hour; Dallas two hours. Come for short hospital commutes, affordable yards, and parks-and-balloons weekends, not for late-night urban energy.
