Pediatric Neurosurgery Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA)
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About the job
Where compassion meets innovation and technology and our employees are family.
Thank you for your interest in joining our team! Please review the job information below.
The Driscoll Health System is recruiting an Advanced Practice Provider - Physician Assistant (PA), or Nurse Practitioner (NP) to join a dynamic team of medical professionals in Pediatric Neurosurgery. The qualified candidate will have completed an approved PA or NP program and must be certified and licensed to practice in the state of Texas (or be able to obtain), a minimum 3 years of operating experience (any surgical specialty). Pediatric experience is not required. Successful applicants will enjoy a highly competitive compensation package, medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, excellent retirement plans, generous paid vacation days, paid holidays, and more.
The Division provides a full range of pediatric neurosurgery including congenital anomalies, tumors, vascular problems, trauma, spine, epilepsy, and spasticity. The APP will function as an independent healthcare provider and will deliver comprehensive care to both ill and well children. Responsibilities will include assessment, diagnosis, treatment, education, and coordination of care for patients and families.
Job Details
- Clinic Hours: 7 AM – 5 PM Monday – Friday
- Travel Required – Travel to satellite clinics, schedule TBD based on provider schedules. Time
- for travel to satellite clinics is from 7 am- 6 or 7 pm depending on clinic/travel time/flights
- Call – not required at this time
- OR time – depending on training, experience, and schedule
- Job duties will include outpatient clinic coverage, inpatient rounding, daytime call coverage
- for inpatient questions as well as new ER/inpatient consults and possible OR time (see
- above)
- EMR: EPIC
- RN & Support Staff
- Established growing practice with a tenured physician
About Driscoll Children's Hospital
Driscoll Children’s Hospital is a 243-bed pediatric tertiary care center with more than 30 medical and surgical specialties offering care throughout South Texas, including Corpus Christi, the Rio Grande Valley, Victoria, and Laredo. Driscoll Children’s Hospital opened in 1953, becoming the first, and remains the only, free-standing children’s hospital in South Texas. Surgical services include Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, General Surgery, Urology, Neurosurgery, Orthopedics, Plastics, and ENT. Medical services include Neonatology, Pediatric Intensivists, Pulmonary, Gastroenterology, Endocrinology, Oncology, Pathology, and Radiology. The hospital maintains a teaching affiliation with Texas A&M University Health Science Center, a pediatric residency program.
About Corpus Christi, Texas
Corpus Christi is an excellent place to work, live, play, and invest. Explore nine unique beaches and unleash your adventurous side by windsurfing, parasailing, and kayaking out on the water. Craving inspiration in the outdoors? Try a paddleboard yoga class or horseback riding on the sand. Corpus Christi is also the center of iconic attractions like the Texas State Aquarium and the USS Lexington. Our mild climate allows for year-round outdoor family activities such as golf, cycling, and tennis. The cost of living is very low, and there is no state income tax!
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Direct Line: 361-694-5906
Email: CPSST.Recruitment@dchstx.org
From Driscoll Children's Hospital's job posting, checked 12 Nov 2026. The employer's own page is the final word on requirements and availability.
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About Driscoll Children's Hospital
Driscoll Children's Hospital is a nonprofit children's hospital with an emergency department in Corpus Christi, TX. Its job board posts jobs for nurses, front-office staff and imaging techs. Source: Medicare Care Compare: Driscoll Children's Hospital
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