Advanced Practice Provider-Trauma

Intermountain Health

22h•$64 - $82•Onsite

About The Position

This position provides patient care and other activities permitted by licensure and defined by applicable credentialing, privileging, scope-of-practice, and consultation documentation. The role delivers optimal care through clinical practice, education for patients, families, clinical staff, and others, consultation with healthcare providers, and maintaining current knowledge of options for patient care and outcomes. As a Trauma Services Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant (APP), the position works collaboratively with the Trauma team at LDS Hospital in a multidisciplinary setting, supporting advanced therapies for complex trauma and critically ill patients. The APP practices at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City and is credentialed at both IMED and LDS. Coverage follows a single APP and surgeon collaborative model, with weekday daytime coverage, weekend and holiday daytime coverage, dedicated weekly ACS clinic coverage with surgeon backup, and nightly home call for inpatient nursing calls with activation criteria. Relocation assistance is included for those relocating 50 or more miles. The position is based at Avenues Physician Tower in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is scheduled for 40 hours per week. The hourly range is $64.01–$81.79, with the actual rate dependent on experience. The role involves ongoing reading and visual assessment, frequent verbal and auditory communication, precise manual dexterity and computer use, patient transfers and handling supplies, walking and transporting patients or equipment, and potentially extended periods of standing.

Requirements

APRN or PA-C degree from an accredited program.
Board certification or eligibility.
Active, unobstructed Utah medical license, or ability to obtain one.
Ability to successfully complete Intermountain Health’s credentialing process.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care and other activities permitted by licensure and defined by applicable credentialing, privileging, and scope-of-practice documentation.
Deliver optimal patient care through effective clinical practice.
Educate patients, patients’ families, clinical staff, and others.
Consult with other healthcare providers and maintain current knowledge of patient care options and outcomes.
Work collaboratively with the Trauma team and multidisciplinary care providers to support advanced therapies for complex trauma and critically ill patients.
Provide weekday daytime coverage from 7:00 AM to 5:00 PM, as well as weekend and holiday daytime coverage.
Provide dedicated weekly ACS clinic coverage with surgeon backup support.
Provide nightly home call coverage from 5:00 PM to 7:00 AM for inpatient nursing calls with activation criteria.
Read and assess information, labels, patient needs, monitors, equipment, and supplies.
Communicate with and respond to patients, visitors, and care providers, including during emergency situations.
Use manual dexterity to operate equipment, prepare medications, document patient care, and access needed information.
Lift, transfer, ambulate, and transport patients; retrieve, carry, push, and pull supplies, gurneys, and portable equipment.