Gastroenterology Advanced Practice Provider

Intermountain Health•Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital, UT

3d•$57 - $88•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 and referral documentation. The role delivers optimal care through effective clinical practice; education for patients, families, clinical staff, and others; consultation with healthcare providers; and maintaining current knowledge of care options and outcomes. As a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant in Gastroenterology, you will join a team-based practice serving Utah County. The newly established employed Medical Group Gastroenterology practice works alongside a broader GI Medical Group, with physicians, advanced practice providers, and nurses collaborating across clinic and endoscopy locations. The position is based at Utah Valley Clinic in Provo, Utah, and includes privileges for rounding at Utah Valley Hospital. The schedule is four days per week, with 40 scheduled weekly hours. Relocation assistance of up to $7,500 is available. Intermountain Health is an integrated not-for-profit health system with 33 hospitals, 400 clinics, and more than 5,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers across six mountain-west states. The organization describes its mission as helping people live the healthiest lives possible and emphasizes teamwork, medical education, research, and advanced technology. The role requires frequent patient and provider interaction, clear verbal communication and hearing, reading and assessing patient information, precise manual dexterity, frequent computer use, patient transfers and ambulation assistance, moving supplies and equipment, and potentially extended periods of standing. The hourly pay range is $57.33–$88.47, with the actual rate dependent on experience.

Requirements

APRN or PA-C degree from an accredited program.
Board certification or eligibility in the designated discipline.
Active, unobstructed Utah medical license, or ability to obtain one.
Full prescriptive authority and an active DEA registration, or ability to obtain them.
Ability to successfully complete Intermountain Health’s credentialing process.
Ability to read and assess patient information, communicate verbally and hear spoken information, and use manual dexterity to handle complex and delicate equipment.
Ability to lift, bend, carry, push, and pull items including heavy supplies, equipment, gurneys, and portable equipment; assist with patient transfers and ambulation.
Ability to stand in a stationary position for extended periods when required.
Candidates requiring visa sponsorship are not accepted at this time.

Responsibilities

Provide patient care and other activities permitted by licensure and defined by applicable credentialing, privileging, scope-of-practice, and consultation and referral documentation.
Deliver optimal patient care through effective clinical practice.
Educate patients, patients' families, clinical staff, and others.
Consult with other healthcare providers.
Maintain current knowledge regarding options for optimal patient care and outcomes.
Collaborate with physicians, APPs, and nurses in a team-based gastroenterology practice across clinic and endoscopy locations.
Round at Utah Valley Hospital as permitted by privileges.
Communicate with patients, care providers, and visitors, including responding to information, alarms, needs, and issues.
Document patient care and access needed information using a computer.
Assist with transferring and ambulating patients and transporting patients, supplies, and equipment.