Advanced Practice Provider Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Intermountain Health Primary Childrens Hospital

Primary Childrens at Lehi

Full time

R187152

Job Description:

We seek a skilled clinician who thrives in a fast-paced setting and provides compassionate, evidence-based care to diverse pediatric patients. When you join us, you’ll become a part of a nationally recognized health system dedicated to our mission of “helping people live the healthiest lives possible.”

About this role:

Our APPs—certified nurse practitioners or physician assistants—provide high-quality, team-based emergency care at Primary Children’s Hospital in Salt Lake City and the Miller Campus in Lehi, Utah.

Key Responsibilities & Duties include clinical practice & patient care, collaboration & multidisciplinary integration, department throughput & quality, and communication & advocacy.

Your Responsibilitie s

• Assessment and Diagnosis: Obtain comprehensive histories and perform rapid psychiatric or physical assessments and exams.

• Diagnostics: Order and interpret imaging, laboratory work, and other tests.

• Treatment: Develop and implement care plans and prescribe medications for acute pediatric illnesses and injuries.

• Procedures: Perform pediatric emergency procedures, including suturing, foreign body removal, and abscess drainage.

• Interdisciplinary Care: Practice at the top of license under attending physician direction, caring for neonates through adolescents across all acuities—from triage to trauma, observation, and resuscitation. Collaborate with pediatric emergency physicians, pediatricians, nurses, respiratory therapists, child life specialists, and social workers.

• Care Coordination: Ensure consistent care across both campuses; serve as a primary contact for patient education, test results, admissions, and discharge guidance.

• ED Throughput: Coordinate timely evaluation, treatment, and disposition to reduce wait times and length of stay.

• Quality Improvement: Participate in quality assurance, peer and morbidity/mortality (QuIPS) reviews, and clinical guideline development.

• Family-Centered Care: Clearly and compassionately explain diagnoses, emergency treatment, and discharge instructions to patients and families.

Clinical Schedule: Rotating 9-hour shifts (8am–5pm, 3pm–midnight, or 5pm–2am), including weekends and holidays.

How we'll support you:

We care about your well-being which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package. In addition, we offer paid time off, license reimbursement, malpractice insurance coverage, quality incentives, and an annual CME allowance to support your continuous growth and development.

What you’ll bring:

• Current state license as an Advance Practice Registered Nurse (APRN) or Physician Assistant (PA).

• National Board Certification as a Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant.

• Eligible for State Controlled Substance License II through V.

• Eligible for Federal DEA Certificate II through V.

• BLS Certification for Healthcare Providers.

• Preferred: Prior Pediatric APP experience

About us:

Intermountain Health (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/) is a model health system by providing extraordinary care and superior service at an affordable cost. We are an integrated not-for-profit system of 33 hospitals, 385 clinics, and a medical group with more than 5,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers across seven states in the mountain west.

Our value statements are core to our culture. They reflect the behavior and attitudes that are important to us, are an agreement for how we treat each other, help us make decisions on how to act, and are a promise of what people can expect from us. Learn more about our Mission, Vision, and Values at: About Intermountain (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/about) .

What does it mean to be a part of Intermountain Health?

It means joining the Power of We, building an environment where providers and caregivers can deliver the best in healthcare. Realizing each caregiver and volunteer is vital to providing care to our patients, because WE can only achieve the extraordinary together. Committed to the best in research and most advanced technology, the results are better clinical patient outcomes

Location:

Intermountain Health Primary Childrens Hospital, Primary Childrens at Lehi

Work City:

Salt Lake City

Work State:

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

The hourly range for this position is listed below. Actual hourly rate dependent upon experience.

$57.33 - $88.47

We care about your well-being – mind, body, and spirit – which is why we provide our caregivers a generous benefits package that covers a wide range of programs to foster a sustainable culture of wellness that encompasses living healthy, happy, secure, connected, and engaged.

Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package here (https://intermountainhealthcare.org/careers/benefits) .

By applying for a position with Intermountain, I acknowledge that I will comply with all applicable Intermountain policies and expectations. If applying for a remote or hybrid role, this includes remote work expectations related to confidentiality, information security, work schedules, conflicts of interest, and use of company equipment. I further acknowledge that outside employment or activities may not interfere with job responsibilities or create a conflict of interest with Intermountain. Actual or reasonably perceived conflicts may be grounds for disqualification from consideration or, if hired, corrective action up to and including termination of employment.

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Headquartered in Utah with locations in six primary states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Health is a nonprofit system of 34 hospitals, 400+ clinics, a medical group of more than 4,800 employed physicians and advanced care providers, a health plan division called Select Health with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is widely recognized as a leader in clinical quality improvement and efficient healthcare delivery.

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All positions subject to close without notice.

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