Nurse Practitioner - Pediatrics

Cedar City, UT

Specialty Pediatrics
Profession Nurse Practitioner

When you join us, youll become a part of a nationally recognized health system dedicated to our mission of helping people live the healthiest lives possible.

About this role:

As a Neonatal Advanced Practice Provider with Intermountain Health, you will be an integral part of our Southwest Utah Neonatology Team, which includes 3 Neonatologists and 8 Neonatal APPs. We provide care at St George Regional Hospital's level III 24 bed NICU, with a growing presence at Cedar City Hospital's special care nursery.

  • In this role, you will provide care at both St George Regional and Cedar City Hospital, with an overall goal of keeping babies and mothers together in hospital whenever medically appropriate, reducing their life flight and transfer costs.
  • You will attend deliveries, allowing for immediate resuscitation assistance.
  • While you will see a wide variety of acuity and complexity in cases, your care will have a particularly significant impact on allowing babies to stay in Cedar City when they fail a CPAP trial and are 34 weeks gestation or greater.
  • Supported by qualified staff including RNs, Respiratory Therapists, Occupational Therapists, Social Workers, Dietitians, CNAs, among others. You'll have opportunity to provide education to these team members, and build collegial, trusting relationships with local pediatricians.
  • Our APPs report directly to an AP Team Lead, who is also a practicing Neonatal Nurse Practitioner.
  • Full time, when working in Cedar City your schedule will include 12-hour day shifts.
    In St George, shifts are taken in 24-hour increments as we are a 24/7 service in hospital.

How we'll support you:

You'll receive guaranteed base salary commensurate with your APP experience. You'll also be eligible for up to $7,500in relocation assistance and up to $12,000in student loan assistance when applicable.

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

What youll bring:

  • Board certification as a Neonatal Nurse Practitioner OR if a Physician Assistant, Board Certification and completion of a 1 year Neonatal Fellowship.
  • Active, unobstructed Utah APRN or PA and Controlled Substance license, or the ability to obtain prior to starting employment
  • Federal DEA Certificate II - V
  • BLS for Healthcare Providers Certification
  • Ability to successfully complete Intermountain Healths credentialing process
  • Candidates requiring Visa sponsorship will be reviewed on an individual basis

About us:

Intermountain Healthis 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.

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.