Critical Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Nurse PractitionerIncludes weekendsNo callFull-Time Physician-Supervised State

Listed compensation

$57.33-$88.47/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

About This Role

Intermountain Health is seeking a Critical Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant to join a team of experienced Critical Care providers to work in the state-of-the-art facility at McKay-Dee Hospital, a 324-bed level II Certified Stroke Center.

You can anticipate working in shared-services CU as a member of a multi-disciplinary team supporting advanced therapies for complex critically ill patients. The Critical Care team is made up of 12 physicians and 3 APPs.

In This Role, You Can Expect To

Provide care in a 32-bed adult mixed medical/surgical ICU, caring for general surgery, cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, and medical patients

  • Practicing at McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden, Utah
  • 24/7 in-house ICU coverage, including a mix of days, nights, weekends, and holidays
  • 10.5-hour day-shifts, 14.5-hour night-shifts
  • No call expectation
  • Shared-services model; working in collaboration with intensivists
  • Including relocation assistance if relocating 50+ miles
  • An ideal candidate will have ICU experience and/or APP experience.

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, and an annual CME allowance to support your continuous growth and development. Learn more about our comprehensive benefits package.

What You’ll Bring

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

Location: Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital

Work City

Ogden

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.

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.

Intermountain Health is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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Key Responsibilities

Provide comprehensive care to complex critically ill patients within a 32-bed adult mixed medical/surgical ICU. Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team of intensivists and other providers to support advanced therapies.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an APRN or PA-C degree from an accredited program and possess an active, unobstructed Utah medical license. Board certification or eligibility is required, along with previous ICU or APP experience.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Intensive care unitPatient careMedical surgeryClinical collaboration

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Critical Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant at Intermountain Health a 6.1 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Critical Care Medicine (NP) — ranked against 106 active Critical Care Medicine (NP) listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Critical Care Medicine — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Critical Care Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 36% are remote, 48% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Critical Care Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Utah is 98.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$152k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $153k in an average-cost state. 58.6% of Utah clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution31 jobs · 27 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks27 jobs

401k / retirement match
89%
Sign-on bonus
52%
CME allowance
48% this job
Loan repayment
19%
Relocation assistance
7% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.6this job 6.1
Better work-life than 80% of Critical Care Medicine (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 106 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • On-site
  • Includes weekends

Living in Ogden

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$385k
Typical market rent
$1,305/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Intermountain Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Murray , UT
10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid time off
License reimbursement
Malpractice insurance coverage
Annual CME allowance
Relocation assistance if relocating 50+ miles