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Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Neurosurgery Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant

Nurse PractitionerIncludes callNo weekendsFull-Time Full Practice Authority

Listed compensation

$57.33-$88.47/hr

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

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

You will be a part of creating a Neuroscience Center of Excellence at Lutheran Medical Center where you will help build on an already solid foundation of a broad continuum of care for brain and spine patients. Here are just some of the highlights you can expect:

Support a Neurosurgeon's practice at Wheat Ridge Clinic and assist in surgical cases at Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital in Wheat Ridge, Colorado

  • This is a 5 day work week M-F, 8-5
  • Provide call coverage in support of the neurosurgeon, approximately 7-8 days per month, including weekdays, nights, weekends, and holidays
  • Growing Primary Care referral base within Intermountain Health Medical Group
  • An ideal candidate will have prior Neurosurgery and/or Orthopedic Spine Surgery APP experience.

How We'll Support You

We care about your wellbeing, 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
  • Active, unobstructed Colorado medical license, or the ability to obtain one
  • BLS certification and DEA
  • Ability to successfully complete Intermountain Health’s credentialing process

About Us

Intermountain Health 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, 400 clinics, and a medical group with more than 5,000 employed physicians and advanced practice providers across six 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!

Intermountain Health was recently recognized by the American Medical Association’s Joy in Medicine award for our commitment to physician wellbeing. We also received the Lorna Breen Wellbeing First Champion award.

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, learner, and volunteer is vital to providing care to our patients, because WE can only achieve the extraordinary together. Committed to the best in medical education, research and most advanced technology, the results are better clinical patient outcomes.

Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.

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Frequent interactions with patient care providers, patients, and visitors that require employee to verbally communicate as well as hear and understand spoken information, alarms, needs, and issues quickly and accurately, particularly during emergency situations.

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Manual dexterity of hands and fingers to manipulate complex and delicate equipment with precision and accuracy. This includes frequent computer use and typing for documenting patient care, accessing needed information, medication preparation, etc.

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Expected to lift and utilize full range of movement to transfer patients. Will also bend to retrieve, lift, and carry supplies and equipment. Typically includes items of varying weights, up to and including heavy items.

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Need to walk and assist with transporting/ambulating patients and obtaining and distributing supplies and equipment. This includes pushing/pulling gurneys and portable equipment, including heavy items. Often required to navigate crowded and busy rooms (full of equipment, power cords on the floor, etc).

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May be expected to stand in a stationary position for an extended period of time.

Location: Wheat Ridge Clinic

Work City

Wheat Ridge

Work State

Colorado

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

Support a neurosurgeon's clinic practice and assist with surgical cases at Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital. Provide approximately 7–8 days of monthly call coverage, including weekdays, nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

Applicants must have an APRN or PA-C degree from an accredited program, an active and unobstructed Colorado medical license or the ability to obtain one, BLS certification, and DEA registration. Prior neurosurgery and/or orthopedic spine surgery advanced practice provider experience is preferred, and candidates must successfully complete Intermountain Health's credentialing process.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Surgical AssistancePatient AssessmentClinical DocumentationPatient Transfer and AmbulationInterdisciplinary CommunicationMedical Credentialing

Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 42 active Surgery listings this role was benchmarked against, 26% are remote, 62% have no call, 71% require no weekends.

Surgery pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Surgery by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score5.1 / 10 · above average in surgery (np)ranked against 331 Surgery (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$119k–$184kSurgery median $145k (middle half $130k–$150k)10 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$147k in purchasing powerColorado index 103.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Surgery listings in Colorado8 active339 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 26% remote · 62% no call · 71% no weekends42 benchmarked listings
Surgery pay trend+3.2% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (331 Surgery (NP) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
61%
CME allowance
43% this job
Relocation assistance
14%
Loan repayment
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.9this job 5.1
Better work-life than 60% of Surgery (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 331 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • Includes call
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About Intermountain Health

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10,000+ employees

Benefits & Perks

Paid time off
License reimbursement
Malpractice insurance coverage
Annual CME allowance
Comprehensive benefits package

Living in Wheat Ridge

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$590k
Typical market rent
$1,881/mo
Residents’ average commute
23 min
State income tax
Up to 4.4%
Sources & methodology

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

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