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Intermountain Health
Wheat Ridge, Colorado

Orthopedic Spine Surgery 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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Posted 17m ago · Verified live

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

As an Orthopedic Spine Surgery APP part of the Orthopedic Trauma team at Intermountain Health, you will work with a large system-wide team of healthcare professionals committed to providing quality care and excellent patient experience.

In This Role, You Can Anticipate

  • Practicing at Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital and Lutheran Orthopedic Trauma
  • M-F workweek with dedicated clinic and OR days

Provide call coverage in support of the orthopedic spine surgeon, approximately 7 days per month, including weekdays, nights, weekends, and holidays

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.

Life in Colorado

Lutheran Medical Center is a 338-bed Level II Trauma Center that provides comprehensive, specialty care to the poor, the vulnerable, our communities and each other. Dating back to 1905, we are proud of the rich history and inspiring mission our hospital has embodied for over 110 years.

Location: Intermountain Health Lutheran Hospital

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

The APP will provide clinical and surgical support for the orthopedic spine surgery team, including dedicated clinic days and operating room assistance. Additionally, the role involves providing call coverage approximately 7 days per month, including nights, weekends, and holidays.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an APRN or PA-C degree from an accredited program and possess an active, unobstructed Colorado medical license. Applicants are also required to maintain BLS certification and DEA registration while successfully completing the health system's credentialing process.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Patient careClinical assessment

Orthopedic Surgery — Nurse Practitioner Career Context

Of the 50 active Nurse Practitioner listings this role was benchmarked against, 42% are remote, 50% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

Nurse Practitioner pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.0% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

Nurse Practitioner by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score5.1 / 10 · above average in orthopedic surgery (np)ranked against 113 Orthopedic Surgery (NP) listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$119k–$184kNurse Practitioner median $145k (middle half $130k–$150k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$147k in purchasing powerColorado index 103.1 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
All nurse practitioner listings in Colorado275 active15,617 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 42% remote · 50% no call · 50% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedColorado nurse practitioner listings (all specialties): 17% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 14% offer loan repayment275 active listings, Nov 2026
Orthopedic Surgery NP hiring demandnot ranked this monthpostings stay open a median 48 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 38 postings, 92 closed
New Orthopedic Surgery NP listings34 in the last 30 days33 the 30 days before (+3%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Nurse Practitioner pay trend (all specialties)+2.0% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (113 Orthopedic Surgery (NP) listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Colorado figures use all nurse practitioners: too few Colorado Orthopedic Surgery postings state pay.

Top Nurse Practitioner Jobs

23 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

23 jobs · 17 employers
8
<$150k
8
$150k-170k
3
$170k-190k
2
$190k-210k
2
$210k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

20 jobs · 17 employers
401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
65% this job
Sign-on bonus
25%
Relocation assistance
10%
Loan repayment
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.2this job 5.1
Better work-life than 60% of Orthopedic Surgery (NP) listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 113 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

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.