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Intermountain Health
St. George, Utah

Pulmonary Critical Care Physician

Critical Care MedicineIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$491K

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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.” St. George Regional Hospital is a Level II Trauma Center and the largest medical facility between Provo, Utah, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Serving Southern Utah, Southeastern Nevada, and Northern Arizona, it has been a trusted cornerstone of regional healthcare for more than 100 years.

About This Role

As a Physician in Pulmonary Critical Care medicine you will work with a team of healthcare professionals committed to providing quality care and excellent patient experience. You will be an integral member of a collaborative, multi‑disciplinary team caring for complex, critically ill patients in a 32‑bed Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

In This Role You Can Anticipate

Practicing at St. George Regional Hospital located in St. George, Utah.

A mix of pulmonary clinic, pulmonary consults, and ICU shifts; 1,825 hours annually (1.0 FTE)

32-bed adult mixed medical/surgical ICU, caring for general surgery, trauma (Level II ASC Trauma Hospital Accreditation), cardiovascular surgery, neurosurgery, and medical patients

How We'll Support You

  • Competitive Compensation: $491,750.00
  • Incentives: $30,000 starting bonus, up to $20,000 relocation bonus (if applicable)

We care about your well-being, which is why we provide our caregivers with 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 here.

What You’ll Bring

  • MD or DO degree from a fully accredited medical or osteopathic school of medicine
  • Residency training in Internal Medicine
  • Board certification or eligibility in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
  • Active, unobstructed Utah medical license, or the ability to obtain one
  • Full prescriptive authority and an active DEA, or the ability to obtain one
  • Ability to successfully complete Intermountain Health’s credentialing process
  • We are not able to accept candidates requiring Visa sponsorship at this time

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 St. George, UT

St. George is located within sculpted red rock desert valleys that are nestled below pine covered mountain peaks. The area is surrounded by multiple national parks and is a top destination with its year-round warm weather and favorable climate, golf courses, outdoor recreation opportunities and collegiate town environment.

St. George is in the top ten fastest growing cities in the United States with a population of 171,000 according to BusinessInsider.com. To accommodate the rapid growth, St. George Regional Medical Center is a level II trauma center, recently expanding to 336 inpatient beds, has more than 320 physicians on staff, serves southern Utah, northern Arizona, and Nevada.

Location

Intermountain Health St George Regional Hospital

Work City

St George

Work State

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

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

$7.25 - $999.99

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 physician will provide pulmonary and critical care services, including managing complex patients in a 32-bed ICU and conducting pulmonary consults. They will work as part of a multidisciplinary team to deliver high-quality patient care within a Level II Trauma Center.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree, have completed residency training in Internal Medicine, and be board certified or eligible in Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine. An active, unobstructed Utah medical license and DEA registration are required.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

DEA License

Key Skills

Pulmonary medicineTrauma careMedical consultationICU managementClinical assessmentMultidisciplinary collaborationMedical documentation

Critical Care Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Utah, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$337k (28 salary observations; 145 listings), vs ~$296k nationally (4,168 salary observations; 18,083 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 40 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 5% are remote, 83% have no call, 48% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Utah is 98.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$492k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $497k in an average-cost state. 58.6% of Utah clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Critical Care Medicine Jobs

22 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution22 jobs · 9 employers

3
<$350k
15
$350k-370k
4
$370k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks22 jobs · 9 employers

401k / retirement match
91%
CME allowance
18% this job
Sign-on bonus
9% this job
Loan repayment
9%
Relocation assistance
5% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 1.5this job 1.5
Better work-life than 50% of Critical Care Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 204 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in St. George

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$448k≈ 0.9× annual pay
Typical market rent
$1,796/mo≈ 4% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
17 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.3
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.

BEA 2024 · St. George, UT metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Paid Time Off
License Reimbursement
Malpractice Coverage
CME Allowance
Sign-On Bonus
Relocation Assistance