Nocturnist Neuro Critical Care Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
Listed compensation
$57.33-$88.47/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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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
As a Nocturnist Neuro-Critical Care Advanced Practice Provider (APP; Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant), you will work with a high-performing, patient-centered team committed to providing quality care and excellent patient experience on a highly collaborative team.
Intermountain Medical Center (IMED) is Intermountain Health’s flagship hospital, based in Salt Lake City, Utah and is a Joint Commission Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, Level 1 Trauma Center, Level 4 Epilepsy Center, Joint Commission Certified Spine Center. IMED supports neuroscience academic research and has foundational support, ranked as a top hospital by U.S. News and World Reports, 5-star CMS ranking and, Leapfrog grade A.
In This Role You Can Anticipate
Providing nocturnist coverage for the 24-bed IMED Neurocritical Care Unit; practice includes: admissions, discharges, transfers, rounding, procedures, etc.
- Providing inpatient neurocritical care consults in IMED medical/surgical/trauma/thoracic ICUs
- No clinic responsibilities associated with this position; inpatient only
- Ten 12-hour shifts (7p-7:30a) per 4-weeks (exclusively nights - rotating weekdays, weekends, and holidays)
- Joining a growing, well-established, and highly collaborative team of 7 APP's, and 8 NCC Physicians
- Relocation assistance (if applicable)
An ideal candidate is a growth-minded team player who thrives in a fast-paced environment and demonstrates a strong interest in learning and professional growth. Neuro Critical Care, Critical Care, and/or Neurology experience preferred.
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
- Active, unobstructed Utah medical license, or the ability to obtain one
- Required Certifications: DEA, ACLS, & BLS
- 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, 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!
Life in the Salt Lake Valley
The Salt Lake Valley is the heart of the state of Utah, which is one of the fastest growing states in the country. Salt Lake is located at the base of the Wasatch Mountains and is within an hour’s drive of nine world-renowned ski resorts and within a day’s drive of five national parks. Along with these recreational attractions, there are many cultural and sporting events. There are performances by the Utah Symphony, Ballet West and Pioneer Theater Company as well as a renovated theater that offers Broadway plays. The Sundance Film Festival and the Park City Art Festival are nationally recognized events held in nearby communities. The NBA’s Jazz, NHL's Utah Mammoth's, the AAA Salt Lake Bees, the Utah Warriors Rugby team, and the MLS Real Salt Lake, all represent Salt Lake City.
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: Intermountain Health Intermountain Medical Center
Work City
Murray
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 nocturnist coverage for the 24-bed Neurocritical Care Unit, including admissions, discharges, and procedures. Conduct inpatient neurocritical care consults across various intensive care units within the hospital.
Requirements
Must hold an APRN or PA-C degree from an accredited program and possess an active, unobstructed Utah medical license. Required certifications include DEA, ACLS, and BLS.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Hospital Medicine — Physician Career Context
Of the 48 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 79% have no call, 48% require no weekends.
In Utah, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$359k (82 salary observations; 381 listings), vs ~$294k nationally (13,952 salary observations; 57,496 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
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).
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
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