Neurosurgeon

SurgeryIncludes callFull-Time

Compensation

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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 an Neurological Surgeon part of the Neurosciences 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.

The Neurosurgery team at Utah Valley Hospital currently has 4 neurosurgeons, and 4 neurosurgery advanced practice providers. Neurosurgery is part of a larger Neurosciences team at Utah Valley, including Neurohospitalists and outpatient Neurology providers.

Utah Valley Hospital is a level II trauma facility with a Primary Stroke Center performing mechanical thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke and is Joint Commission accredited in Advanced Spine Surgery.

In This Role, You Can Anticipate

  • Clinical and surgical cases at Utah Valley Hospital in Provo, Utah
  • Some surgical cases will be at local ASC; potential to participate in ASC
  • Eventual flexible clinic/OR schedule; anticipated to initially be 2-days/week in clinic and 2-days/week of OR surgical time
  • General neurological surgery at a level II trauma center
  • Unrestricted neurosurgical call requirement; compensation offered for call requirement
  • This position includes a sign-on bonus and relocation assistance (if applicable)

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

  • MD or DO degree from a fully accredited medical or osteopathic school of medicine
  • ACGME accredited residency training in Neurosurgery
  • Fellowship trained in Neurological Surgery
  • Board certified in Neurological Surgery
  • Active, unobstructed Utah 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 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!

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

Life in the Mountain West

Provo is the heart of Utah County with the population exceeding over 102K. It is one of the best places to live in the US with abundant seasonal recreation, great schools, and a reasonable cost of living. Provo is a beautiful university community built along the slopes of the majestic Wasatch Mountains.

It is a bustling community that provides the advantages of a small-town lifestyle along with the amenities offered in more cosmopolitan areas. Exciting outdoor adventures include hiking, backpacking, sightseeing and skiing. Utah Lake, just west of Provo affords excellent water sports, including fishing.

As the home of Brigham Young University, and Utah Valley University 5 miles away, Provo offers outstanding college sporting events and several cultural entertainment events. It is a short 45-minute drive from Salt Lake City, which hosts a variety of professional sports and cultural events.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.

Location: Intermountain Health Utah Valley Hospital

Work City

Provo

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.

At Intermountain Health, we use the artificial intelligence ("AI") platform, HiredScore to improve your job application experience. HiredScore helps match your skills and experiences to the best jobs for you.

While HiredScore assists in reviewing applications, all final decisions are made by Intermountain personnel to ensure fairness. We protect your privacy and follow strict data protection rules. Your information is safe and used only for recruitment.

Thank you for considering a career with us and experiencing our AI-enhanced recruitment process.

All positions subject to close without notice.

Key Responsibilities

Perform clinical and surgical neurosurgical procedures at Utah Valley Hospital and local ambulatory surgery centers. Participate in a system-wide neurosciences team and fulfill unrestricted neurosurgical call requirements.

Requirements

Requires an MD or DO degree with ACGME accredited residency training and fellowship in Neurological Surgery. Must be board certified and hold an active, unobstructed Utah medical license.

Qualifications

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

Certifications

DEA LicenseBoard Certification

Key Skills

Clinical surgeryTrauma surgeryPatient care

Surgery — Physician Career Context

In Utah, the Physician weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$352k (75 salary observations; 473 listings), vs ~$309k nationally (10,147 salary observations; 64,000 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-11-01 through 2026-11-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 31 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 81% have no call, 45% require no weekends.

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysician median $485k (middle half $283k–$642k)159 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Utah vs national$352k median in Utah$309k nationally (+14%)75 state / 10,147 national salary observations
Cost of livingUtah index 98.9US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Surgery listings in Utah13 active—live on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
All physician listings in Utah135 active22,469 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 6% remote · 81% no call · 45% no weekends31 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonusUtah physician listings (all specialties): 52% state a sign-on bonus (median $30k) · 20% offer loan repayment135 active listings, Nov 2026
Surgery hiring demand#4 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 40 daysWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 604 postings, 152 closed
New Surgery listings794 in the last 30 days493 the 30 days before (+61%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physician pay trend (all specialties)−5.6% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page. Utah figures use all physicians: too few Utah Surgery postings state pay.

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Salary Distribution

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9
<$405k
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$450k
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$460k-515k
4
$515k-570k
2
$650k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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Sign-on bonus
62% this job
401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
19% this job
Relocation assistance
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Loan repayment
5%

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Work-life snapshot

median 5.1this job 2.8
Better work-life than 20% of Surgery listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 1,279 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
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About Intermountain Health

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

Benefits & Perks

Sign-on bonus
Relocation assistance
Paid time off
License reimbursement
Malpractice insurance coverage
Annual CME allowance
Comprehensive benefits package

Living in Provo

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$434k
Typical market rent
$1,575/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
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.