Allergy/Immunology Physician

Hospitalist Advanced Practice Provider

This position has been allocated for an Advanced Practice Provider, board certified as either a physician assistant or nurse practitioner. Both pediatric and adult patients will be cared for. Please ensure your license allows for that prior to submitting an application.

Job Description

• We are seeking an experienced inpatient APP to join our Hospitalist team at Intermountain Bear River Valley Hospital in Tremonton. Bear River Hospital is a 16-bed facility that offers a broad range of wellness, diagnostic, and treatment services, features a Level IV Trauma Center, and is supported by Intermountain's virtual hospital and Life Flight air medical transport.

• The Hospitalist Advanced Practice Provider (APP) plays a critical role in the management of adult and pediatric hospitalized patients, with a primary focus on those on general medicine floors. In this role, you will work with a multidisciplinary team of doctors, case managers, nurses, dietitians, and pharmacists to provide optimal patient care and outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive assessments, including history and physical examinations.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate treatment plans in collaboration with attending physicians.
• Manage acute and chronic medical conditions, including initiating appropriate diagnostic and therapeutic interventions.
• Work closely with multidisciplinary teams, including physicians, nurses, respiratory therapists, and pharmacists, to ensure coordinated patient care.
• Facilitate communication between patients, families, and healthcare teams, ensuring that patients and their families are informed and involved in care decisions and care transitions.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation of patient encounters, treatment plans, and progress notes in the electronic health record (EHR) system.
• Ensure compliance with hospital policies, regulatory requirements, and best practice standards.
• Participate in ongoing professional development and continuing education to stay current with advancements in critical care and internal medicine.
• Engage in quality improvement initiatives within the hospitalist program and hospital.
• Participate in hospital committees, task forces, and meetings as required.

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.

Qualifications

• Current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner (NP) or Physician Assistant (PA) in Utah.
• Board certification as an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (ACNP), Family Medicine Nurse Practitioner (FNP), or Physician Assistant (PA-C).
• DEA Certificate II through V - DOJ Drug Enforcement Division.
• ACLS and BLS certification for healthcare providers.
• PALS Certification for healthcare providers.

Experience

• Minimum of 2 years of inpatient APP experience; hospitalist or critical care setting preferred.
• Experience with both pediatrics and adults.

Skills and Abilities

• Strong clinical decision-making and critical thinking skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, high-acuity environment.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and organizational skills.
• Commitment to patient-centered care and continuous improvement.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to work in a hospital environment, which may involve exposure to infectious diseases and high-stress situations.
• Ongoing need for employee to see and read information, labels, assess patient needs, operate monitors, identify equipment and supplies.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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).

Location

Intermountain Health Bear River Valley Hospital, Intermountain Health Logan Regional Hospital

Work City

Tremonton

Work State

Utah

Scheduled Weekly Hours

17

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

$56.76 - $87.59

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.