NP Jobs in Salt Lake City, UT

Details

Open Date 07/07/2026

Requisition Number PRN45582B

Job Title PS Nurse Practitioner

Working Title PS Nurse Practitioner

Career Progression Track UGR

Track Level

FLSA Code Professional

Patient Sensitive Job Code? Yes

Standard Hours per Week 40-50

Full Time or Part Time? Full Time

Shift Variable

Work Schedule Summary

VP Area U of U Health - Academics

Department 00239 - Pulmonary

Location Campus

City Salt Lake City, UT

Type of Recruitment External Posting

Pay Rate Range 85,000

Close Date 10/09/2026

Priority Review Date (Note - Posting may close at any time)

Job Summary

Created in 2025, this Fellowship provides foundational training to prepare APPs for a career in critical and acute care medicine. The fellows participate in a year-long program in a supportive environment with ample autonomy, while caring for medically complex and critically ill patients. The program includes a diverse realm of clinical rotations, a robust didactic curriculum and opportunities to learn from skilled APPs, physicians, clinical pharmacists, nurses and other support staff.

The fellowship is within the division of pulmonary and critical care medicine with a focus on medical critical care. The bulk of time spent in the Medical ICU and Huntsman ICU (Heme/Onc). Our team consists of 22 APPs with varying experience levels who work alongside Intensivist Physicians.

Responsibilities

Clinical Curriculum

Clinical rotations include:

• Medical ICU

• Heme/Onc ICU

• Cardiothoracic Critical Care

• Neurocritical Care

• Anesthesia

• Interventional Pulmonology

• Hematology/Oncology

• Nephrology

• Palliative Care

• Infectious Disease

• Hospital Medicine

Didactic Curriculum

• Monthly Critical Care APP Fellowship core lecture series

• Monthly HICU / MICU APP group education meeting

• Monthly HICU / MICU APP group journal club.

• 1 week “hospital Medicine boot camp” put on by the Hospital Medicine APC fellowship

• Procedural and skills-based workshops to be assigned.

• Additional opportunities: Weekly Physician Fellows conference, Weekly Pulmonary Grand Rounds, Daily informal MICU teaching

Required application materials

• Completion of Application through the online University of Utah Portal

• 3 letters of recommendation

• 1 personal letter of intent

Utah State Licensure as NP or PA or ability to application planned/in progress

Minimum Qualifications

Required

Licensure to practice as a Nurse Practitioner in the State of Utah.

Preferred

Certification in ACLS / BLS / NRP / ATLS may be required by your department or by privileging criteria.

Utah State prescriptive privileges.

Licensure is obtained by completing a Master’s degree in Nursing or equivalency (the only equivalency to the Master’s degree is current licensure as a Nurse Practitioner) and a National Certification which requires the successful completion of a nationally accredited examination.

UHPPM 1-56 requires that newly hired non-physician providers apply for credentialing and privileging at the time of hire.

This position is patient-sensitive and must fulfill all associated requirements. We protect our patients, coworkers and community by requiring all patient-sensitive employees to be immunized according to CDC standards and hospital policy. Limited exemptions may be made for documented medical contraindications or religious beliefs that object to vaccinations.

Applicants must demonstrate the potential ability to perform the essential functions of the job as outlined in the position description.

Disclaimer

This job description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to the job.

Preferences

Timeline and How to Apply

Interviews will be held in early summer with a fall (October/November) anticipated start date.

Two fellows will be selected annually

Type Benefited Staff

Special Instructions Summary

Additional Information

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This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.

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