PS Nurse Practitioner

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).

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
• One 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 Qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

The University of Utah values candidates who have experience working in settings with students and possesses a strong commitment to improving access to higher education. Veterans’ preference is extended to qualified applicants, upon request and consistent with University policy and Utah state law. Upon request, reasonable accommodations in the application process will be provided to individuals with disabilities.

Special Instructions

Summary Additional Information The University is a participating employer with Utah Retirement Systems (“URS”). Eligible new hires with prior URS service, may elect to enroll in URS if they make the election before they become eligible for retirement (usually the first day of work). Contact Human Resources at (801) 581-7447 for information. Individuals who previously retired and are receiving monthly retirement benefits from URS are subject to URS’ post-retirement rules and restrictions. Please contact Utah Retirement Systems at (801) 366-7770 or (800) 695-4877 or University Human Resource Management at (801) 581-7447 if you have questions regarding the post-retirement rules. This position may require the successful completion of a criminal background check and/or drug screen.