Locum Tenens Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) — Inpatient Heart Failure Cardiology (Salt Lake City, UT)

Join an established inpatient cardiology team at a 300-bed Level II Trauma Center in Salt Lake City covering Heart Failure service for a maternity leave. Ideal for an experienced Heart Failure NP or PA who manages complex cardiac patients in a collaborative hospital setting. Hospital has national recognition for cardiovascular care.

Assignment details

• Specialty: Heart Failure Cardiology
• Provider: Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant
• Setting: Inpatient
• Duration: November 2026 – January 2027
• Schedule: Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM–4:00 PM
• No call
• EMR: EPIC

Key responsibilities

• Daily inpatient rounds on Heart Failure service
• Perform heart failure evaluation, management, and progression-of-care decisions
• Initiate and optimize guideline-directed medical therapy
• Coordinate discharge planning with cardiologists, nursing, case management, and ancillary teams
• Independently manage hospitalized heart failure patients and escalate as needed

Required qualifications

• Active Utah NP or PA license
• Active Utah DEA registration
• Heart Failure certification or demonstrable heart failure experience
• Recent inpatient cardiology/heart failure management experience
• Ability to work independently in a hospital-based cardiology practice

Facility highlights

• 300-bed acute care hospital, Level II Trauma Center
• Nationally recognized cardiovascular program
• Full complement of medical and surgical specialties
• Located in Salt Lake Valley with easy access to skiing, hiking, biking, and year-round outdoor recreation