Wound Care & Limb Preservation Podiatrist Lead

With this position, you will also serve as a Lead Podiatry Physician. This role combines a comprehensive general podiatry practice with dedicated wound care clinic responsibilities and active participation in a collaborative limb preservation program. You will work alongside a well-established team of orthopedic surgeons, including a fellowship-trained orthopedic foot and ankle surgeon, providing exceptional patient care across both clinic and hospital settings. In addition, you will collaborate closely with a multidisciplinary wound care team consisting of a wound care physician, physician assistant, and specialized wound care nurses to deliver coordinated, high-quality inpatient and outpatient care focused on wound healing, limb preservation, and optimal patient outcomes.

About this role

We are seeking a skilled and motivated Podiatrist to support a multidisciplinary limb preservation program focused on coordinated wound care, limb salvage, and prevention of avoidable amputations. In addition, the candidate can anticipate to:

• Serve as an active member of the Enterprise Limb Preservation Steering Committee by reporting program outcomes, advancing best practices and systemwide standards, and escalating issues that require enterprise-level action to improve limb salvage and reduce preventable amputations.

• In collaboration with operational and nursing leadership; support complex case review, promote adherence to evidence-based clinical pathways, address barriers to care, and strengthen transitions from hospitalization to ambulatory follow-up.

Additional Position Details

• You will practice at Intermountain Health McKay-Dee Hospital and Orthopedic Podiatry Clinic in Ogden, Utah

• Take general podiatry emergency room call coverage of 7 days per month; potentially as consecutive days or one week per month

• Work clinic schedule consisting of 2 podiatry clinic days, 1 surgical day, and 2 wound care clinic days per week 

• Have nurse practitioner support available in the podiatry clinic

An ideal candidate will have

• Board-qualified or board-certified Doctor of Podiatric Medicine with wound care or limb preservation experience

• Demonstrated interest in expanding clinical scope and contributing to a multidisciplinary limb salvage program

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

• Doctor of Podiatric Medicine (DPM); or board eligibility or certification 

• Completion of graduate medical education training program in Podiatry of practice

• Active Medical Licensure, or in process of obtaining licensure, is required in the state in which physician will practice

• Basic Life Support Certification (BLS) for healthcare providers

• DEA Registration schedules II-V

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.  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

Ogden is a city of Weber County, 40 miles north of Salt Lake City, that is the perfect place to work and live if you like easy access to outdoor activities. Ogden is located at the base of the Wasatch Mountains and is within a day’s drive of five national parks. Ogden boasts of its breathtaking mountain views and access to skiing/snowboarding (9 resorts within 60-75 min drive, including Snowbasin - site of the 2002 Olympic Downhill). There is no lack of summer activities either with several water recreational locations close by, Pineview Reservoir, Willard Bay, Ogden River Parkway, and only 10 miles from the Great Salt Lake. Within minutes of leaving McKay Dee Hospital you can find yourself mountain biking, hiking, fishing, kayaking, and rock climbing. There are outdoor activities for all ages, affordable real estate, and our family-oriented community supports diverse interests for all cultures. Ogden is home to Weber State University.