Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant- the Lifestyle & Weight Management Clinc

• The nation?s first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country.
• The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master?s certificates and certification alignment programs.
• Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program. APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke.
• Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties. APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke?s missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.
• Practice locations can include Duke Health?s three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.

• Duke University Health System is designated as a Magnet organization
• Nurses from each hospital are consistently recognized each year as North Carolina's Great 100 Nurses.
• Duke University Health System was awarded the American Board of Nursing Specialties Award for Nursing Certification Advocacy for being strong advocates of specialty nursing certification.
• Duke University Health System has 6000 + registered nurses
• Quality of Life: Living in the Triangle!
• Relocation Assistance (based on eligibility)

• The nation?s first Physician Assistant Program was created at Duke in 1965 and is consistently ranked No. 1 in the country.
• The Duke School of Nursing is consistently ranked as one of the top nursing schools and their MSN and DNP programs offers eight advanced practice registered nurse majors and specialty certifications, as well as post master?s certificates and certification alignment programs.
• Commitment to ongoing learning for APPs through annual CME funding and access to high-quality Duke CME offerings including APP Grand Rounds and a professional advancement program. APPs are leaders in multiple arenas within Duke.
• Duke offers APPs opportunities to practice within team based integrative care in a tremendous variety of specialties. APPs are expected to work to top of scope in order to contribute to Duke?s missions which include clinical practice, education, and research.
• Practice locations can include Duke Health?s three hospitals or over 140 primary care and specialty care clinics throughout North Carolina.

• Practice at the top of your license as an autonomous clinician within a highly collaborative multidisciplinary team.

• Diagnose and treat obesity as a chronic, complex medical disease using current evidence-based guidelines.
• Develop individualized treatment plans that integrate lifestyle medicine, behavioral interventions, pharmacotherapy, and coordinated specialty care.
• Manage obesity-associated cardiometabolic conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, MASLD, sleep apnea, cardiovascular risk factors, and other obesity-related chronic diseases.
• Build long-term therapeutic relationships while monitoring clinical outcomes, laboratory values, and disease progression.
• Deliver care through both in-person and telehealth visits while independently managing a panel of patients through comprehensive obesity medicine evaluations and ongoing follow-up.

• Prescribe, initiate, titrate, and monitor FDA-approved anti-obesity medications, including GLP-1 receptor agonists and other evidence-based therapies.
• Partner with pharmacists and care coordinators to optimize medication access, prior authorizations, and insurance navigation.
• Educate patients regarding medication expectations, safety, and long-term management.

• Nurse Practitioners: Work requires completion of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program, with a Master's degree in Nursing.
• Physician Assistants: Work requires completion of an accredited Physician Assistant program. A Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree strongly preferred.

• BLS required.

• Nurse Practitioners: Must have current or compact RN licensure & NP approval to practice in the state of North Carolina. BLS required. National certification as a NP required.
• Physician Assistants: Must be licensed in the state of NC, and be certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. BLS required.
• DEA licensure with full prescriptive authority required.

• 1+ years of APP experience preferred

• Experience in obesity medicine, lifestyle medicine, endocrinology, internal medicine, family medicine, preventive medicine, or cardiometabolic care preferred
• Experience managing anti-obesity pharmacotherapy, including GLP-1 receptor agonists and other FDA-approved therapies preferred
• Pluses if prior experience in ambulatory or telehealth care delivery

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