Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant- Lifestyle & Weight Management Clinc

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT/NURSE PRACTITIONER

As part of Duke Health’s outpatient clinic network, you will enjoy competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits plans, convenient work hours, and many opportunities for career advancement. Become a part of a team that values and invests in you.

• 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)

Duke Lifestyle and Weight Management Center

Durham, NC

Join one of the nation's pioneering academic obesity medicine programs. The Duke Lifestyle and Weight Management Center is seeking an experienced Advanced Practice Provider (Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant) to join our nationally respected multidisciplinary team dedicated to improving the health of patients living with obesity and obesity‑related chronic diseases. For more than five decades, Duke has been a leader in evidence‑based obesity medicine, integrating medical management, lifestyle medicine, nutrition, behavioral health, exercise science, and patient education into a comprehensive model focused on long‑term health outcomes.

This position is centered on treating obesity as a chronic, complex medical disease through comprehensive, longitudinal care rather than episodic weight‑loss interventions. The APP will independently manage an ambulatory panel of patients with obesity and associated cardiometabolic conditions, developing individualized treatment plans that integrate lifestyle medicine, evidence‑based pharmacotherapy, behavioral interventions, and coordinated specialty care.

As a critical member of Duke Health's comprehensive obesity medicine program, the APP will collaborate closely with obesity medicine physicians, registered dietitians, behavioral health specialists, exercise physiologists, pharmacists, health coaches, primary care providers, bariatric surgery, and the Duke Health & Fitness Center to deliver coordinated, patient‑centered care.

This position is primarily based in Durham, North Carolina, with opportunities to provide telehealth services across North Carolina and support the continued expansion of Duke's Lifestyle and Weight Management program throughout the Triangle. The successful candidate will join a nationally respected academic team while helping shape innovative models of multidisciplinary obesity care, expand access to evidence‑based treatment, and build meaningful, long‑term relationships with patients.

At Duke, obesity medicine is more than weight management. It is the comprehensive treatment of a chronic disease that affects nearly every organ system and influences lifelong health. Our multidisciplinary team partners with patients to improve metabolic…