Obesity Medicine Job Openings

The American Diabetes Society is seeking a highly capable part-time contractor to help build the operating, fundraising, and administrative infrastructure of a growing nonprofit organization focused on diabetes, metabolic health, nutrition, and better patient outcomes.

This role is ideal for someone organized, proactive, mission-driven, and able to build systems from the ground up. The right person will be comfortable working independently, communicating clearly, tracking progress, and helping turn ideas into repeatable processes.

Key Responsibilities

- Build and maintain basic nonprofit operating systems, workflows, and documentation

- Help organize donor, supporter, volunteer, and professional-contact information

- Support donor communications, acknowledgments, follow-up, and relationship tracking

- Help identify and organize grant, sponsor, partnership, and fundraising opportunities

- Assist with email updates, simple campaign coordination, and supporter engagement

- Prepare concise progress reports, dashboards, and board updates

- Coordinate with board members, volunteers, advisors, and outside professionals

- Help maintain calendars, deadlines, compliance reminders, and project timelines

- Recommend software, systems, and processes appropriate for a growing nonprofit

- Take ownership of assigned projects and drive them to completion

Ideal Qualifications

- Experience in nonprofit operations, fundraising, donor relations, grant support, project management, executive assistance, or a similar role

- Strong organizational and written communication skills

- Comfortable with spreadsheets, CRM systems, email platforms, shared documents, and basic online tools

- Able to manage multiple priorities without constant supervision

- Professional, trustworthy, detail-oriented, and discreet

- Familiarity with nonprofit governance, donor management, grants, or fundraising is strongly preferred

- Preference will be given to otherwise qualified candidates who have personally used low-carb, ketogenic, or carnivore nutrition to improve their own metabolic health

Work Structure

This is a remote, part-time independent contractor role. Hours and compensation will depend on experience, availability, and agreed-upon scope of work. The position may expand over time based on performance, organizational growth, and mutual fit.

To Apply

Please send a resume/CV and a brief note explaining your relevant experience and interest in the role to:

kenberry7@gmail.com

Use the subject line: ADS Operations & Growth Contractor Application

Posted on: June 19, 2026

About Metabolic Psychiatry Labs

Metabolic Psychiatry Labs (MPL) is pioneering a new approach to mental health by targeting its metabolic roots. We provide specialized psychiatric care to patients with Serious Mental Illness, integrating evidence-based psychiatric treatment with metabolic medicine — including ketogenic dietary therapies, metabolic biomarker analysis, and digital interventions — for conditions such as depression, bipolar disorder, treatment-resistant psychosis, and obesity.

Our treatment model is grounded in emerging evidence connecting metabolic dysfunction to psychiatric disease and was developed out of Stanford. We apply structured interventions — nutritional, pharmacologic, and behavioral — within a longitudinal care framework, and we are building a patient- and provider-facing application to bring these therapies directly to those who need them most.

Position Overview

This is a rare opportunity to practice at the frontier of psychiatry. You will work directly alongside our medical director to deliver high-acuity, metabolically-informed psychiatric care to a growing panel of patients. You will help shape how this emerging care model is applied in practice, contributing to clinical protocols, case discussions, and the ongoing refinement of our approach.

If you are looking to do your most meaningful clinical work and grow alongside a mission-driven team building something genuinely new, this role is for you. 

 Key Responsibilities

● Direct Patient Care

○ Provide comprehensive psychiatric evaluations and ongoing medication management via telehealth for patients with serious mental illness, including depression, bipolar disorder, and treatment-resistant psychosis

○ Integrate metabolic data — including laboratory biomarkers, dietary adherence metrics, and clinical trends — into individualized psychiatric treatment plans

○ Partner closely with our medical director, Registered Dietitians and nutrition coaches to coordinate metabolic interventions, including ketogenic dietary therapies, alongside psychiatric care

○ Maintain a longitudinal therapeutic relationship with patients, tracking progress across psychiatric and metabolic domains over time

○ Provide culturally sensitive, compassionate care with a high standard of clinical documentation

● Clinical Collaboration

○ Collaborate actively with the medical director on clinical decision-making, protocol refinement, and patient-level treatment planning

○ Maintain timely, high-quality clinical documentation in accordance with regulatory and organizational standards

○ Participate in structured weekly clinical case conferences with physician leadership and the broader interdisciplinary team, presenting and discussing complex cases

○ Participate in clinical operations improvements and contribute to building scalable care delivery infrastructure as the practice grows

○ Engage with emerging research in metabolic psychiatry and participate in a culture of ongoing clinical learning

What We're Looking For

● Credentials & Experience

○ PMHNP (Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner) board certification required, obesity medicine is a plus

○ California licensure required, active licensure in additional states strongly preferred, particularly FL, NY, TX, and VA

○ Solid clinical experience in psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, and pharmacologic management

○ Prior experience delivering care via telehealth

● Location

○ Strong preference for California resident

● Clinical Approach

○ Interest in the intersection of metabolic medicine and psychiatry — prior experience with or knowledge of ketogenic diets, metabolic health, or nutritional psychiatry is a meaningful plus, though not required

○ Rigorous, hypothesis-driven clinical reasoning: you approach complex patients with intellectual curiosity, not diagnostic shortcuts

○ Genuine openness to non-traditional frameworks and emerging evidence; comfort sitting with uncertainty in a developing field

○ Comfort interpreting and acting on laboratory and biomarker data in a clinical context

● Working Style

○ Adaptable problem solver who proactively finds solutions to improve clinical efficiency

○ Self-directed and organized: able to manage a longitudinal patient panel and asynchronous communication in a fully remote setting

○ Comfortable operating in an early-stage, evolving organization with ambiguity where processes are still being built

○ You care about doing this work well and contributing to something larger than a typical clinical job

Compensation

● Competitive compensation aligned with market rates for experienced PMHNPs, commensurate with experience, licensure, and location

● Opportunity for company equity

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To apply, please send your resume and cover letter describing your interest in this role to careers@metabolicpsychiatrylabs.com

Posted on: May 19, 2026

Meet knownwell, weight-inclusive healthcare for all. Join a dynamic company that is changing the way care is delivered for patients with obesity. knownwell is a weight-inclusive healthcare company offering metabolic health services, primary care, nutrition counseling and behavioral health services for anyone of any size. Our hybrid model allows for both in-clinic and virtual care to bring support to patients where and when they need it. To learn more about our recent Series A funding, led by Andreessen Horowitz, please check out this article.

As a primary care physician at knownwell, you will work alongside a team of committed physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, registered nurses, dietitians, and behavioral health clinicians to provide comprehensive medical care, with a specific focus on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of obesity-related conditions as appropriate. This position offers an opportunity to make a significant impact on the lives of patients by helping them achieve sustainable weight management – should that also be a goal of the patient’s – and improve their overall health.

Position: Hybrid, on-site and remote.

Location: Needham, MA 02492

Schedule: Monday- Friday with flexible scheduling, 32 patient contact hours minimum.

EMR: Athena

On-Call: Rotation with initial triage performed by nurses.

Requirements:

• You have a medical degree (MD or DO) from an accredited medical school.
• You have an unrestricted Massachusetts license or willingness to obtain.
• You are board certified/board eligible in family medicine or internal medicine and pediatrics.
• You have an ABOM board certification or willingness to obtain. Fellowship preferred.
• You have excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• You’re dedicated to staying current with the latest developments in obesity medicine and primary care.
• You believe in inclusive, compassionate care.
• You believe in shared decision making with a patient. You honor the goals a patient has for their health, and you partner with them to help them achieve those goals.
• You have high emotional intelligence and know how to make a patient feel at ease – without judgment and without shame.
• You’re willing and excited to try new technologies that are both patient and provider oriented.
• You are excited to work with a collaborative team of physicians, APP’s, health coaches, and other staff.
• We are unable to sponsor visas currently, so you are authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities:

• Practice exceptional medicine within knownwell
  • Sees adults for primary care, often with a focus on metabolic health. Sees pediatric patients only for metabolic health.
  • Embodies the knownwell mission and values of patient inclusivity in how you deliver care.
  • Coordinates with the broader care team to ensure the patient has the support they need .
  • Documents as necessary to ensure accurate billing.
  • Communicates with patients in a timely matter through our portal for questions, including with the assistance of a nurse practitioner.
  • Provides feedback on technology.

• Ensure patients feel known well
• Ensure panel is open to any individual, regardless of their current health status and comorbidities.
• Listen to the aspirations of the patient and ensure care is tailored to the patient’s unique health journey.
• Provide an environment in which patients feel comfortable and free from judgment.
• Offer exceptional encouragement as patients reach their goals.

• Coordinate across the collaborative care team
  • Escalate any clinical concerns to Chief Medical Officer.
  • Raise ideas and feedback about technology to leadership team.
  • Provide clinical guidance to medical assistants if necessary.
  • Collaborate with NPs/PAs to ensure follow-up is as appropriate.

• Stay current with licensure and appropriate re-certifications.

We offer a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits package, and the opportunity to be part of a purpose-driven organization that is dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of patients. If you are an ambitious and experienced design leader who is passionate about transforming healthcare and creating meaningful change, we invite you to apply and join our dynamic team. Interested in joining us? Please send us a note at hiring@knownwell.health

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Posted on: February 13, 2024