Lead Nurse Practitioner

LLC TBD; Colorado Springs (CO); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

LLC TBD in Colorado Springs seeks an experienced Nurse Practitioner to serve as founding lead clinical provider for a hormone health and medical weight management clinic. You will deliver direct patient care while shaping protocols, workflows, and standards of care.

You will lead clinical decision-making, establish eligibility criteria, monitoring schedules, and referral pathways as the practice grows, with a focus on compassionate, evidence-based care and long-term patient relationships.

Qualifications

• Graduate NP with current national board certification for adult patients.
• Active, unrestricted Colorado RN license and Colorado APRN registration.
• Full Colorado prescriptive authority by start date; mentorship requirements completed.
• Active DEA registration including testosterone prescribing.
• At least two years of NP experience providing direct adult patient care.
• Strong assessment, lab interpretation, medication management, and patient counseling skills.
• Ability to work independently and coordinate referrals.
• Current BLS certification and eligibility for professional liability coverage.
• Comfort working in a startup environment and helping establish clinical systems.

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive consultations, histories, examinations, and assessments for adult patients.
• Evaluate symptoms and laboratory findings; establish diagnoses and determine treatment.
• Develop individualized treatment plans for hormone therapy and medical weight management.
• Prescribe and manage medications; monitor treatment response and adjust therapy.
• Educate patients on outcomes, risks, alternatives, medication administration, nutrition, activity, and follow-up.
• Recognize contraindications, adverse effects, and when referral is needed.
• Maintain timely documentation and manage results and questions.
• Help establish eligibility criteria, prescribing protocols, and monitoring schedules.
• Develop workflows for medication sourcing, administration, and adverse-event response.
• Train clinical staff and configure documentation workflows in EHR.
• Establish referral pathways for cases outside capabilities.
• Review quality and outcomes and suggest improvements as practice grows.
• Evaluate proposed new services before implementation.

Skills

Clinical assessment

Laboratory interpretation

Medication management

Patient counseling

Independent work

Education

Nurse Practitioner certification (adult)

RN license (Colorado)

Colorado prescriptive authority

DEA registration

BLS certification

Job description

About the opportunity

We are launching a clinic in Colorado Springs focused on men's and women's hormone health and medical weight management. We are seeking an experienced Nurse Practitioner to serve as our founding lead clinical provider, combining direct patient care with a meaningful role in developing the clinic’s protocols, workflows, and standards of care.

Our planned services include testosterone replacement therapy, appropriate hormone therapy for women, and medical weight management, including GLP-1 medications when clinically indicated. Additional services, including selected peptide therapies, will be evaluated based on clinical evidence, regulatory requirements, and provider expertise.

This is an opportunity for a clinician who enjoys building a practice, developing long-term patient relationships, and exercising sound clinical judgment. The ownership team will lead business operations, while the NP will lead patient care and help shape the clinical program.

ResponsibilitiesPatient care

• Perform comprehensive consultations, histories, examinations, and assessments for adult patients.
• Evaluate symptoms and laboratory findings, establish diagnoses, and determine whether treatment is appropriate.
• Develop individualized treatment plans for hormone therapy and medical weight management within your certification, competence, and scope of practice.
• Prescribe and manage medications, monitor treatment response, and adjust or discontinue therapy when appropriate.
• Educate patients on expected outcomes, risks, alternatives, medication administration, nutrition, physical activity, and follow-up requirements.
• Recognize contraindications, adverse effects, and conditions requiring referral or a higher level of care.
• Maintain timely, accurate documentation and informed consent; manage results, refill requests, and patient questions.

Clinical leadership and launch

• Help establish patient eligibility criteria, prescribing protocols, laboratory monitoring schedules, and follow-up standards before opening.
• Develop workflows for medication sourcing, administration, storage, patient education, and adverse-event response.
• Help select clinical supplies and configure clinical documentation in the electronic health record.
• Train and guide clinical support staff within applicable delegation rules.
• Establish referral relationships and consultation pathways for cases outside the clinic’s capabilities.
• Review clinical quality and patient outcomes and recommend improvements as the practice grows.
• Evaluate proposed new services before implementation and maintain clinical decisions based on patient needs and professional standards.

Required qualifications

• Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner program with current national board certification appropriate to the adult patient population served.
• Active, unrestricted Colorado RN license and Colorado APRN registration.
• Full Colorado prescriptive authority by the start date; this role requires a provider who has completed applicable mentorship requirements.
• Active DEA registration appropriate to prescribing responsibilities, including testosterone, by the start date.
• At least two years of NP experience providing direct adult patient care.
• Strong assessment, laboratory interpretation, medication management, and patient counseling skills.
• Ability to work independently, recognize limits of expertise, and coordinate referrals.
• Current BLS certification and eligibility for professional liability coverage.
• Comfort working in a startup environment and helping establish clinical systems.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in testosterone replacement, women's hormone therapy or menopause care, obesity medicine, endocrinology, or a related outpatient setting.
• Experience prescribing and monitoring GLP-1 medications.
• Experience creating protocols, leading clinical staff, or helping launch a practice.
• Relevant continuing education or certifications in hormone therapy or obesity medicine.

What makes this role distinctive

You will have a direct voice in how the clinic delivers care, from the initial patient consultation to long‑term monitoring. We are looking for a clinical partner who values thoughtful treatment decisions, clear patient education, and consistent follow‑through, and who wants to help build a trusted local practice.