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Naturopathic Doctor (ND)
Description
About Stem Health
Stem Health is reimagining the primary care experience for individuals who want a more thoughtful relationship with their health. Physician-led and membership-based, we combine medical excellence with the warmth of hospitality anchored in a beautifully designed flagship clinic at First Canadian Place, opening September 2026. Our care model is relationship-based, data-informed, and built on time, trust, and exceptional service.
Position Summary
Stem Health believes that the most powerful preventive care draws from the full spectrum of evidence-informed medicine and that naturopathic medicine, practiced with clinical rigor and integrated with physician-led care, is a meaningful part of that picture. We are looking for a registered and deeply skilled Naturopathic Doctor to bring that dimension to life within our clinical model.
In this role, you will provide comprehensive naturopathic care to Stem Health members as part of an integrated, multidisciplinary team. Working alongside our physicians, nurses, and allied health providers, you will focus on the root causes of health concerns addressing hormonal balance, metabolic health, nutrition, gut function, stress, sleep, and long-term vitality using the full scope of naturopathic practice in Ontario. This is an invitation to practice at the intersection of natural and conventional medicine, in a setting that values both evidence and individualization.
Key Responsibilities
Comprehensive naturopathic assessment and care
- Conduct thorough initial consultations and follow-up appointments, gathering detailed health histories and performing physical assessments to develop a complete picture of each member's health status, concerns, and goals.
- Design and implement individualized naturopathic treatment plans that address root causes and incorporate evidence-informed natural therapies tailored to each member's medical history, lifestyle, and objectives.
- Order and interpret relevant laboratory investigations including standard bloodwork, hormone panels, nutrient assessments, and specialized functional testing in collaboration with the physician team.
- Monitor member progress across appointments, adjusting treatment plans as indicated by clinical response, lab trends, and evolving health goals.
Therapeutic modalities
- Apply the full scope of naturopathic practice in Ontario, including clinical nutrition and therapeutic diets, botanical and herbal medicine, acupuncture and traditional Chinese medicine, lifestyle and behavioural counselling, homeopathy, physical medicine, and hydrotherapy.
- Deliver IV micronutrient therapy and intramuscular injections where clinically indicated and within authorized scope, in compliance with CONO standards and clinic protocols.
- Provide evidence-based hormonal health support including thyroid, adrenal, and reproductive hormonal assessment and management in close coordination with the physician team.
- Utilize pharmacotherapy within the authorized prescriptive scope of a registered ND in Ontario as clinically appropriate and in alignment with the clinic's integrated care model.
Preventive health and member education
- Take a proactive, preventive approach to member health identifying risk factors early, addressing lifestyle and metabolic contributors, and empowering members to make meaningful, sustainable changes.
- Educate members clearly and accessibly on nutrition, supplementation, stress physiology, sleep optimization, and the evidence base behind recommended therapies.
- Develop individualized wellness and prevention plans that complement each member's broader medical care and contribute to their Unified Health Story.
Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Work closely with Stem Health physicians, nurses, physiotherapists, kinesiologists, and other allied health providers to ensure naturopathic findings and recommendations are integrated into each member's coordinated care plan.
- Participate in case discussions and bring a functional, root-cause perspective to complex or multifactorial presentations across the team.
- Communicate clinical findings, treatment rationale, and progress notes clearly and promptly within the clinic's EHR system, contributing to a complete and current Health Story for every member.
- Operate with transparency and professional respect for the boundaries and contributions of each discipline within the team.
Documentation and professional standards
- Maintain thorough, accurate, and timely clinical documentation for all consultations, treatments, and follow-ups within the clinic's EHR platform.
- Adhere at all times to the standards of practice, ethics, and competencies set by the College of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO).
- Maintain current malpractice insurance and stay up to date with continuing education requirements and CONO registration renewal.
Qualifications & Experience
- Doctorate in Naturopathic Medicine from a CNME-accredited naturopathic medical school (e.g., CCNM, Boucher, BINM, SCNM).
- Current registration in good standing with the College of Naturopaths of Ontario (CONO) required.
- Successful completion of NPLEX Part I and Part II licensing examinations and CONO jurisprudence requirements.
- Minimum 2–3 years of clinical naturopathic experience; experience in integrative health, executive wellness, or a physician-led multidisciplinary clinic is a significant asset.
- Proficiency across core naturopathic modalities clinical nutrition, botanical medicine, acupuncture, and lifestyle medicine at minimum.
- Certified acupuncturist or advanced acupuncture training is strongly preferred.
- Experience with IV micronutrient therapy, hormone health, and functional lab interpretation.
- Strong working knowledge of evidence-based naturopathic medicine and comfort operating within a medically integrated, physician-led care model.
- Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills warm, credible, and able to explain complex concepts in plain language.
- Proficiency with EHR systems and a disciplined approach to clinical documentation.
- Current malpractice/professional liability insurance required.
Ideal Candidate
You are a clinician who brings rigorous evidence alongside genuine curiosity about the whole person, their hormones, their gut, their sleep, their stress, and the story those systems are telling together. You thrive in collaborative environments where natural and conventional medicine are partners, not alternatives. You communicate with warmth and precision, document with care, and approach every treatment plan with the same combination of science and individualization that defines great naturopathic practice. You are not looking for a siloed clinic, you want to be part of something integrated and excellent.
Why Join Stem Health
- Join the founding clinical team of a physician-led, membership-based clinic at First Canadian Place opening September 2026.
- A genuinely integrated model: naturopathic medicine is a core pillar of our preventive care offering, not an add-on service.
- Time-rich appointments, a motivated and engaged member population, and the clinical data infrastructure to practice with real depth and continuity.
- Collaborative, multidisciplinary support your findings live inside a Unified Health Story that every provider can see and contribute to.
- A beautifully designed clinic environment that reflects the standard of care you deliver.
- Meaningful growth: help shape the future of integrative, relationship-based primary care in Canada.