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Job Description
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent diseases using a system of practice that is based on the natural healing capacity of individuals. May use physiological, psychological or mechanical methods. May also use natural medicines, prescription or legend drugs, foods, herbs, or other natural remedies.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 29-1199.04
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Naturopathic Physicians”.
Also Known As…
- Naturopathic Physicians
- Physician
- Naturopathic Physician
- Naturopathic Oncology Provider
- Naturopathic Doctor
- Medical Director
- Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
- Doctor (Dr)
- Clinical Director
- Chief Medical Officer, Naturopathic Endocrinologist and Oncologist
- Chief Medical Officer
Tasks for “Chief Medical Officer”
- Obtain medical records from previous physicians or other health care providers for the purpose of patient evaluation.
- Treat minor cuts, abrasions, or contusions.
- Perform venipuncture or skin pricking to collect blood samples.
- Order diagnostic imaging procedures such as radiographs (x-rays), ultrasounds, mammograms, and bone densitometry tests, or refer patients to other health professionals for these procedures.
- Consult with other health professionals to provide optimal patient care, referring patients to traditional health care professionals as necessary.
- Monitor updates from public health agencies to keep abreast of health trends.
- Perform mobilizations and high-velocity adjustments to joints or soft tissues, using principles of massage, stretching, or resistance.
- Interview patients to document symptoms and health histories.
- Administer treatments or therapies, such as homeopathy, hydrotherapy, Oriental or Ayurvedic medicine, electrotherapy and diathermy, using physical agents including air, heat, cold, water, sound, or ultraviolet light to catalyze the body to heal itself.
- Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens.
- Conduct physical examinations and physiological function tests for diagnostic purposes.
- Administer, dispense, or prescribe natural medicines such as food or botanical extracts, herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins, nutraceuticals, and amino acids.
- Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics.
- Conduct periodic public health maintenance activities such as immunizations and screenings for diseases and disease risk factors.
- Perform minor surgical procedures, such as removing warts, moles, or cysts, sampling tissues for skin cancer or lipomas, and applying or removing sutures.
- Prescribe synthetic drugs under the supervision of medical doctors or within the allowances of regulatory bodies.
- Diagnose health conditions based on patients' symptoms and health histories, laboratory and diagnostic radiology test results, or other physiological measurements, such as electrocardiograms and electroencephalographs.
- Educate patients about health care management.
- Report patterns of patients' health conditions, such as disease status and births, to public health agencies.
- Maintain professional development through activities such as post-graduate education, continuing education, preceptorships, and residency programs.
Related Technology & Tools
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- Electrical stimulation equipment
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- Urinalysis test strips
- Therapeutic hot packs
- Electrical muscle stimulation equipment
- Goniometers
- Pulse oximeters
- Low-voltage galvanic stimulation machines
- Laptop computers
- Suction catheters
- Desktop computers
- Interferential electrical stimulation machines
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- High-voltage Galvanic stimulation machines
- Blood drawing syringes
- Therapeutic saunas
- Sphygmomanometers
- Colonic irrigation sets
- Therapeutic cold packs
- Short wave diathermy devices
- Specimen collection containers
- Urinary catheters
- Hypodermic syringes
- Otoscopes
- Colposcopes
- Glucometers
- Hydrotherapy immersion baths
- Surgical scalpels
- Hydrocollator units
- Evacuated blood collection tubes
- Medical measuring tapes
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Therapeutic paraffin baths
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Ophthalmoscopes
- pH indicators
- Digital medical thermometers
- Arthrocentesis syringes
- Therapeutic cold lasers
- Vaginal exam specula
- Microbalances
- Lumbar puncture equipment
- Electrosurgical cauterization machines
- Therapeutic ultrasound equipment
- Incentive spirometers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Microcentrifuges
- Microsoft Excel
- Online medical databases
- Trigram Software AcuBase Pro
- Web browser software
- Enova eNatro
- EZ-Zone Software Alternative Medical Billing
- NaturaeMed OfficePro
- Labeling software
- NaturoPlus
- Point of sale POS software
- ZYTO LSA Pro