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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”
- Treat minor cuts, abrasions, or contusions.
- Perform minor surgical procedures, such as removing warts, moles, or cysts, sampling tissues for skin cancer or lipomas, and applying or removing sutures.
- Report patterns of patients' health conditions, such as disease status and births, to public health agencies.
- 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.
- 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.
- Perform mobilizations and high-velocity adjustments to joints or soft tissues, using principles of massage, stretching, or resistance.
- Administer, dispense, or prescribe natural medicines such as food or botanical extracts, herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins, nutraceuticals, and amino acids.
- 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.
- Prescribe synthetic drugs under the supervision of medical doctors or within the allowances of regulatory bodies.
- Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics.
- Interview patients to document symptoms and health histories.
- Educate patients about health care management.
- Conduct physical examinations and physiological function tests for diagnostic purposes.
- Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens.
- Maintain professional development through activities such as post-graduate education, continuing education, preceptorships, and residency programs.
- Monitor updates from public health agencies to keep abreast of health trends.
- Consult with other health professionals to provide optimal patient care, referring patients to traditional health care professionals as necessary.
- Obtain medical records from previous physicians or other health care providers for the purpose of patient evaluation.
- Conduct periodic public health maintenance activities such as immunizations and screenings for diseases and disease risk factors.
- Perform venipuncture or skin pricking to collect blood samples.
Related Technology & Tools
- Therapeutic hot packs
- Electrical muscle stimulation equipment
- Evacuated blood collection tubes
- Desktop computers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Surgical scalpels
- Digital medical thermometers
- Colposcopes
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Therapeutic paraffin baths
- Laptop computers
- High-voltage Galvanic stimulation machines
- pH indicators
- Vaginal exam specula
- Colonic irrigation sets
- Therapeutic ultrasound equipment
- Suturing kits
- Hydrocollator units
- Medical measuring tapes
- Microbalances
- Goniometers
- Therapeutic cold lasers
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- Lumbar puncture equipment
- Low-voltage galvanic stimulation machines
- Urinary catheters
- Suction catheters
- Therapeutic saunas
- Ophthalmoscopes
- Electrosurgical cauterization machines
- Urinalysis test strips
- Sphygmomanometers
- Therapeutic cold packs
- Interferential electrical stimulation machines
- Microcentrifuges
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Incentive spirometers
- Pulse oximeters
- Glucometers
- Intravenous IV administration sets
- Otoscopes
- Hypodermic syringes
- Hydrotherapy immersion baths
- Specimen collection containers
- Short wave diathermy devices
- Arthrocentesis syringes
- Electrical stimulation equipment
- Blood drawing syringes
- NaturaeMed OfficePro
- NaturoPlus
- Trigram Software AcuBase Pro
- Point of sale POS software
- Enova eNatro
- Online medical databases
- Web browser software
- Microsoft Excel
- EZ-Zone Software Alternative Medical Billing
- Labeling software
- ZYTO LSA Pro