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