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