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