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