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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 Physician”
- 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.
- Perform venipuncture or skin pricking to collect blood samples.
- Monitor updates from public health agencies to keep abreast of health trends.
- Perform minor surgical procedures, such as removing warts, moles, or cysts, sampling tissues for skin cancer or lipomas, and applying or removing sutures.
- Prescribe synthetic drugs under the supervision of medical doctors or within the allowances of regulatory bodies.
- Administer, dispense, or prescribe natural medicines such as food or botanical extracts, herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins, nutraceuticals, and amino acids.
- Conduct physical examinations and physiological function tests for diagnostic purposes.
- Report patterns of patients' health conditions, such as disease status and births, to public health agencies.
- 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.
- Treat minor cuts, abrasions, or contusions.
- Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens.
- 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.
- 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.
- Educate patients about health care management.
- 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.
Related Technology & Tools
- Therapeutic cold lasers
- Colonic irrigation sets
- Hypodermic syringes
- Electrosurgical cauterization machines
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Sphygmomanometers
- Surgical scalpels
- Low-voltage galvanic stimulation machines
- Suction catheters
- Urinalysis test strips
- Laptop computers
- Hydrotherapy immersion baths
- Medical measuring tapes
- Lumbar puncture equipment
- Therapeutic paraffin baths
- Short wave diathermy devices
- Glucometers
- Therapeutic saunas
- Therapeutic cold packs
- Incentive spirometers
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Intravenous IV administration sets
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- Vaginal exam specula
- Specimen collection containers
- Digital medical thermometers
- Suturing kits
- Electrical stimulation equipment
- Microcentrifuges
- Microbalances
- Urinary catheters
- Hydrocollator units
- Blood drawing syringes
- Interferential electrical stimulation machines
- pH indicators
- Arthrocentesis syringes
- Otoscopes
- Goniometers
- Therapeutic hot packs
- Colposcopes
- Therapeutic ultrasound equipment
- Pulse oximeters
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Ophthalmoscopes
- High-voltage Galvanic stimulation machines
- Electrical muscle stimulation equipment
- Desktop computers
- Evacuated blood collection tubes
- EZ-Zone Software Alternative Medical Billing
- Online medical databases
- NaturoPlus
- Enova eNatro
- ZYTO LSA Pro
- Point of sale POS software
- Microsoft Excel
- Web browser software
- NaturaeMed OfficePro
- Trigram Software AcuBase Pro
- Labeling software