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