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