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