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