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