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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”
- Advise patients about therapeutic exercise and nutritional medicine regimens.
- 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.
- Educate patients about health care management.
- Administer, dispense, or prescribe natural medicines such as food or botanical extracts, herbs, dietary supplements, vitamins, nutraceuticals, and amino acids.
- Prescribe synthetic drugs under the supervision of medical doctors or within the allowances of regulatory bodies.
- 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.
- Treat minor cuts, abrasions, or contusions.
- Interview patients to document symptoms and health histories.
- Maintain professional development through activities such as post-graduate education, continuing education, preceptorships, and residency programs.
- 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.
- 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.
- Report patterns of patients' health conditions, such as disease status and births, to public health agencies.
- 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.
- 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.
- Monitor updates from public health agencies to keep abreast of health trends.
Related Technology & Tools
- Therapeutic cold lasers
- Specimen collection containers
- Electrical stimulation equipment
- Microcentrifuges
- Hypodermic syringes
- Therapeutic paraffin baths
- Laptop computers
- Incentive spirometers
- Medical measuring tapes
- Evacuated blood collection tubes
- Digital medical thermometers
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Therapeutic cold packs
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- High-voltage Galvanic stimulation machines
- Electrical muscle stimulation equipment
- Lumbar puncture equipment
- Vaginal exam specula
- Surgical scalpels
- Interferential electrical stimulation machines
- Therapeutic hot packs
- Electrosurgical cauterization machines
- Suction catheters
- Glucometers
- Goniometers
- pH indicators
- Otoscopes
- Intravenous IV administration sets
- Urinary catheters
- Desktop computers
- Urinalysis test strips
- Therapeutic ultrasound equipment
- Pulse oximeters
- Colposcopes
- Hydrotherapy immersion baths
- Ophthalmoscopes
- Colonic irrigation sets
- Arthrocentesis syringes
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- Microbalances
- Hydrocollator units
- Suturing kits
- Short wave diathermy devices
- Low-voltage galvanic stimulation machines
- Therapeutic saunas
- Blood drawing syringes
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Sphygmomanometers
- ZYTO LSA Pro
- Labeling software
- Trigram Software AcuBase Pro
- Enova eNatro
- NaturaeMed OfficePro
- Web browser software
- Online medical databases
- Microsoft Excel
- Point of sale POS software
- NaturoPlus
- EZ-Zone Software Alternative Medical Billing