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