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