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