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