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