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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
- Medical Director
- Doctor of Naturopathic Medicine
- Doctor (Dr)
- Clinical Director
- Chief Medical Officer, Naturopathic Endocrinologist and Oncologist
- Chief Medical Officer
Tasks for “Naturopathic Doctor”
- 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.
- Obtain medical records from previous physicians or other health care providers for the purpose of patient evaluation.
- Maintain professional development through activities such as post-graduate education, continuing education, preceptorships, and residency programs.
- Document patients' histories, including identifying data, chief complaints, illnesses, previous medical or family histories, or psychosocial characteristics.
- Conduct physical examinations and physiological function tests for diagnostic purposes.
- 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.
- 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.
- Educate patients about health care management.
- Consult with other health professionals to provide optimal patient care, referring patients to traditional health care professionals as necessary.
- 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.
- Interview patients to document symptoms and health histories.
- 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.
- 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.
- Monitor updates from public health agencies to keep abreast of health trends.
Related Technology & Tools
- Vaginal exam specula
- Sphygmomanometers
- Otoscopes
- Laptop computers
- Short wave diathermy devices
- Therapeutic saunas
- Hydrotherapy immersion baths
- Therapeutic hot packs
- Medical measuring tapes
- Therapeutic cold packs
- pH indicators
- Electrical muscle stimulation equipment
- Arthrocentesis syringes
- Urinalysis test strips
- Mechanical stethoscopes
- Blood drawing syringes
- Low-voltage galvanic stimulation machines
- Microbalances
- Hydrocollator units
- Binocular light compound microscopes
- Suction catheters
- Therapeutic paraffin baths
- Specimen collection containers
- Colposcopes
- Ophthalmoscopes
- Surgical scalpels
- Electrocardiography EKG machines
- Electrical stimulation equipment
- Goniometers
- Hypodermic syringes
- Digital medical thermometers
- Automated external defibrillators AED
- Electrosurgical cauterization machines
- Desktop computers
- Interferential electrical stimulation machines
- Glucometers
- Evacuated blood collection tubes
- Lumbar puncture equipment
- Therapeutic cold lasers
- Colonic irrigation sets
- Suturing kits
- Incentive spirometers
- Therapeutic ultrasound equipment
- Microcentrifuges
- Pulse oximeters
- Urinary catheters
- Intravenous IV administration sets
- High-voltage Galvanic stimulation machines
- EZ-Zone Software Alternative Medical Billing
- NaturoPlus
- Microsoft Excel
- NaturaeMed OfficePro
- Point of sale POS software
- Trigram Software AcuBase Pro
- Web browser software
- Online medical databases
- Enova eNatro
- Labeling software
- ZYTO LSA Pro