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