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Summary Description


	Provide treatment of symptoms and disorders using needles and small electrical currents. May provide massage treatment. May also provide preventive treatments.

Sample Job Titles

1.	Acupressure Therapist

2.	Acupressurist

3.	Acupuncture Physician

4.	Acupuncturist

5.	Auricular Acupuncturist

6.	Auricular Detoxification Specialist

7.	Auricular Therapist

8.	Clinic Supervisor

9.	Herbalist

10.	Licensed Acupuncturist

11.	Naturopathic Physician

12.	Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioner

Job Tasks

	Insert needles to provide acupuncture treatment. Treat patients using alternative medical procedures.

	Maintain and follow standard quality, safety, environmental and infection control policies and procedures. Follow protocols or regulations for healthcare activities.

	Adhere to local, state and federal laws, regulations and statutes. Follow protocols or regulations for healthcare activities.

	Identify correct anatomical and proportional point locations based on patients' anatomy and positions, contraindications, and precautions related to treatments such as intradermal needles, moxibution, electricity, guasha, and bleeding. Treat patients using alternative medical procedures.

	Maintain detailed and complete records of health care plans and prognoses. Record patient medical histories.

	Analyze physical findings and medical histories to make diagnoses according to Oriental medicine traditions. Analyze test data or images to inform diagnosis or treatment.

	Treat patients using tools such as needles, cups, ear balls, seeds, pellets, and nutritional supplements. Treat patients using alternative medical procedures.

	Develop individual treatment plans and strategies. Develop treatment plans that use non-medical therapies.

	Evaluate treatment outcomes and recommend new or altered treatments as necessary to further promote, restore, or maintain health. Evaluate patient outcomes to determine effectiveness of treatments. Prescribe treatments or therapies.

	Collect medical histories and general health and life style information from patients. Collect medical information from patients, family members, or other medical professionals.

	Dispense herbal formulas and inform patients of dosages and frequencies, treatment duration, possible side effects and drug interactions. Advise patients on effects of health conditions or treatments.

	Assess patients' general physical appearance to make diagnoses. Examine patients to assess general physical condition.

	Educate patients on topics such as meditation, ergonomics, stretching, exercise, nutrition, the healing process, breathing, and relaxation techniques. Train patients, family members, or caregivers in techniques for managing disabilities or illnesses.

	Formulate herbal preparations to treat conditions considering herbal properties such as taste, toxicity, effects of preparation, contraindications, and incompatibilities. Prepare medications or medical solutions.

	Consider Western medical procedures in health assessment, health care team communication, and care referrals. Evaluate treatment options to guide medical decisions.

	Apply heat or cold therapy to patients using materials such as heat pads, hydrocollator packs, warm compresses, cold compresses, heat lamps, and vapor coolants. Treat patients using physical therapy techniques.

	Apply moxibustion directly or indirectly to patients using Chinese, non-scarring, stick, or pole moxa. Treat patients using alternative medical procedures.

	Treat medical conditions using techniques such as acupressure, shiatsu, and tuina. Treat patients using alternative medical procedures.

Work Activities

Importance	Work Activity

Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.

Assisting and Caring for Others — Providing personal assistance, medical attention, emotional support, or other personal care to others such as coworkers, customers, or patients.

Making Decisions and Solving Problems — Analyzing information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.

Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events — Identifying information by categorizing, estimating, recognizing differences or similarities, and detecting changes in circumstances or events.

Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships — Developing constructive and cooperative working relationships with others, and maintaining them over time.

Performing for or Working Directly with the Public — Performing for people or dealing directly with the public. This includes serving customers in restaurants and stores, and receiving clients or guests.

Documenting/Recording Information — Entering, transcribing, recording, storing, or maintaining information in written or electronic/magnetic form.

Monitor Processes, Materials, or Surroundings — Monitoring and reviewing information from materials, events, or the environment, to detect or assess problems.

Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Developing Objectives and Strategies — Establishing long-range objectives and specifying the strategies and actions to achieve them.

Updating and Using Relevant Knowledge — Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge to your job.

Communicating with Persons Outside Organization — Communicating with people outside the organization, representing the organization to customers, the public, government, and other external sources. This information can be exchanged in person, in writing, or by telephone or e-mail.

Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others — Translating or explaining what information means and how it can be used.

Processing Information — Compiling, coding, categorizing, calculating, tabulating, auditing, or verifying information or data.

Judging the Qualities of Things, Services, or People — Assessing the value, importance, or quality of things or people.

Performing General Physical Activities — Performing physical activities that require considerable use of your arms and legs and moving your whole body, such as climbing, lifting, balancing, walking, stooping, and handling of materials.

Analyzing Data or Information — Identifying the underlying principles, reasons, or facts of information by breaking down information or data into separate parts.

Provide Consultation and Advice to Others — Providing guidance and expert advice to management or other groups on technical, systems-, or process-related topics.

Organizing, Planning, and Prioritizing Work — Developing specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.

Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates — Providing information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

Evaluating Information to Determine Compliance with Standards — Using relevant information and individual judgment to determine whether events or processes comply with laws, regulations, or standards.

Inspecting Equipment, Structures, or Material — Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.

Performing Administrative Activities — Performing day-to-day administrative tasks such as maintaining information files and processing paperwork.

Monitoring and Controlling Resources — Monitoring and controlling resources and overseeing the spending of money.

Selling or Influencing Others — Convincing others to buy merchandise/goods or to otherwise change their minds or actions.

Resolving Conflicts and Negotiating with Others — Handling complaints, settling disputes, and resolving grievances and conflicts, or otherwise negotiating with others.

Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.

Scheduling Work and Activities — Scheduling events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others.

Interacting With Computers — Using computers and computer systems (including hardware and software) to program, write software, set up functions, enter data, or process information.

Developing and Building Teams — Encouraging and building mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

Coordinating the Work and Activities of Others — Getting members of a group to work together to accomplish tasks.

Estimating the Quantifiable Characteristics of Products, Events, or Information — Estimating sizes, distances, and quantities; or determining time, costs, resources, or materials needed to perform a work activity.

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