Healer (position)

Healers are a name for ClawClan medicine cat, a rank established by Claw in Shattered River. Like a Clan's medicine cat, they'll treat diseases and heal wounds. However, they do not believe in StarClan, nor accept omens or prophecies.
==Description==
:Healers are ClawClan cats who treat diseases and injuries, but do not receive directions and guidance from StarClan. They have their own den in their Clan's cave, where they sleep, store herbs, and treat wounded or sick cats. Unlike medicine cats, Healers are allowed to take mates and have kits - as they do not follow the warrior code. Instead of standing apart from Clan rivalries, they only serve their singular Clan. They are deeply respected by their Clanmates and few cats dare to argue with them.
==Tasks==
Some of a healer's tasks are:
*Knowing all of the herbs and store a supply of them in their den
*Treating wounded and sick cats
*Assisting queens while they are pregnant with kits, giving birth, or nursing them
*Training an apprentice as the Clan's next healer
*Bearing the knowledge of battle training in case they need them
==Appointment and education==
:Claw was appointed a healer after his injury resulting a cougar attack. He left to ShadowClan to be taught basic knowledge by Razorbite. Kits who wish to become medicine cats are apprenticed at the age of eleven moons to the Clan's current healer. This is because they must learn their battle training first. They are given their name by their Clan leader after successfully completing their training, assuming full responsibilities even while their mentor is still alive. 
:When an apprentice, the mentor (or full healer), has them do tasks that prepare them for being a full time healer. The apprentice has to gather herbs, get water, or do other useful things. They are expected to watch carefully when their mentor is treating a cat, so that when the time comes, they can do it, too.
==The Tribe of Rushing Water==
:In the The Tribe of Rushing Water, the leader and the medicine cat are the same cat, known as the Healer, Stoneteller, or Teller of the Pointed Stones. The leader receives omens from the Tribe of Endless Hunting. 
==See also==
*Medicine cat
*Diseases and injuries
*Tribe Healer
*List of healers
*List of healer's apprentices
==References and notes==
Category:Clan hierarchy
Category:Reference