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Health assistant resume examples from 2025

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a health assistant resume

Craft a resume summary statement

A resume summary is your opening statement that highlights your strongest skills and top accomplishments. It is your chance to quickly let recruiters know who you are professionally - and why they should hire you for the health assistant role.

Step 1: Start with your professional title, or the one you aspire to.

Step 2: Detail your years of experience in health assistant-related roles and your industry experience.

Step 3: What are your biggest professional wins? Here is your opportunity to highlight your strongest accomplishments by placing them at the start of your resume.

Step 4: Don't forget, your goal is to summarize your experience. Keep it short and sweet, so it's easy for recruiters to quickly understand why you're a great hire.

Hiring managers spend under a minute reviewing resumes on average. This means your summary needs to demonstrate your value quickly and show why you are the perfect fit for the health assistant position.

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Look to the job listing. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description. Take note of the skills listed for the job.
  2. Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
  3. Be specific. If you are too broad, you may not be giving the best picture of your skills and leave the hiring manager uncertain of your abilities.
  4. Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
  5. Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some health assistant interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a health assistant resume:

  • Patients
  • CPR
  • Customer Service
  • Vital Signs
  • Mental Health
  • Health Services
  • Blood Pressure
  • School Health
  • Medication Administration
  • Rehabilitation
  • Data Entry
  • Medical Terminology
  • HIPAA
  • OSHA
  • Immunization
  • Health Education
  • Scheduling Appointments
  • Triage
  • Emergency Care
  • Direct Patient Care
  • Health Screenings
  • Medical Procedures
  • EKG
  • Health Room
  • Community Resources
  • Medical Care
  • Health Issues
  • Patient Appointments
  • Allergies
  • Health Insurance

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How to structure your work experience

Your employment history is arguably one of the most important parts of your resume. It shows you have experience and foundation in your field to successfully master the health assistant position. Here is how to most effectively structure your work experience:

  1. List your most recent experience first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order. Employers care about your most recent experience the most.
  2. Start with your job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
  3. Include only recent, relevant jobs.

How to write health assistant experience bullet points

Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.

Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:

  • Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
  • Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
  • Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.

This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.

Here are effective examples from health assistant resumes:

Work history example #1

Chiropractic Assistant/Receptionist

Southside Medical Center

  • Processed medical billing claims for Medicare, Medicaid, and commercial insurers through the Ncoder and ePremis systems.
  • Adhered to HIPAA compliance, Privacy Practices for confidential medical paperwork and billing.
  • Encouraged appropriateness of Current Procedural Terminology and ICD-9 codes.
  • Assisted physicians with minor outpatient surgical procedures, completed CPT4 and IDC9 coding for HCFA 1500 forms
  • Conducted patient check-in/out process including demographic and ins.

Work history example #2

Pediatric Nurse

St. Mary's Hospital for Children

  • Supported staff and learned department routines for morning admission
  • Received PALS and ACLS Certification (currently inactive).
  • Assigned a preceptor partnership to learn how to administer care to acutely ill adults in a 20-bed critical care unit.
  • Prepared specimens and biopsies for lab and pathological analysis.
  • Ordered and read lab tests, x-rays, MRI, Ultrasound and EKG.

Work history example #3

Doctor Assistant

Catherines

  • Protected patients health information for privacy in accordance to HIPPA regulations.
  • Handled all phone triage, patient contact, i.e.
  • Communicated healthcare needs to healthcare provider.
  • Provided contact lens classes to new patients, maintenance of records and adherence to HIPPA regulations.
  • Transported clients to healthcare appointments.

Work history example #4

Pediatric Nurse

Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare

  • Functioned as a pre-op RN, a post-op RN, a procedure room RN, and an endoscopy technician when needed.
  • Collaborated with team members to provide care for patients on pediatric unit, pediatric oncology unit and pediatric intensive care unit.
  • Determined individual needs and developed personalized care management plan to address identified objectives and goals.
  • Floated to Telemetry and PCU as needed.
  • Performed routine couplet care for postpartum mothers and their newborn infants.

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Add an education section to your resume

The education section should display your highest degree first.

Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.

If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries from health assistant resumes:

Master's Degree in medical assisting services

Concorde Career College, Memphis, TN

2013 - 2014

Highlight your health assistant certifications on your resume

If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.

To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your health assistant resume:

  1. Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
  2. Medical Assistant
  3. Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)
  4. Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS)
  5. Nationally Certified Medical Office Assistant (NCMOA)
  6. Certified Medical Interpreter - Spanish (CMI)
  7. First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor
  8. Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
  9. Registered Medical Assistant
  10. Certified Medical Office Manager (CMOM)

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