Health Care Provider resume examples for 2025

Health Care Provider resume format and sections

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   1. Add contact information to your health care provider resume

   Your name should be the biggest text on the page and be at or near the top of the document. Your address doesn't need to include your street name or house number - listing your city and state works just fine. Your email address should be professional, but not your current work email address. It's not a good look to use your work email for personal projects (job-searching). Your social media can be included if you have a fully-fledged LinkedIn page or another social media page that showcases your relevant skill set.

   Health Care Provider Resume Contact Information Example #1

   Hank Rutherford Hill

   St. Arlen, Texas | 333-111-2222 | hank.hill@gmail.com

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   2. Add relevant education to your health care provider resume

   Your resume's education section should include:

   • The name of your school
   • The date you graduated (Month, Year or Year are both appropriate)
   • The name of your degree

   If you graduated more than 15 years ago, you should consider dropping your graduation date to avoid age discrimination.

   Optional subsections for your education section include:

   • Academic awards (Dean's List, Latin honors, etc. )
   • GPA (if you're a recent graduate and your GPA was 3.5+)
   • Extra certifications
   • Academic projects (thesis, dissertation, etc. )

   Other tips to consider when writing your education section include:

   • If you're a recent graduate, you might opt to place your education section above your experience section
   • The more work experience you get, the shorter your education section should be
   • List your education in reverse chronological order, with your most recent and high-ranking degrees first
   • If you haven't graduated yet, you can include "Expected graduation date" to the entry for that school

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   Majors

   Business

   16.4%

   Nursing

   15.9%

   Medical Assisting Services

   9.6%

   Health Care Administration

   7.8%

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   Health Care Provider Resume Relevant Education Example #1

   Associate's Degree In Nursing Assistants 2014 - 2016

   Western Washington University Bellingham, WA

   Health Care Provider Resume Relevant Education Example #2

   High School Diploma 2017 - 2019

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   3. Next, create a health care provider skills section on your resume

   Your resume's skills section should include the most important keywords from the job description, as long as you actually have those skills. If you haven't started your job search yet, you can look over resumes to get an idea of what skills are the most important.

   Here are some tips to keep in mind when writing your resume's skills section:

   • Include 6-12 skills, in bullet point form
   • List mostly hard skills; soft skills are hard to test
   • Emphasize the skills that are most important for the job

   Hard skills are generally more important to hiring managers because they relate to on-the-job knowledge and specific experience with a certain technology or process.

   Soft skills are also valuable, as they're highly transferable and make you a great person to work alongside, but they're impossible to prove on a resume.

   Example of skills to include on an health care provider resume

   • Meal Prep Skills.
      

     Meal prepping refers to the practice of preparing healthy meals long before the timing of its consumption. This practice is widely popular among working individuals who have very little free time on their hands. Prepping for future meals has some great health benefits apart from saving one's time as it enforces the idea of healthy eating and discourages the temptation of fast foods and takeouts.

   • Mental Health Skills.
      

     Mental health is the state of wellbeing in which an individual can cope with the regular stresses and tensions of life, and can work productively without having any emotional or psychological breakdown. Mental health is essential for a person of any age and helps them make the right decisions in their life.

   • Companionship Skills.
      

     Companionship refers to the condition of creating time for somebody or having a person with whom to socialize.

   • Vital Signs Skills.
      

     Vital signs are a set of values indicating different body systems' performance. They are measurements of the body's most basic functions. The four major vital signs used in medicine to assess a patient are body temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure.

   • CPR Skills.
      

     Cardiopulmonary resuscitation or CPR is a medical procedure that involves chest compression to help a patient breathe. This artificial ventilation helps in keeping the brain function in place and regulates blood throughout the body. CPR is a lifesaving procedure that is used in emergencies.

   • RUN Errands Skills.
      

     Running errands means to go out on a short trip to buy, collect, or deliver something normally for a particular person or reason.

   Top Skills for a Health Care Provider

   Patients, 27.3%
   Meal Prep, 10.8%
   Mental Health, 9.1%
   Social Work, 8.2%
   Other Skills, 44.6%
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   4. List your health care provider experience

   The most important part of any resume for a health care provider is the experience section. Recruiters and hiring managers expect to see your experience listed in reverse chronological order, meaning that you should begin with your most recent experience and then work backwards.

   Don't just list your job duties below each job entry. Instead, make sure most of your bullet points discuss impressive achievements from your past positions. Whenever you can, use numbers to contextualize your accomplishments for the hiring manager reading your resume.

   It's okay if you can't include exact percentages or dollar figures. There's a big difference even between saying "Managed a team of health care providers" and "Managed a team of 6 health care providers over a 9-month project. "

   Most importantly, make sure that the experience you include is relevant to the job you're applying for. Use the job description to ensure that each bullet point on your resume is appropriate and helpful.

   What experience really stands out on Health Care Provider resumes?

   Jill Carlson

   Office Manager, Center for Vital Health, BS Healthcare Administration

   The experience that stands out to me is longevity at a job, activity, or volunteering, even if it is not related to their new field. Seeing a new graduate with a lot of short time employment can raise a red flag. It does not matter to me if the work they did was in a non-related field for several years prior to changing careers. I love to see that. I would rather see that than someone who may have worked in their new field but has had one year here and one year there. I want an employee who is committed. I know that things happen that cause an employee to leave, but when there is a history of it, then it can say something about the prospective employee. I know that a new graduate may have many short time or temporary jobs during college, so then they just need to make sure they can explain that it was seasonal, temporary, or contract.
   
   If a new graduate went right from high school to college or a career school, I would look for commitment to a hard subject (i.e. four years of a foreign language) or commitment to a sport or activity. Volunteering is also a great way to stand out.
   
   Another way for a new graduate to stand out is to take any type of certification for their field. For example, if they are going to be a medical assistant then they need to sit for a certification exam, even if it is not required to work in the area they live. This shows commitment to going above and beyond what is required of them, which leads me to believe that they will do the same as my employee.
   

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   Work History Example # 1

   Health Care Provider

   Home Helpers

   • Med reminder to transfer cooking cleaning companionship assistance in any areas needed
   • Provided daily companionship and comforting the elderly with their highs and lows.
   • Assisted the RN in a variety of examinations and treatments, reported observations and changes of the condition of all patients.
   • Provided companionship to all clients by talking, playing music and games and maintaining a positive atmosphere for the clients.
   • Offered companionship while also ensuring clients maintained and exceptional quality of living.

   Work History Example # 2

   Home Health Assistant

   Granny Nannies

   • Performed CNA services such as bathing, dressing, toileting, and wound dressing changes, to a quadriplegic man.
   • Provided in home direct care, specialized in patient with dementia followed by HHA plan of care.
   • Conducted internal business audits and implemented process improvements to assure JCAHO compliance.
   • Provided high-quality elder care, companionship, meal preparation, & coordinated medication schedules
   • Provided and / or assisted patient with simple range-of-motion exercises, transferring, turning, lifting and walking.

   Work History Example # 3

   Community Living Assistant

   Silverado Senior Living

   • Assisted with all ADL's, housekeeping, exervise, outings, and medication reminders.
   • Provided geriatric patients with therapeutic listening and companionship.
   • Provided a full comprehensive assessment (MDS) and attending interdisciplinary meeting with families to discuss the care of the residents.
   • Obtained CPR and First Aide Certification.
   • Provided companionship and transportation to senior adults, many who had dementia

   Work History Example # 4

   Cabin Cleaner

   Jani-King

   • Completed TSA style security check Serviced all airplanes interior in preparation for each flight
   • Transferred any information to the Manager in the morning either via email or verbal communication.
   • Maintained communication between Superintendents and office.
   • cleaned windows, partitions, bathrooms, aisles and seats on airplanes.
   • Cleaned interior of airplanes Used power washer to clean exterior of SWA and FedEx aircrafts

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   5. Highlight health care provider certifications on your resume

   Specific health care provider certifications can be a powerful tool to show employers you've developed the appropriate skills.

   If you have any of these certifications, make sure to put them on your health care provider resume:

   1. Medical Assistant
   2. Certified Phlebotomy Technician (CPT)
   3. Certified Billing and Coding Specialist (CBCS)
   4. Certified Pharmacy Technician (CPhT)
   5. Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
   6. Basic Life Support for Healthcare and Public Safety (BLS)
   7. Nationally Certified Medical Office Assistant (NCMOA)
   8. Patient Care Technician
   9. OSHA Safety Certificate
   10. Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (NHA)

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   6. Finally, add an health care provider resume summary or objective statement

   A resume summary statement consists of 1-3 sentences at the top of your health care provider resume that quickly summarizes who you are and what you have to offer. The summary statement should include your job title, years of experience (if it's 3+), and an impressive accomplishment, if you have space for it.

   Remember to emphasize skills and experiences that feature in the job description.

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   Read our guide on how to write a resume summary statement