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How to write a registrar resume
Craft a resume summary statement
Your resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to writing the most important 2-4 sentences of your resume:
Step 1: Start with your professional title, or the one you aspire to.
Step 2: Detail your years of experience in registrar-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.
These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some registrar interviews.Please upload your resume so Zippia’s job hunt AI can draft a summary statement for you.
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:
- 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.
- Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
- 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.
- Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
- Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a registrar resume:
- Patients
- Customer Service
- Medical Terminology
- Patient Registration
- Data Entry
- Patient Care
- Insurance Verification
- Insurance Coverage
- Patient Charts
- Insurance Cards
- Insurance Benefits
- HIPAA
- Computer System
- Emergency Room
- Patient Accounts
- Insurance Eligibility
- Surgery
- Office Equipment
- Strong Customer Service
- Patient Insurance
- Compassion
- Hospital Policies
- Outpatient Services
- FERPA
- Registration Process
- EMR
- CPT
- Front Desk
- Insurance Billing
- Radiology
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How to structure your work experience
A work experience section is a vital part of your resume because it shows you have the experience to succeed in your next job.
- Put your most recent experience first. Prospective employers care about your most recent accomplishments the most.
- Put the job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
- Include only recent, relevant jobs. This means if you're a fairly experienced worker, you might need to leave off that first internship or other positions in favor of highlighting more pertinent positions.
How to write registrar 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 great bullet points from registrar resumes:
Work history example #1
Patient Registrar
Virginia Baptist Hospital
- Facilitated Release of Information Request and transmissions according to HIPPA and Privacy Act regulations.
- Registered, admitted and Process patients transfers via computer Gained and applied working knowledge of ICD-9 and CPT codes
- Maintained patient confidentiality in accordance to HIPPA guideline
- Answered all incoming calls to the radiology department, and transferred them to appropriate departments.
- Operated PBX Switch-bored hospital telephone system.
Work history example #2
Registrar
Conifer Health Solutions
- Ensured privacy policies were enforced at all times.
- Processed information in compliance with HIPPA rules regulations, procedures, and polices.
- Informed Emergency Room patients about the HIPAA, EMTALA, and CMS regulatory consent forms and their financial responsibility.
- Obtained patient's demographics to submit application to Georgia State Medicaid for approval.
- Worked in Trauma Administration as Trauma Registrar for 8 years with efficient and limited supervision in self-paced production environment.
Work history example #3
Registration Clerk
Central Christian College of the Bible
- Checked orders to make sure the ICD-9 codes were correct for each outpatient procedures.
- Screened Medicare/Medicaid and all managed care patients.
- Scheduled appointments, registered patients and distributed sample medications as prescribed while maintaining HIPAA compliance.
- Delivered radiology mail, charts, and films to departments as needed.
- Assisted physicians with radiology reports.
Work history example #4
Historic Sites Registrar
Advocate Sherman Hospital
- Pre-registered patients for procedures, pre-certification of insurances, scheduling surgeries, record filing, and ICD-9 coding.
- Completed all registrations for ER, including trauma patients.
- Trained employees and upper management to schedule patients using the Meditech System.
- Adhered with all State and Federal regulations such as EMTALA and HIPPA requirements.
- Advanced knowledge of ICD-9 codes, proper medical procedures and use of NPI directories.
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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 registrar resumes:
Master's Degree in business
University of Maryland - College Park, College Park, MD
2010 - 2011
Highlight your registrar certifications on your resume
If you have any additional certifications, add them to the certification section.
Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your registrar resume:
- Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA)
- Certified Medical Office Manager (CMOM)
- Nationally Certified Medical Office Assistant (NCMOA)
- Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (NHA)
- Registered Health Information Technician (RHIT)
- Certified Manager Certification (CM)
- Registered Medical Assistant
- Certified Information Technology Professional (CITP)
- International Accredited Business Accountant (IABA)
- Certified Medical Coder (CMC)