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Medical Assistant resume example

Balance clinical and front-office skills, and name the records systems and procedures you handled.

Below: what to put in the summary, six sample bullets with numbers, the skills worth listing, and the mistakes that show up most. The sample resume is a fictional person.

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Sample medical assistant resume for Andre Wilson, a fictional person, in the Ward layout. The names, employers and numbers are invented.

What to put in the summary

Say your certification (CMA, RMA or other), the type of clinic and the mix of clinical and front-office tasks. Name the EHR you know. Keep it to two lines and let the bullets give the volume.

Certified medical assistant with two years in a busy family practice. Rooms and prepares about 25 patients a day, draws blood, and keeps the schedule moving. Skilled in Epic charting and in explaining the next step to anxious patients.

Example summary, written for a fictional medical assistant.

Sample bullets with numbers

Use patient volume, procedures you perform and any scheduling or insurance numbers. A mix of clinical and admin proof shows range.

  • Roomed and prepared about 25 patients a day for three providers, recording vitals, medications and the reason for visit in the EHR.
  • Performed venipuncture and ECGs, keeping the failed-draw rate under the clinic’s 5% target.
  • Managed prior authorisations for 15 to 20 procedures a week and cut the average wait for approval from 6 days to 3.
  • Reduced no-shows by about 15% by confirming appointments by text two days ahead.
  • Stocked and audited exam rooms weekly, with no expired supplies found at the quarterly check.
  • Trained two new assistants on room turnover and rooming workflow.

These numbers are invented to show the shape of a good bullet. Use your own, and leave a number out rather than guess.

Key skills to list

  • Vital signs
  • Venipuncture
  • ECG
  • EHR (Epic)
  • Injections
  • Patient scheduling
  • Insurance verification
  • Prior authorisations
  • Infection control
  • CPR/BLS

Put certification status and expiry next to the skills. Separate clinical from administrative if the job post does.

Common mistakes

  1. Omitting your certification and its exact name.
  2. Listing duties without patient volume.
  3. Mixing clinical and admin skills into one jumble.
  4. Including any patient details.

A layout that suits this resume

Starter is a simple, honest single column without filler, which suits a medical assistant moving from training to a first or second clinic role. See the Ward template, or compare all 22 layouts.

Medical Assistant resume questions

CMA or RMA on a resume?

List whichever you hold, with the issuing body and year. Employers differ in what they prefer; they usually accept either.

What if I only have externship hours?

List the externship as a job with site, hours and procedures performed. It counts as real experience on an entry-level page.

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