A template for medical assistants who keep the clinic running, clinically and administratively.
Medical assistants are the backbone of a clinic, splitting the day between clinical and admin work. They room patients, take vitals, draw blood, prep for procedures, and assist the provider, then handle scheduling, EHR notes, and insurance basics. You'll find them in physician offices, urgent care, and specialty clinics, often rooming 25 to 35 patients a shift. A normal day flips between the exam room and the front desk without much warning. The role rewards people who are organized, calm with anxious patients, and accurate in the chart, because a medical assistant touches nearly every part of the visit. This page shows what a strong CV looks like and what hiring clinics actually screen for.
Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) with 6 years across primary care and urgent care. Rooms 30+ patients per shift, draws blood, and keeps the EHR current with a clean charting record in audits. Strong on vitals, injections, scheduling, and patient communication, comfortable moving between clinical and front-office work all day.
Three things up front: certification, the EHR you know, and proof you can carry both clinical and admin duties. A line like "Roomed 30+ patients daily, drew blood, and kept the EHR current with zero charting errors flagged in audit" beats "assisted the doctor" by a mile. Name the certifying body (AAMA for CMA, AMT for RMA) and the system you used. Recruiters skim for the concrete and skip the vague.
Cover the clinical and the administrative so the CV reads as a full clinic asset. Clinical: phlebotomy, taking vitals, injections and medication prep, rooming patients, assisting with minor procedures. Administrative: EHR or EMR documentation, scheduling, insurance verification, and basic coding or billing. Add HIPAA and CPR or BLS, since both come up on nearly every clinic posting.
The big one is not naming the EHR or the certification, because both get screened first and a missing keyword sinks the application. Other misses: listing duties with no volume (say 30 patients a day, not "many"), leaning all clinical or all admin instead of showing both, and burying CPR or BLS at the bottom. Don't claim a system you've only watched someone else use.
Keep it to one or two pages, clean and skimmable. Lead the summary with CMA or RMA and your main EHR. Use a short skills block that balances clinical and admin so neither side gets lost. Reverse-chronological order, real dates like Mar 2021, and standard headings, since most clinics route CVs through an applicant tracking system before a human ever reads them.
Figures in USD. Ranges reflect mid-level experience (3–7 years). Senior roles and major metro areas typically sit at the top of these bands.
Clinics and physician groups want CMA or RMA certification, real EHR fluency (Epic, Cerner, athenahealth), and strength on both the clinical and admin sides. Put your certification, your EHR system, and your core clinical skills (vitals, phlebotomy, injections) near the top where a recruiter sees them in the first six seconds.
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