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Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what ear, nose and throat surgeons actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most ear, nose and throat surgeons should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Ear, Nose and Throat Surgeon with fellowship training through the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons, providing comprehensive care for conditions of the ear, nose, throat, head and neck. Skilled in endoscopic and microscopic surgery, emergency airway management, and multidisciplinary collaboration. Committed to delivering high-quality patient outcomes in both public and private hospital settings.
Key skills
- Patient care and support
- Clinical assessment and treatment
- Infection control and hygiene
- Endoscopes
- Operating microscopes
- Surgical navigation systems
- Electronic medical records (Epic, Cerner)
- PACS imaging software
- Written communication
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Time and deadline management
- People leadership
Experience: example bullet points
- Performed over 300 elective and emergency ENT procedures annually, including tonsillectomy, septoplasty, sinus surgery and cochlear implantation, with a focus on minimal complications.
- Managed acute presentations such as airway obstruction, epistaxis and foreign body removal, coordinating rapid assessment and intervention in a tertiary hospital setting.
- Interpreted audiological, vestibular and imaging investigations to inform surgical planning and treatment pathways.
- Provided postoperative care and coordinated multidisciplinary follow-up with speech pathology, oncology and allied health, improving continuity for complex head and neck patients.
- Supervised and mentored junior medical officers and registrars, contributing to their clinical development and procedural skills.
Education
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or Doctor of Medicine (MD), followed by internship and completion of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (RACS) Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery training program, leading to Fellowship of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (FRACS).
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- AHPRA
- FRACS
- RACS
- Otolaryngology
- Head and Neck Surgery
- ENT
- Medicare
- endoscopy
- septoplasty
- tonsillectomy
- cochlear implantation
- sinus surgery
- epistaxis
- airway management
- PACS
- Epic
- Cerner
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.