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Medical Physicist resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what medical physicists 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 medical physicists should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Medical physicist with a physics and engineering background, focused on the safe and accurate use of radiation in medicine. Experienced in calibrating and commissioning radiotherapy and imaging equipment, verifying treatment plans, and running quality assurance programs. Committed to patient safety and regulatory compliance in hospital and cancer centre settings.
Key skills
- Data analysis
- Radiation dosimetry
- Regulatory compliance
- Risk and internal controls
- Statistical modelling
- Treatment planning systems
- Varian Eclipse
- RayStation
- MOSAIQ
- MATLAB
- Python
- Problem solving
- Attention to detail
- Written communication
Experience: example bullet points
- Calibrated and commissioned radiotherapy equipment, including linear accelerators, ensuring dose output within tolerance and reducing downtime for clinical use.
- Developed and verified radiation treatment plans alongside radiation oncologists, checking dose distributions and adjusting for patient anatomy to meet clinical goals.
- Ran monthly quality assurance program on imaging and treatment systems, catching equipment faults early and maintaining compliance with ARPANSA and state requirements.
- Monitored radiation doses to patients, staff and equipment, conducting area surveys and recommending shielding adjustments to keep exposure as low as reasonably achievable.
- Advised on facility design and shielding for a new imaging room, reviewing plans against regulatory standards to support a safe opening.
Education
Bachelor degree in physics, engineering or a related science, followed by a postgraduate qualification such as a Master's or PhD and completion of the ACPSEM Training, Education and Accreditation Program (TEAP).
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.
- ACPSEM
- TEAP
- ARPANSA
- Radiation Protection
- Quality Assurance
- Varian Eclipse
- RayStation
- MOSAIQ
- MATLAB
- Python
- Medical Imaging
- Nuclear Medicine
- Radiotherapy
- Dosimetry
- Treatment Planning
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.