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Naturopath resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what naturopaths 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 naturopaths should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Naturopath with a patient centred approach to care, combining herbal medicine, nutritional supplements and lifestyle guidance. Experienced in private practice and clinic settings, working collaboratively with other complementary health practitioners. Committed to safe practice within scope and ongoing professional development.
Key skills
- Patient care and support
- Clinical assessment and treatment
- Health education and advice
- Counselling and support work
- Care planning and coordination
- Cliniko
- PracSuite
- PowerDiary
- Natural Medicines Database
- Microsoft Excel
- Written communication
- Attention to detail
- Empathy and interpersonal care
Experience: example bullet points
- Assessed patients' health histories, diets and lifestyles to develop individualised treatment plans, managing a caseload of 40 regular patients.
- Prescribed herbal medicines and nutritional supplements, tracking patient progress through Cliniko and adjusting prescriptions as needed.
- Dispensed herbal remedies and supplements, reorganising the dispensary to reduce average patient wait times from 20 minutes to under 10.
- Educated patients on dietary and lifestyle changes, supporting them to make sustainable adjustments over six week programs.
- Referred patients to GPs and allied health practitioners when conditions fell outside naturopathic scope, ensuring coordinated care.
Education
Bachelor degree or Advanced Diploma in Naturopathy, with many practitioners also completing a Diploma of Nutrition or postgraduate study in a related field.
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.
- Naturopathy
- Herbal medicine
- Nutritional supplements
- Clinical assessment
- Patient care
- Private health fund accreditation
- Professional association membership
- ATMS
- ANPA
- First aid certificate
- Working with Children Check
- Cliniko
- PracSuite
- PowerDiary
- Natural Medicines Database
- Dietary advice
- Lifestyle modification
- Complementary medicine
- Referral
- Dispensing
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.