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Psychiatrist resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what psychiatrists 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 psychiatrists should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Psychiatrist experienced in conducting comprehensive mental health assessments, managing complex medication regimens and delivering evidence-based psychotherapy across hospital, community and private practice settings. Confident coordinating care with multidisciplinary teams and maintaining rigorous clinical documentation. Works within AHPRA and RANZCP standards to deliver safe, patient-centred psychiatric care.
Key skills
- Clinical assessment and diagnosis using DSM-5
- Medication management and monitoring of psychotropic drugs
- Delivery of evidence-based psychotherapy, including CBT
- Care planning and coordination for complex presentations
- Multidisciplinary team collaboration and referral
- Electronic health records (EHR) documentation
- Prescription management systems
- Clinical assessment scales
- Telehealth service delivery
- Regulatory compliance (AHPRA, RANZCP, Mental Health Act)
Experience: example bullet points
- Conducted comprehensive psychiatric assessments and diagnostic interviews for patients presenting with mood, anxiety, psychotic and personality disorders, informing accurate diagnosis and treatment planning
- Prescribed and monitored psychotropic medications, adjusting regimens based on clinical review and patient-reported side effects to improve tolerability
- Delivered evidence-based psychotherapy, including cognitive behavioural therapy, to patients managing depression, anxiety and trauma-related conditions
- Wrote detailed clinical reports and maintained patient records in electronic health record systems in line with AHPRA documentation requirements
- Collaborated with psychologists, social workers, GPs and other allied health professionals to coordinate care plans for patients with complex, co-occurring needs
- Consulted with patients via telehealth platforms, extending follow-up review access for patients in regional and remote locations
Education
Medical degree (MBBS or equivalent), followed by internship, residency and RANZCP Fellowship training (minimum five years) to achieve Fellowship of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (FRANZCP) and AHPRA specialist registration.
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
- RANZCP
- FRANZCP
- DSM-5
- psychotropic medication management
- psychiatric assessment
- Mental Health Act
- involuntary treatment order
- Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS)
- community mental health
- telehealth consultation
- multidisciplinary care coordination
- electronic health records
- clinical risk assessment
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.