Home Assistant in Nursing Resume template
Assistant in Nursing resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what assistant in nursings 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 assistant in nursings should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Compassionate Assistant in Nursing with a Certificate III in Health Services Assistance and experience in aged care and hospital settings. Skilled in personal care, manual handling and vital signs monitoring, with a focus on dignity, safety and clear communication with nursing teams.
Key skills
- Patient care and support
- Infection control and hygiene
- Manual handling and patient hoists
- Vital signs monitoring (blood pressure, temperature, pulse)
- iCare
- MasterCare
- Titanium
- Written communication
- Empathy and interpersonal care
- Attention to detail
- Physical stamina and dexterity
- Safety and compliance awareness
Experience: example bullet points
- Assisted up to 15 patients per shift with showering, dressing and toileting, maintaining dignity and following individual care plans.
- Served meals and provided feeding support to residents with modified texture diets, recording intake and reporting concerns to the registered nurse.
- Transferred patients using ceiling and standing hoists, completing two-person assists for high-risk residents and reducing manual handling risk on the ward.
- Monitored and recorded vital signs for a 20-bed unit each shift, escalating changes in blood pressure or temperature to nursing staff within minutes.
- Changed linen, tidied patient areas and restocked supplies across a 30-bed aged care wing, keeping rooms clean and ready for admissions.
Education
Certificate III in Health Services Assistance (Assisting in Nursing Work in Acute Care) or Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing), plus a current first aid certificate, National Police Check and NDIS Worker Screening Check where required.
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.
- Assistant in Nursing
- AIN
- Certificate III in Health Services Assistance
- Certificate III in Individual Support
- Aged Care
- Acute Care
- Manual Handling
- Patient Hoist
- Infection Control
- Hand Hygiene
- Vital Signs
- iCare
- MasterCare
- Titanium
- National Police Check
- NDIS Worker Screening Check
- First Aid Certificate
- CPR
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.