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Myotherapist resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what myotherapists 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 myotherapists should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Myotherapist qualified through the VET pathway, working in private clinics and sports settings with clients dealing with musculoskeletal pain, restricted movement and postural problems. Combines hands-on treatment, dry needling and corrective exercise with clear self-management education so clients can keep progressing between sessions. Comfortable working alongside physiotherapists, GPs and strength coaches, and referring on when a presentation sits outside myotherapy scope.
Key skills
- Clinical assessment of posture, movement patterns and musculoskeletal presentation
- Manual therapy including soft tissue massage, myofascial release and joint mobilisation
- Dry needling and adjunct therapies such as TENS and ultrasound
- Individualised treatment and management planning
- Corrective exercise prescription and self-management education
- Clinical note keeping in Cliniko, Power Diary and Halaxy
- Infection control, sharps disposal and treatment room hygiene
- Anatomy reference and client education using Complete Anatomy
- Health fund claims and HICAPS processing
- Empathy and clear communication with clients in pain
Experience: example bullet points
- Assessed and treated a caseload of up to 25 clients a week presenting with neck, shoulder, lower back and hip complaints, using soft tissue work, joint mobilisation and dry needling where clinically indicated.
- Built individualised management plans that paired in-clinic treatment with corrective exercise, so clients could keep progressing between appointments without relying on passive treatment alone.
- Maintained SOAP-format clinical notes and consent records in Cliniko, keeping health fund claims, referral letters and audit requirements accurate and up to date.
- Ran pre-season movement screening at a local sporting club, flagging restrictions early and referring presentations outside myotherapy scope to physiotherapy and GP care.
- Delivered self-management education on load management, workstation setup and sleep position, which reduced repeat bookings for the same unresolved complaint.
- Kept treatment rooms to infection control standards, including linen changeover, surface cleaning and safe sharps disposal after needling.
Education
Typically Certificate IV in Massage Therapy (HLT42015) followed by the Advanced Diploma of Myotherapy (22316VIC), with some practitioners entering via a Diploma of Remedial Massage or a health science degree plus a myotherapy qualification. Private health fund provider recognition and current first aid and CPR certification are standard requirements.
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.
- myotherapy
- dry needling
- remedial massage
- manual therapy
- joint mobilisation
- myofascial release
- trigger point therapy
- musculoskeletal assessment
- exercise prescription
- SOAP notes
- Cliniko
- HICAPS
- private health fund provider number
- Massage & Myotherapy Australia
- ATMS
- infection control
- scope of practice
- first aid and CPR
- WorkCover
- client consent
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.