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Optometrist resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what optometrists 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 optometrists should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Registered optometrist experienced in comprehensive eye examinations, ocular disease detection and prescribing corrective and low-vision aids. Comfortable working across optical retail, community health or independent practice settings, with a focus on early glaucoma detection and clear patient communication. Registered with the Optometry Board of Australia and committed to ongoing CPD.
Key skills
- Visual acuity testing and refraction
- Slit-lamp and tonometry examination
- Glaucoma and ocular disease screening
- OCT interpretation
- Contact lens fitting and low-vision aid prescribing
- Patient health education
- Clinical record keeping and regulatory compliance
- Stakeholder liaison with ophthalmologists and GPs
Experience: example bullet points
- Conducted visual acuity and refraction assessments using phoropter and autorefractor for a high daily patient volume, maintaining consistent appointment throughput
- Performed slit-lamp and tonometry examinations to screen for glaucoma and other ocular disease, flagging cases early for referral
- Prescribed corrective lenses, contact lenses and low-vision aids tailored to individual patient needs and lifestyle
- Advised patients on eye health, preventive care and lifestyle modifications, improving compliance with follow-up recall schedules
- Maintained accurate clinical records and referred complex cases to ophthalmologists and allied health professionals in line with scope of practice
Education
Bachelor's degree in vision science followed by a Master of Optometry (or an equivalent five-year integrated optometry degree), plus current registration with the Optometry Board of Australia via AHPRA.
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.
- Optometry Board of Australia
- AHPRA registration
- CPD hours
- Medicare optometry item numbers
- slit lamp
- tonometry
- autorefractor
- OCT (optical coherence tomography)
- glaucoma screening
- scheduled medicines endorsement
- Optometry Australia
- low-vision aids
- contact lens fitting
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.