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Primary Health Network Manager resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what primary health network managers 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 primary health network managers should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Primary Health Network Manager with a track record in commissioning primary care services and leading strategic planning across a region. Skilled at aligning community needs assessments with service provider contracts to improve access and health outcomes. Experienced in managing multidisciplinary stakeholders, from GPs to community organisations.
Key skills
- Strategy development
- Budgeting and forecasting
- Project management
- Regulatory compliance
- Microsoft Excel
- Power BI
- Microsoft Project
- Salesforce
- People leadership
- Stakeholder management
- Written communication
Experience: example bullet points
- Led strategic planning for primary health care services across a region, aligning commissioning priorities with community needs assessments and government policy directions.
- Commissioned new mental health and after-hours services based on needs assessments, reducing waiting times for local residents from several weeks to under a fortnight.
- Managed contracts and performance of health service providers, introducing regular performance reviews that improved compliance and service delivery timelines.
- Engaged with GPs, allied health professionals, and community stakeholders to co-design care models, increasing participation in local health programs and improving referral pathways.
- Oversaw budgets and reporting on health outcomes, identifying efficiencies that redirected funds to frontline services without reducing service quality.
Education
Postgraduate qualification in health management, public health, or business administration is common, though a bachelor degree in a health-related field combined with extensive management experience is also accepted.
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.
- Primary Health Network (PHN)
- commissioning
- health needs assessment
- service provider contracts
- stakeholder engagement
- primary care
- Medicare
- Department of Health
- performance reporting
- budget management
- regulatory compliance
- Microsoft Excel
- Power BI
- Salesforce
- Project management
- Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services
- general practice
- allied health
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.