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Respiratory Physician resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what respiratory physicians 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 respiratory physicians should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Respiratory Physician with FRACP advanced training in respiratory and sleep medicine. Experienced in assessing and managing breathlessness, chronic cough, lung masses and sleep disorders across inpatient and outpatient settings. Committed to patient-centred care and supervising the next generation of physicians.
Key skills
- Patient care and support
- Clinical assessment and treatment
- Medication management
- Care planning and coordination
- Health education and advice
- Electronic medical records (eMR)
- Spirometry and lung function systems
- Bronchoscopy equipment
- Ventilator and NIV devices
- Sleep study and polysomnography software
- Written communication
- Problem solving
- Empathy and interpersonal care
Experience: example bullet points
- Assessed and managed patients with breathlessness, chronic cough and sleep disorders in a busy outpatient clinic, reducing waiting times from six weeks to three.
- Performed and interpreted lung function tests and bronchoscopy, improving diagnostic accuracy for complex airway disease.
- Prescribed and monitored inhaled, oral and biologic therapies for asthma and COPD, leading to fewer emergency presentations for a cohort of 200 patients.
- Managed inpatients on ventilators and non-invasive ventilation, coordinating with ICU and nursing staff to support timely weaning.
- Supervised registrars and ran specialist respiratory and sleep clinics, mentoring junior staff in procedural skills and clinical reasoning.
Education
Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or Doctor of Medicine (MD), plus completion of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) advanced training program in respiratory and sleep medicine.
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.
- FRACP
- RACP
- AHPRA
- respiratory and sleep medicine
- spirometry
- bronchoscopy
- polysomnography
- NIV
- COPD
- asthma
- sleep apnoea
- lung function testing
- ventilator management
- outpatient clinics
- biologic therapies
- eMR
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.