Résumé Tips for Medical Administrative Assistants

You’ve finished training to be a medical administrative assistant—or perhaps you’ve just started. Eventually, you know you’ll start applying for jobs. If you haven’t worked in the healthcare field before, you might be a little bit confused about how to represent yourself on paper.

Here are some tips that can help you write a strong medical administrative assistant resume as you pursue this career path.

Include All Your Education Details

If you’re new to the field, your education will be the first thing you want to talk about. Why? Because it helps show employers your qualifications that may fit certain roles.

Make sure you include:

• The name of the institution you attended.
• The diploma or degree program you completed (i.e., whether you earned a Medical Administrative Assistant diploma or a Health Sciences – Medical Administrative Assistant associate degree).
• Any extracurricular activities you participated in during school.
• Dates of attendance.

If you received Dean’s List or Honors awards, include those as well. You should also add in any continuing education classes. The goal is to represent yourself as a dedicated student who worked hard to learn the skills needed to work as a medical administrative assistant.

List Your Certification

You don’t need to be a Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) to go into this career field, but it can give you an advantage over the competition. If you take the time to attain this certification, then definitely include it on your resume. That type of initiative may be exactly what employers are looking for.

Some employers may even require you to be certified in order to apply. Read the medical administrative assistant job description thoroughly to learn if this might be the case. If it is, some institutions help prepare you to sit for the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant exam upon meeting eligibility requirements.

Include Relevant Experience

If you have previous healthcare industry experience, then absolutely include that on your medical administrative assistant resume. But if you’re completely new to the field, you may be able to still find ways to tie in previous jobs so they line up with skills necessary for this healthcare role.

If you’ve ever worked in an administrative capacity, for example, this can easily be tied to medical office duties. Other valuable skills for medical administrative assistants (making them good ones for your resume) include:

• Basic computer usage, including familiarity with Microsoft Office
• Critical thinking
• Problem-solving skills
• Conflict resolution
• Communication skills
• Time management skills
• Workplace behavior best practices

If you’re unsure what skills to focus on, read the job description for the medical administrative assistant position. What skills does the employer mention that they want? If you have them, these are the ones you want to include in your resume.

Need Help with Your Medical Administrative Assistant Resume?

Hopefully these tips help you begin to craft your medical administrative assistant resume! If you still need help, Ultimate Medical Academy students and alumni have access to our Career Services team who can help with resume creation and editing, along with providing job interview guidance.

This is just one way that we care for our students so they can care for others.

If you’d like to learn more about UMA’s healthcare programs and services, contact us today.