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Struggling in your job search as a travel clinician? No matter your specialty, having a clear and concise resume is critical.

Professional resumes help your recruiter understand the type, duration, and location of the position you want. Resumes also help the hospitals and practices you are targeting determine whether you have the skills and experience required. The perfect resume can give you an edge over other candidates and help you secure the best assignments.

The perfect resume also helps expedite the credentialing process. If needed for your role, Barton’s credentialing team serves as a liaison between you and the facility at which you will be working. Our goal is to make the credentialing process as hassle-free as possible for you and the facility. We also provide a healthcare resume template for those who want to work with us.

Use our guide as a travel clinician resume builder.

What do I include in my resume?

When writing your resume, you might be wondering what resumes for travel clinicians look like. We start by prepopulating all credentialing-related documents from the facility with the information from your resume. Having a clear, concise, and up-to-date resume helps our Barton team accurately and efficiently prepopulate these documents.

This is especially helpful if the start date is rapidly approaching.

To serve as a guide, the BHS team recommends including the following elements to create the perfect resume:

Personal details

• Include your full name with abbreviated qualifications.
• Detailed contact information (including your mailing address, home and mobile phone numbers, and email address).

Objective

• Describe your intentions and career goals in one or two sentences.

Education

• List all educational degrees, starting with the most recent. Be sure to include the months and years of attendance.

Licenses and certifications

• Include any licenses with numbers and expiration dates.
• Any life-support certificates with expiration dates.
• Board certifications with issue, recertification, and expiration dates as applicable.

Career history

• Start with your current or most recent position, and continue in reverse chronological order.
• For each position, include the full name of the institution, start and end dates, specialty/title, position type, any hospital appointments, and the name of your supervisor.
• Be sure to list and explain any gaps in your employment history. (Optional: Include a brief description of your clinical experience.)
• Include any internships, residency and fellowships.
• Be sure to include job titles.

Teaching experience

• Detail which school, grade level, specialty, and dates, if applicable.

Professional memberships

• List any organization to which you belong, with dates of membership.

Honors

• List work-related recognitions or awards, from whom you received them, and when.

Research and publications

• List all published articles and research in standard MLA format.

EMR competencies

• More and more hospitals and practices are using electronic medical record (EMR) software systems.
• List all the systems with which you have experience and indicate the systems with which you are proficient.

Personal interests

• List any hobbies or activities you enjoy when you are not working.
• You should show prospective employers a well-balanced lifestyle and a feel for who you are.

References

• List at least three references from your specialty from any position held within the past five years.
• Include their full name, specialty/title, address, a phone number at which they can be reached, fax number, and email address.
• Make sure you notify your references to let them know that they may receive a call from your potential employers.

Remember to format each section in bulleted points, to keep it organized and easy to read. Your resume’s format helps the information be clear and concise.

Faxing your resume may lower it’s quality each time. You should use simple formatting, avoid small font sizes, and clearly separate each headline from the subsequent information. Be sure to update your resume frequently so the information you provide is always current and relevant.

This advice is meant to serve as a guideline. You may choose to add and edit to fit your particular needs and experiences. Your resume should serve as a road map of your healthcare career, not your memoir.

Remember to keep it clear and concise. Hiring managers will look at other aspects like soft skills and interpersonal skills as well.

Barton Healthcare Staffing has provided a travel nurse resume template for healthcare providers.

For locum tenens providers, check out Barton Associate’s locum tenens CV sample.

Happy job hunting! We hope to see your resume on our desks very soon!

Editor’s Note: This article was originally written by the BHS Team in May 2019. It was updated by Desirae Sin in June 2024 to reflect current information.

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