Professional Resume Writing Tips for Medical Transcriptionist

Before we start off with writing tips for a medical transcriptionist, it is important to consider their job description first. It will help us understand the requirements of the job and how the resume and cover letter should cater to the same. The duties and responsibilities of a medical transcriptionist is to take dictation, but without any attention to the pauses, punctuation, paragraph formation, etc., by the doctor. Now, just imagine the news reader speaking or reading out the news without any punctuation at all. However, informative it may be, will it be understandable? No.

So same is the case with medical transcription and dictation by the doctor. This gives us a basic idea of the following things which should be included in the resume.

The medical transcriptionist should have strong grammar skills
Communication skills should be good
Have sound knowledge about medical terminologies and of course should know their meanings
Have considerable speed while noting down or drafting the document, letter, etc.
Have an ear for detail because the doctor might not just mechanically dictate the content and explain few things in between
Know well what to leave out and what to include
Have reasonable editing skills

Now we will talk about some tips for writing the resume, here we go:

Beginning from your contact details which is the first section of your resume, one should pay attention to any kind of spelling mistakes or typing errors (remember your job is based on your writing accuracy)
Give professional e-mail addresses and update your addresses (both postal and e-mail) if you have changed them recently
The experience section is the most important here, describe it well using bulleted points
Lay emphasis on your linguistic and grasping skills
If you are an expert in handling medical files, access data by referring them and optimizing your transcribed matter
Do not write an unnecessary lengthy resume, keeping it precise is important
Format the resume according to your experience (because doctors give importance to experienced candidates) and strengths
Last but definitely not the least, do mention your speed of typing or writing (whichever is applicable to the job)

With these points, one is sure to make the perfect medical transcriptionist resume; be it for a freshman or an experience holder.