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Psychiatrist resume example

A resume for a Psychiatrist needs to show the work itself: diagnose, treat, and help prevent mental disorders. Day to day that means work like this: prescribe, direct, or administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders; gather and maintain patient information and records, including social or medical history obtained from patients, relatives, or other professionals. Recruiters and applicant tracking systems both read for the tasks and tools this role actually involves, so the strongest resume names them in your own experience rather than describing the job in the abstract. Below are the tasks O*NET records for this occupation, the software and tools it uses, the titles it is advertised under, and the skills worth naming if they are genuinely yours.

Also advertised as

The same job is posted under many titles. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

  • Child Psychiatrist
  • Outpatient Psychiatrist
  • Staff Psychiatrist
  • Adult Psychiatrist
  • Consulting Psychiatrist
  • Medical Doctor
  • MD
  • Prison Psychiatrist
  • Addiction Psychiatrist
  • Adult Inpatient Psychiatrist
  • Adult Outpatient Psychiatrist
  • Behavioral Analyst
  • Behavioral Specialist
  • Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Physician
  • Clinical Psychiatrist
  • Doctor
  • General Adult Psychiatrist
  • General Psychiatrist

O*NET records 24 titles for this occupation in total.

What this work actually involves

Tasks recorded for this occupation, in O*NET's words. If your experience covers one of these, it belongs on your resume in your own words.

  • Prescribe, direct, or administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders.
  • Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social or medical history obtained from patients, relatives, or other professionals.
  • Design individualized care plans, using a variety of treatments.
  • Collaborate with physicians, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, or other professionals to discuss treatment plans and progress.
  • Analyze and evaluate patient data or test findings to diagnose nature or extent of mental disorder.
  • Examine or conduct laboratory or diagnostic tests on patients to provide information on general physical condition or mental disorder.
  • Counsel outpatients or other patients during office visits.
  • Advise or inform guardians, relatives, or significant others of patients' conditions or treatment.
  • Teach, take continuing education classes, attend conferences or seminars, or conduct research and publish findings to increase understanding of mental, emotional, or behavioral states or disorders.
  • Review and evaluate treatment procedures and outcomes of other psychiatrists or medical professionals.
  • Prepare and submit case reports or summaries to government or mental health agencies.
  • Serve on committees to promote or maintain community mental health services or delivery systems.

Example bullets for this role

Built from this occupation's own tasks. The brackets stay empty on purpose: we will not invent a number for you, and a fabricated metric is the fastest way to lose an interview you had already won.

  • Prescribe, direct, or administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social or medical history obtained from patients, relatives, or other professionals, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Design individualized care plans, using a variety of treatments, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
  • Collaborate with physicians, psychologists, social workers, psychiatric nurses, or other professionals to discuss treatment plans and progress, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].

Software used in this role

Recorded for this occupation by O*NET. An applicant tracking system matches the exact product name, so write the tool the way the posting writes it.

  • ADL Data Systems OptimumClinicals Electronic Health Record
  • Advantage Software Psych Advantage
  • Allscripts Sunrise
  • Blumenthal Software PBSW24
  • Cerner ProFile
  • Computer Assisted Diagnostic Interview CADI software
  • eClinicalWorks EHR software
  • Electronic medical record EMR software
  • Epic EpicCare Inpatient Clinical System
  • Epic Systems
  • FifthWalk BillingTracker Pro
  • GE Healthcare Centricity EMR
  • ICANotes
  • Integrated Systems Management OmniMD

31 software entries are recorded in total.

Tools and equipment

The physical equipment this occupation is recorded as using. Worth naming when a posting asks for it by name.

  • Desktop computers
  • Electronic blood pressure units
  • Laptop computers
  • Manual blood pressure units
  • Mechanical stethoscopes
  • Personal computers
  • Personal digital assistants PDA
  • Tablet computers

Skills an ATS reads for

Worth naming only if they are genuinely yours. Keyword overlap is one input to a resume's score, not a verdict.

  • prescribe medications

What this job rates as most important

O*NET rates every skill for importance to this occupation. These are the highest rated, in order.

  1. 01Active Listening
  2. 02Social Perceptiveness
  3. 03Critical Thinking
  4. 04Speaking
  5. 05Judgment and Decision Making
  6. 06Reading Comprehension
  7. 07Writing
  8. 08Active Learning
  9. 09Monitoring
  10. 10Complex Problem Solving

Knowledge areas

The subject knowledge this occupation draws on, rated by importance.

  • Therapy and Counseling
  • Psychology
  • Medicine and Dentistry
  • English Language
  • Biology
  • Education and Training
  • Customer and Personal Service
  • Sociology and Anthropology

What qualifications people in this job have

From O*NET's survey of people doing this work. This is what postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.

  • 59%Post-Doctoral Training
  • 34%Doctoral Degree
  • 5%Master's Degree

What level this role is pitched at

O*NET places this occupation in “Extensive Preparation Needed”. Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Common questions

What does a Psychiatrist do?
Diagnose, treat, and help prevent mental disorders. Day to day that includes work like prescribe, direct, or administer psychotherapeutic treatments or medications to treat mental, emotional, or behavioral disorders and Gather and maintain patient information and records, including social or medical history obtained from patients, relatives, or other professionals.
What skills should a Psychiatrist put on a resume?
O*NET rates Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Critical Thinking, Speaking, and Judgment and Decision Making among the most important skills for this occupation. Name the ones that are genuinely yours and show where you used them. A resume that lists skills you do not have is weaker than one that lists fewer.
What software should a Psychiatrist list?
Software recorded for this occupation includes ADL Data Systems OptimumClinicals Electronic Health Record, Advantage Software Psych Advantage, Allscripts Sunrise, Blumenthal Software PBSW24, and Cerner ProFile. Applicant tracking systems match on the exact product name, so write the tool as the posting writes it rather than describing it in general terms.
What other job titles cover Psychiatrist work?
O*NET records 24 titles for this occupation, including Child Psychiatrist, Outpatient Psychiatrist, Staff Psychiatrist, and Adult Psychiatrist. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Psychiatrist need?
In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 59% reported their level of education as "Post-Doctoral Training". That is what current postholders reported, not a requirement any single employer sets.
Will this resume pass an ATS for a Psychiatrist role?
No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer's system is configured, including ours. What you can control is that the resume parses cleanly, names the work in the words the posting uses, and does not claim anything you cannot back up.

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What this page cannot tell you

  • No tool outside an employer can tell you how that employer’s ATS is configured, including ours.
  • This page makes no claim about pay, demand or how many people hold this job. O*NET does not publish that here and we will not estimate it.
  • Keyword overlap is one input to a resume’s score, not a verdict on you. A resume that names skills you do not have is worse than one that names fewer.

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