What does a Radiologist do?

Diagnose and treat diseases and injuries using medical imaging techniques, such as x rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, and ultrasounds. Day to day that includes work like prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings and Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear cardiology treadmill studies, mammography, or ultrasound.

What skills should a Radiologist put on a resume?

O*NET rates Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Critical Thinking, 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 Radiologist list?

Software recorded for this occupation includes ACOM Solutions RAPID EMR, Advanced Data Systems MedicsRis, Allscripts PM, Allscripts Professional EHR, and Alteer Office. 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 Radiologist work?

O*NET records 28 titles for this occupation, including Diagnostic Radiologist, Nuclear Medicine Physician, Physician, and Attending Physician. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.

What qualifications does a Radiologist need?

In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 58% 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 Radiologist 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.

Radiologist resume example

A resume for a Radiologist needs to show the work itself: diagnose and treat diseases and injuries using medical imaging techniques, such as x rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, and ultrasounds. Day to day that means work like this: prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings; perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear cardiology treadmill studies, mammography, or ultrasound. 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.

Diagnostic Radiologist
Nuclear Medicine Physician
Physician
Attending Physician
Interventional Neuroradiologist
Interventional Radiologist
Musculoskeletal Specialty Radiologist
MSK Specialty Radiologist
Neuroradiologist
Nuclear Medicine Specialist
MSK Radiologist
Nuclear Medicine MD
Attending Radiologist
Breast Imaging Radiologist
General Radiologist
Mammographer
Musculoskeletal Radiologist
Nuclear Medicine Medical Doctor

O*NET records 28 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.

Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings.
Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear cardiology treadmill studies, mammography, or ultrasound.
Document the performance, interpretation, or outcomes of all procedures performed.
Communicate examination results or diagnostic information to referring physicians, patients, or families.
Obtain patients' histories from electronic records, patient interviews, dictated reports, or by communicating with referring clinicians.
Review or transmit images and information using picture archiving or communications systems.
Confer with medical professionals regarding image-based diagnoses.
Recognize or treat complications during and after procedures, including blood pressure problems, pain, oversedation, or bleeding.
Develop or monitor procedures to ensure adequate quality control of images.
Provide counseling to radiologic patients to explain the processes, risks, benefits, or alternative treatments.
Establish or enforce standards for protection of patients or personnel.
Coordinate radiological services with other medical activities.

30 tasks are recorded in total; these are the most central.

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.

Prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear cardiology treadmill studies, mammography, or ultrasound, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Document the performance, interpretation, or outcomes of all procedures performed, for [who or what it served], at [what volume].
Communicate examination results or diagnostic information to referring physicians, patients, or families, 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.

ACOM Solutions RAPID EMR
Advanced Data Systems MedicsRis
Allscripts PM
Allscripts Professional EHR
Alteer Office
athenahealth athenaCollector
Automatic Data Processing AdvancedMD EHR
Avreo Radiology Workflow Solutions
Benchmark Systems Benchmark Clinical EHR
Bizmatics PrognoCIS EMR
CareCloud Central
Cerner PowerWorks Practice Management
Computer aided image analysis software
Digital image processing software

57 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.

Automated blood pressure cuffs
Beta vial shields
Bone densitometers
Computed tomography CT equipment
Computed tomography CT systems
Cone-beam collimators
Converging collimators
Desktop computers
Diagnostic ultrasound equipment
Digital ratemeters
Diverging collimators
Dose calibrators

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.

Epic

What this job rates as most important

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

01Active Listening
02Reading Comprehension
03Speaking
04Critical Thinking
05Judgment and Decision Making
06Writing
07Complex Problem Solving
08Monitoring
09Social Perceptiveness
10Active Learning

Knowledge areas

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

Medicine and Dentistry
Biology
English Language
Computers and Electronics
Education and Training
Customer and Personal Service
Physics

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.

58%Post-Doctoral Training
28%Doctoral Degree
11%Associate'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 Radiologist do?: Diagnose and treat diseases and injuries using medical imaging techniques, such as x rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), nuclear medicine, and ultrasounds. Day to day that includes work like prepare comprehensive interpretive reports of findings and Perform or interpret the outcomes of diagnostic imaging procedures including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computer tomography (CT), positron emission tomography (PET), nuclear cardiology treadmill studies, mammography, or ultrasound.
What skills should a Radiologist put on a resume?: O*NET rates Active Listening, Reading Comprehension, Speaking, Critical Thinking, 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 Radiologist list?: Software recorded for this occupation includes ACOM Solutions RAPID EMR, Advanced Data Systems MedicsRis, Allscripts PM, Allscripts Professional EHR, and Alteer Office. 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 Radiologist work?: O*NET records 28 titles for this occupation, including Diagnostic Radiologist, Nuclear Medicine Physician, Physician, and Attending Physician. Searching only your own job title hides most of the openings you could apply to.
What qualifications does a Radiologist need?: In O*NET's survey of people doing this job, 58% 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 Radiologist 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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Occupations O*NET records as closest to this one, and worth looking at if this search is not moving.

What this page cannot tell you

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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.
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