Doctor's assistant CV example (2026)

Writing the CV for the doctor's assistant role

Start your CV with the practice where you work or worked, the number of GPs and the types of task. Then put the patient record and the medical procedures you carry out in the first lines of your work experience. That way the reader sees straight away what you do every day.

In a GP practice the doctor’s assistant combines reception, telephone and consulting room. Experience with triage, knowledge of the patient record and care for chronic patients are points you can name concretely. Make those three visible in your work experience.

What you do in this role

The work consists of taking calls and assessing urgent questions according to the triage protocol. This includes planning appointments, preparing the consulting room, carrying out measurements and recording procedures in the file. Stock management is also part of the role.

Keep the CV to one or two pages.

How your CV matches the advert

Read the practice’s advert before you adapt your CV. Note the systems the practice names, the types of work and any requirements for triage or medical procedures. Take those words into your work experience, as long as they match what you did. That way you see side by side which points you already cover and which you still need to back up.

In a practice, reception, telephone and consulting room alternate quickly. Show in your CV that you can do several tasks at once without the care suffering. Describe a week with the split between tasks, for example how much time you spent on the telephone or on consultations. That makes visible how you work, without the reader having to infer it.

Finally, check that the system names, the names of the GPs and the practice are correct. Then read your CV aloud and cut every sentence you could not explain in an interview. A short CV with concrete tasks shows more than a long CV with general words.

Patient safety is part of the work at reception and in the consulting room. Describe in your CV how you checked it, for example with a fixed checklist or a double check of details at intake. That shows you work accurately without listing a set of qualities, and the reader can ask about it in an interview.

Telephone triage needs a clear conversation structure: listen first, then ask questions according to the protocol and finally repeat the advice clearly. Describe in your CV which structure you followed, without specifying the calls themselves. A reader then understands that you work systematically and know the protocol.

A practice works with fixed arrangements for the diary, the consulting hours and telephone availability. Describe in your CV how you kept the diary of one or more GPs and how you moved appointments when something changed. That shows you guard the planning and handle changes neatly, without the patient being affected.

Which layout suits the doctor's assistant CV

Choose one column, clear headings and a standard font. Tables and text boxes can cause errors when software reads a CV.

A single column with short headings suits a practice CV. Put the medical skills and systems in a separate block so they are easy to find. A calm, neat layout fits work in a practice.

Save your CV as a PDF with a recognisable file name, such as firstname-surname-cv.pdf.

What to put on the doctor's assistant CV

Every CV contains at least your contact details, your work experience with dates, your education and certificates, and your skills and languages.

Name the type of practice, the number of patients and the GPs you work for. Add medical procedures such as measuring blood pressure and blood glucose or taking an ECG, and chronic care checks for diabetes or COPD. Mention the patient record you used, such as Medicom or Promedico, and the diary and telephone systems.

Put your name at the top, with your town, email address and phone number. Your citizen service number (BSN), date of birth or marital status do not need to be on your CV.

Profile text: example (good and weak)

Below are two profile texts for the doctor's assistant, both written for a fictional person. You can copy the structure.

Welcoming doctor's assistant with four years of experience at a GP practice with 6,000 patients. I schedule appointments, support patients and carry out simple measurements and procedures. I work carefully with patient records and stay calm when it gets busy. I am looking for a practice where I can continue to handle telephone triage and stock management.

Doctor’s assistant with five years of experience in a GP practice of 4,500 patients. I carry out triage on the telephone according to the protocol, plan consulting hours for three GPs and support patients with chronic care. I work accurately in the record and stay calm when the waiting room is full. I am looking for a practice where I can also keep doing stock management.

The first example names the size of the practice, the tasks and the systems. The second names the years, the precise tasks and what the candidate is looking for. Concrete tasks say more than “flexible” or “open attitude”, which you cannot prove.

Weak version: “I am a flexible doctor’s assistant with an open attitude, who enjoys working with people and is always ready for the practice.”

A profile text is short: four or five sentences. Write in the first person and say what you do, what you are good at and what you are looking for.

Making your work experience stand out

The example bullet points below belong to a fictional example CV. The figures are illustrative: use only your own figures, and only if they are accurate.

Start each bullet with an action word and state the result, not only the task.

• Telephone triage of urgent questions according to the triage protocol, with referral to the GP or the out-of-hours service.
• Blood pressure, blood glucose and ECGs measured and assessed; deviations reported to the doctor straight away.
• Chronic care checks organised for patients with diabetes and COPD, with reminders and recording of the measurements.
• Diaries of three GPs managed, with a fixed appointment length per type of consultation, so surgeries started on time.
• New patients registered and insurance details checked at the first appointment.
• Stock of dressings and injection materials kept up to date and reordered in time.

For each job, give the job title, employer, place and period, and put your current job at the top.

No work experience?

Have no care experience yet? You can name a placement with a GP or in a hospital. A part-time job at a counter in another sector shows that you work in a customer-friendly and organised way. Name the tasks you did independently, such as answering calls, making appointments or keeping a diary.

Action words for your CV

Action words make your work concrete. A few that work well on a CV:

• Organised
• Supervised
• Improved
• Monitored
• Planned
• Recorded
• Consulted
• Delivered
• Coordinated
• Ensured

Use each word only once per job, and only if it matches your work.

Education on your CV

Put your mbo (senior secondary vocational education) course in doctor’s assistance at the top, with the level, the school and the year of your diploma. Name a placement in a GP practice with the practice name, if you are allowed to share it. Add an extra course in medical procedures or triage in the same section.

List older education more briefly, so that recent work gets more space.

Skills on the doctor's assistant CV

Hard skills

• Electronic patient records (Medicom)
• Triage
• Medical procedures
• Scheduling
• Customer service

Soft skills

• Patience with patients who are restless or anxious
• Discreet handling of medical information
• Staying calm when reception and the telephone are busy
• Working accurately to protocols
• Good cooperation with the assistants and the GPs

Show these qualities with a situation: a patient who became angry on the telephone, and how you then explained the approach. One well-developed example says more than a list of loose words.

Choose five to eight hard skills that you currently use.

Give an example from your work for Electronic patient records (Medicom), Triage, Medical procedures, Scheduling and Customer service.

Certificates, languages and hobbies

For doctor’s assistants, the relevant certificates are the resuscitation certificate (BLS or AED), training in triage and any courses on medical procedures. Name the provider and the year, for example the Dutch Heart Foundation (Hartstichting) for a resuscitation course. Add a chronic care course. Renew an expired certificate, or leave it off.

Put a certificate on your CV if it fits the role.

• CPR and AED (Hartstichting, 2024)

Languages in this example: Dutch (moedertaal), German (basis).

Example doctor's assistant CV

This is how the example looks in a real template. It is a starting point: take over the structure, not the text.

The fictional candidate is called Daphne Kuipers and lives in Zwolle. The example carries the headline: Doctor's assistant.

Common mistakes on the doctor's assistant CV

• Not mentioning telephone work. It is part of the job and shows how you deal with patients.
• Not naming the patient record. Name the system, such as Medicom or Promedico.
• Listing medical procedures without saying how often you carried them out or under whose supervision.
• Giving a resuscitation certificate without the year. Then it is not possible to see whether it is still valid.
• Giving too much room to administration, so that it is not clear that you work with patients.

Check the spelling of the practice name, the GPs and the systems. A wrong system name stands out to someone who knows that system.

Key points

• State the number of patients per day or per week, if you know it, and the split between reception and consulting room.
• Name the record system in your work experience.
• Show that you follow protocols: name the triage or chronic care programmes you worked with.
• State your availability, such as the days and hours you can work.

Read your CV aloud before you send it.