What you do is you read the job description and find keywords they are looking for. Here's an example of a job add. I will put the keywords you might want to include in a resume in bold.:
Come Grow in an Exciting, Friendly Dental Practice
Our fast-paced and well-established Oral and Maxillofacial surgery practice located in San Francisco is seeking an experienced highly-motivated, organized, enthusiastic, and detail-oriented Office Assistant to help grow our practice. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a true team environment.
Duties would primarily be:
- Preparing charts and intake forms for the following days
- Confirming appointments
- Checking patients’ insurance before their consultation appointment
- Review, edit, and follow up on medical clearances
- Makes sure all necessary x-rays, referral slips, and medical clearances are in our office for each patient prior to their consultation
- Prep new patient packets
- Greet patients and walk them through the registration process.
- Answer incoming phone calls with scheduling, consultations, surgery and follow up appointments, and fielding patients’ questions
- Scanning x-rays, patient information, and filing of patients' charts
These are some skills that could have gained from other jobs. Before I became an Office manager, I had all of these skills from working at a hair salon. I did not prep new patients, but I input client info into our system for membership.
If I were to apply for this job, I would try to match as closely as possible the duties to my job history.
For my skills, I would list: Organized, detail-oriented, and team-oriented.