FAMILY PRACTICE PHYSICIAN RESUME EXAMPLE

Published: Mar 06, 2025 - The Family Practice Physician provides comprehensive primary medical care, developing individualized care plans that include medical histories, examinations, diagnoses, and treatments, ensuring continuity of care across referrals and hospitalizations. Emphasis is placed on preventive health measures and the efficient use of diagnostic resources like lab and radiological tests. This position actively participates in quality improvement programs, including health promotion activities and internal audits, while maintaining professional standards in all care settings.

Tips for Family Practice Physician Skills and Responsibilities on a Resume

1. Family Practice Physician, Central Health Clinic, Springfield, IL

Job Summary:
  • Understands and implements the mission, vision and values statements of CCHC.
  • Demonstrates a caring and compassionate attitude when interacting with patients and staff.
  • Provides primary care services to patients within the parameters of the Iowa license, Medical Director approved scope of practice and BPHC scope of practice.
  • Provides cross coverage with other clinicians in the practice when the other clinicians are not present.
  • Maintain productivity established by the CCHC annual budget.
  • Completes accurate and timely documentation of the patient visit or other patient interaction.
  • Develops and maintains a professional medical environment in which medical provider staff retains independent judgment and responsibility within individual scope of practice.
  • Provides leadership and motivates medical department members to design and implement clinical quality improvement activities.
  • Completes CCHC-mandated training (ICD-10, etc.)
  • Follows all ethical guidelines and federal, state and local laws and ordinances and policies of CCHC.
  • Handles confidential information within the definitions of federal and state law and CCHC policies.
  • Participates in performance improvement processes as established by CCHC, the Joint Commission, UDS, CMS, NCQA or the BPHC.
  • Reviews and responds to patient complaints in conjunction with the Executive Director.

Skills on Resume: 
  • Patient Care (Hard Skills)
  • Cross-Coverage (Hard Skills)
  • Documentation (Hard Skills)
  • Leadership (Soft Skills)
  • Clinical Quality Improvement (Hard Skills)
  • Compliance (Hard Skills)
  • Confidentiality (Hard Skills)
  • Performance Improvement (Hard Skills)

2. Family Practice Physician, Greenfield Medical Center, Rochester, NY

Job Summary:

  • Assessment, diagnosis and treatment of acute illness
  • Management of chronic health problems
  • Trauma assessment, stabilization and management
  • Carry out basic primary care, including casting, suturing, x-ray interpretations, etc.
  • Dispensing of medications
  • Performance and interpretation of lab tests
  • Consultations and referrals to specialists
  • Participation in specialty clinics
  • Maintain current written collaborative agreements with collaborative midlevel clinicians
  • Participate in patient education and preventive procedures
  • Participation in community outreach and education efforts
  • Perform care consistent with the scope of licensure and in accordance with the facility policies and procedures
  • Provide and manage direct care to inmate(s)/patient(s), including physical examinations, evaluations, assessments, diagnoses, and treatment within the scope of approved services and medical standards of care
  • Provide and maintain medical documentation for the inmates(s)/patient(s) medical record


Skills on Resume: 

  • Diagnosis (Hard Skills)
  • Trauma Management (Hard Skills)
  • Primary Care (Hard Skills)
  • Medication Dispensing (Hard Skills)
  • Lab Testing (Hard Skills)
  • Referrals (Soft Skills)
  • Patient Education (Soft Skills)
  • Medical Documentation (Hard Skills)

3. Family Practice Physician, Riverside Family Care, Charleston, SC

Job Summary:

  • Provides primary medical care by caring for all patients in accordance with the physician's medical specialty.
  • Develops a plan of care for each patient, including complete medical history, physician examination, diagnosis, appropriate treatment and/or referral, including hospitalization
  • Completes progress notes in a timely manner.
  • Stresses the importance of implementing preventive health care measures.
  • Uses all available resources in diagnosis and treatment, such as laboratory and radiological testing, in an appropriate and cost efficient manner.
  • Confers with consulting physicians, nurse, patients, and patient's families concerning treatment and care of patients.
  • Refers those cases that require specialist services, but maintains responsibility, assuring that continuity of care is provided.
  • Participates in the Health Promotion/Disease Prevention activities required by the U.S. Public Health Service.
  • Applies for and obtains staff privileges at hospitals in the area.
  • Assists in internal quality control audits.
  • Attends all medical staff meetings and participates in the All Care Health Center’s Q/A program (i.e. peer review process).
  • Participant in All Care Health Center’s Quality Improvement program.
  • Develop an individual treatment plan for inmate(s)/patient(s) and coordinate professional and para-professional services
  • Maintain safety and security of working area and work materials


Skills on Resume: 

  • Patient Care (Hard Skills)
  • Diagnosis (Hard Skills)
  • Treatment Planning (Hard Skills)
  • Preventive Health (Hard Skills)
  • Resource Utilization (Hard Skills)
  • Consultation (Soft Skills)
  • Quality Improvement (Hard Skills)
  • Safety and Security (Hard Skills)

4. Family Practice Physician, Summit Healthcare, Reno, NV

Job Summary:

  • Responsible for providing the full range of out-patient comprehensive family practice medical care to include medical diagnosis, medical treatment, medical follow-up care, health promotion and disease prevention, medical consultation, medical referrals and urgent / emergency medical care, including medical care to pediatrics (including newborns) through senior citizens.
  • Responsible for referring patients for hospitalization as necessary and provides or coordinates in-patient care.
  • Responsible for providing follow-up care to out-patients and in-patients.
  • Responsible for supervising and providing consultative service to mid-level practitioners.
  • Responsible for providing consultative services to the nursing staff and other physicians.
  • Responsible for precepting Medical Students, Nurse Practitioner students and Residents
  • Responsible for participating in the Agency’s in-service training program.
  • Responsible for rotating on-call schedule for nights, weekends and holidays.
  • Responsible for participating in the Agency’s clinical and non-clinical quality improvement activities and programs and for meeting medical performance quality indicators.
  • Responsible for following all Agency safety and health standards, regulations, procedures, policies, and practices.
  • Responsible for actively participating in the Improving Organizational Performance Program, which includes Infection Control, Health and Safety Program, Emergency Preparedness Program, Risk Management Program and Medical Staff programmatic activities.


Skills on Resume: 

  • Family Practice (Hard Skills)
  • Diagnosis (Hard Skills)
  • Medical Care (Hard Skills)
  • Consultation (Soft Skills)
  • Supervision (Soft Skills)
  • Precepting (Soft Skills)
  • Quality Improvement (Hard Skills)
  • Safety Standards (Hard Skills)