Physiotherapist CV / resume — a full example

Hospital, rehab or sports physio. NHPC registration, caseload and the conditions you treat.

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A physiotherapist CV is read for caseload: which conditions you treat, how many patients a day, and in what setting. The example above splits it by stroke, post-operative orthopaedic and back pain, and names home visits, with the Nepal Health Professional Council registration above experience. The format works for a BPT graduate in Nepal, and for a physiotherapist resume in India.

What to notice in this one

Physiotherapists register with the Nepal Health Professional Council. It goes above experience, as it does for every clinical role here.
The caseload is split by condition — stroke, post-operative, sports injury — because a rehab centre and a sports clinic are hiring for different hands.
Home visits and outreach are named. In Nepal a large share of rehabilitation happens at home, and employers look for people who have done it.

Sushma Thapa

Physiotherapist — NHPC Registered

Pokhara, Kaski · +977 98XXXXXXXX · sushma.thapa@example.com

Summary

Physiotherapist with three years in hospital and community rehabilitation in Pokhara. Treats around 16 patients a day across stroke, post-operative orthopaedic and back-pain cases, and runs a weekly home-visit programme for patients who cannot travel. Registered with the Nepal Health Professional Council.

Experience

Physiotherapist

Regional hospital — rehabilitation unit · Pokhara · Baishakh 2081 – Present

Treat around 16 patients a day — stroke, post-fracture and post-surgical orthopaedic rehabilitation
Run a weekly home-visit round for around 10 bedbound or elderly patients
Design discharge exercise plans and train family members to continue them
Work alongside orthopaedic surgeons on early mobilisation after joint surgery

Physiotherapist

Community-based rehabilitation programme · Syangja · Shrawan 2079 – Chaitra 2080

Provided rehabilitation for children with cerebral palsy and adults after spinal injury
Trained 12 community workers in basic positioning and exercise
Kept progress records used in the programme's donor reports

Education

Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT)

Kathmandu University affiliated college · 2074 – 2079

Clinical internship in orthopaedic, neuro and paediatric rehabilitation.

Skills

Neurological rehabilitation
Orthopaedic and post-operative rehab
Paediatric physiotherapy
Electrotherapy
Home-based rehabilitation

Languages

Nepali — Native
Magar — Conversational
English — Professional

Certifications

Nepal Health Professional Council registration — NHPC, 2079

Kinesio taping workshop — Nepal Physiotherapy Association, 2081

The name, employers and numbers above are invented. Replace every one of them — a CV that still says Sushma Thapa is worse than no CV at all.

Physiotherapist CV format

The sections, in the order an employer reads them.

Name, registration and contact — NHPC registration under your name (your state council registration in India, where it applies), then phone, email and city.
Profile — Years of experience, setting — hospital, rehab centre, sports clinic, community — and patients a day.
Clinical experience — Each employer with dates and caseload by condition: neuro, ortho, cardio-respiratory, paediatric, sports.
Education — BPT or MPT with college, university and year.
Skills and techniques — Manual therapy, exercise therapy, electrotherapy, gait training — and the conditions you use them for.
Trainings and certifications — Dry needling, taping, manual therapy courses, with provider and year.
References — A senior physiotherapist or rehab doctor.

Physiotherapist CV objective

Two to adapt — change the numbers and names to yours. A career objective, or summary, is the two or three lines under your name.

With experience

NHPC-registered physiotherapist with three years in hospital and community rehabilitation, treating around 16 patients a day across stroke, post-operative orthopaedic and back-pain cases, including a weekly home-visit programme. Looking for a role in a rehabilitation centre with a neuro caseload.

For a fresher

BPT graduate with NHPC registration and clinical placements in orthopaedic, neuro and cardio-respiratory units. Confident with exercise prescription and electrotherapy. Looking for a first physiotherapist post in a hospital or rehab centre.

More career objective examples, for every job

Skills to put on a physiotherapist CV

Orthopaedic and post-operative rehabilitation
Neurological rehabilitation — stroke, spinal cord injury
Manual therapy and mobilisation
Exercise prescription
Electrotherapy — TENS, IFT, ultrasound
Gait and balance training
Paediatric physiotherapy
Home-based rehabilitation

Physiotherapist CV for freshers

A fresher physiotherapist CV leads with the BPT and registration, then clinical placements by unit — ortho, neuro, cardio-respiratory, paediatric — and weeks spent in each. Name the conditions you treated under supervision and the techniques you used. Add any short course such as taping or dry needling. Employers hiring a new physiotherapist want to know which patients you can already be trusted with.

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Common questions

What should a physiotherapist CV include?

Your registration, your setting and patients a day, caseload by condition, your BPT or MPT, the techniques you use, certified courses, and a reference from a senior physiotherapist.

How do I write a physiotherapist CV as a fresher?

Lead with your BPT and registration, list clinical placements by unit and duration, name the conditions and techniques you worked with, and add short courses.

What skills should I put on a physiotherapist resume?

Orthopaedic and neurological rehabilitation, manual therapy, exercise prescription, electrotherapy, gait training, and any speciality such as paediatrics or sports.

Does this physiotherapist CV format work in India?

Yes. Replace NHPC registration with your state council registration where it applies, and keep the caseload and skills sections as they are.

Examples for other fields

Fresher — no work experience

Just finished studying, no job yet. The hardest CV to start, and the most common.

Biodata (बायोडाटा)

The बायोडाटा a local-level, government or cooperative office asks for — personal particulars first, written in Nepali.

IT and software

Developer, QA, support or sysadmin. The one field where a link is worth more than a paragraph.

Accountant

Accounts, audit and tax. A Nepali employer checks the software and the filing first.

Teacher

School and college teaching. The licence and the levels taught come before anything else.

Staff nurse

Hospital and clinic nursing. The council registration is checked before anything else.

Bank and finance

Bank, finance company and co-operative roles. Compliance counts more than sales figures.

Health assistant (HA)

Health post and PHC work. Council registration is the first thing checked, so it goes near the top.

Pharmacist

Retail or hospital pharmacy. Council registration and the drugs you have actually handled are what get read.

Medical lab technician

Pathology and diagnostic lab work. The tests you can run unsupervised are the whole CV.

Driver

Licence category, years without an accident, and the routes you know. Everything else is secondary.

Security guard

Service background, shift discipline and what you actually guarded. Written for agencies and for export employment.

Electrician

Trade level, the work you have wired, and the licence. Written for site work at home and abroad.

Hotel and hospitality

Front office, F&B or housekeeping. Star rating, cover counts and languages are what a hotel reads.

Office assistant

Computer operator and office assistant work — the most common office job in Nepal. Typing speed and Nepali keyboard are checked before anything else.

Receptionist

Front desk at a clinic, office or school. Manner, phone volume and calendar handling are the job.

Sales and distribution

Counter sales, route sales or distribution. Targets and territory are the whole CV.

NGO and INGO

INGO, NGO and project work. Donors, districts covered and beneficiary numbers are what a recruiter scans for.

Civil engineer

Site or design. NEC registration comes first, then the buildings you have actually stood on.

Marketing officer

Digital and on-ground. In Nepal that means Facebook first, and the numbers to prove it worked.

Doctor / medical officer

MBBS and medical officer roles. NMC registration first, then the departments and patient loads you have carried.

Dentist

BDS and clinic practice. Registration, the procedures you do unsupervised, and a patient count per day.

Medical representative

Pharma field sales. Doctors covered, pharmacies in the territory, and target achieved — the three numbers that matter.

Caregiver

Elderly and patient care, at home or abroad. Language level, care skills and the hours you have worked.

Customer service

Call centre, telecom and ISP support. Call volume, resolution and satisfaction scores are the whole job.

HR officer

Recruitment, payroll and labour compliance. Nepal's Labour Act and SSF are what separate an HR CV here from one copied from abroad.

Microfinance field officer

Centre meetings, loan disbursement and collection. Portfolio size and repayment rate are what a microfinance CV is judged on.

Graphic designer

Print, social and brand work. The portfolio link does the persuading; the CV says what you made and for whom.

Agriculture

Agriculture graduates and technicians. Field extension, the crops you know, and the programmes you have worked on.

Veterinary officer

Livestock and animal health. Council registration, the species you treat, and field programmes.

Welder / fabricator

Structural and pipe welding. Processes, positions and a skill-test level — what Gulf and local contractors test you on.

Auto mechanic

Two-wheeler, car or heavy vehicle repair. The vehicles you fix and the systems you diagnose.

Chef / cook

Hotel, restaurant and overseas kitchens. Station, cuisines and covers — the three things a head chef asks.

Housekeeping

Room attendant to housekeeping supervisor. Rooms per shift, standards and chemicals — for hotels here and abroad.

Trekking and tour guide

Licensed trekking and cultural guiding. Routes, altitude experience and the languages your groups speak.

Cabin crew

Air hostess and flight attendant. Safety training, languages and service — what an airline assessment day tests.

Journalist

Print, online and broadcast reporting. Beat, outlet and bylines — and links to the stories.

Lawyer / advocate

Litigation and advisory practice. Bar licence, courts appeared in, and the areas of law you actually practise.