Stop Letting ChatGPT Play With Your Bag: How to Write a Six-Figure Health IT Resume That Beats the ATS

Let Me Guess.

You’ve Been In Healthcare For Years, Maybe:

• Training End Users On Epic Or Cerner.
• Running Patient Access Like A Machine.
• Serving As The “Go-To” Person Any Time A New System Rolls Out.

But When You Apply For Health IT Roles, You’re:

• Getting Ghosted.
• Seeing $30–$40/Hr Contracts When You Know Folks Used To Get $70–$80/Hr.
• Hearing “We Went With Candidates Whose Experience Was A Closer Match.”

Meanwhile, You’ve:

• Shortened Your Resume Because “Everybody Says Keep It To One Page.”
• Let ChatGPT “Rewrite” It — And It Came Back Sounding Cute But Generic.
• Still Don’t See The Interviews Or The Pay You Want (Hello, $100K+).

Here’s The Truth:

You’re Not Underqualified. Your Health IT Resume Is Under-Documented, Under-Targeted, And Letting The ATS Play In Your Face.

In This Post, I’m Going To Walk You Through The Same Framework I Use With My 1:1 Clients To Turn Their Real Experience Into A Six-Figure-Ready Health IT Resume — Using AI The Right Way, Not As A Shortcut.

1. Why Your Current Health IT Resume Isn’t Working

Let’s Start With Some Tough Love.

Most Non-Clinical Healthcare Professionals Are Doing At Least One Of These:

❌ Mistake 1: You’re Obsessed With Page Length, Not Substance

You’ve Been Told Things Like:

• “Your Resume Must Be One Page.”
• “Cut It Down. You’re Sharing Too Much.”

So You Strip It Down, Remove “Extra” Bullet Points, And Think It Looks Cleaner.

The Problem?

Every Time You Delete A Line, You Probably Delete:

• Keywords The ATS Is Actively Scanning For.
• Impact That Shows You Can Handle Higher-Level Health IT Work.
• Evidence You’re Ready For Six-Figure Roles.

My Own Resume? Seven Pages.

Do Employers Always Need All Seven? No.

But I Never Cheat Myself Out Of My Receipts.

Length Is Not The Issue. Relevance And Targeting Are.

❌ Mistake 2: You Let ChatGPT Drive Without Giving It Directions

I See This Constantly.

You Paste Your Current Resume Into ChatGPT And Say:

“Rewrite My Resume For Health IT.”

And It Spits Out Something That Sounds Nice:

• “Results-Oriented Professional With Strong Communication Skills…”
• “Proven Track Record Of Excellence…”

But…

• It Moves All Your Certifications To The Top Even Though You Now Have Years Of Work Experience.
• It Removes Specific Systems (Epic, Cerner, MHS Genesis) And Replaces Them With “EHR Systems.”
• It Drops Powerful Bullet Points You Actually Lived And Replaces Them With Fluffy Nothing.

Now You’ve Got A Resume That Sounds Professional… But Doesn’t Actually Match Any Real Job Description And Doesn’t Look Like A Six-Figure Health IT Resume.

ChatGPT Isn’t The Problem.
Using It Without A Strategy Is.

❌ Mistake 3: You’re Not Scoring Your Resume Against The Job

Companies Are Using AI To Rank You.

If You’re Not Using AI To Check What Your Resume Looks Like To Their Systems, You’re Walking Into A Gunfight With A Butter Knife.

When You Don’t Use ATS Resume Scoring Tools (Like Blossom's Resume Scorer):

• You Have No Idea Which Keywords Are Missing.
• You Don’t Realize They Say “EHR” And You Only Wrote “EMR”.
• You’re Guessing About “Fit” Instead Of Seeing 75%+ Match Scores.

So You’re Qualified, But The System Can’t “See” You.

And If It’s Not Documented, It Wasn’t Done — At Least As Far As The ATS Is Concerned.

2. Before You Touch Your Resume: Build Your Unique Career Advantage (UCA)

This Is Where I’m Different From Most “Fix Your Resume” Advice.

Before We Talk Bullet Points, We Talk Identity.

Your Unique Career Advantage (UCA) Is:

The Mix Of Roles, Systems, Departments, And Skills That Make You Uniquely Valuable In Health IT.

For Example, A Client In This Exact Situation Had:

• Roles: Implementation Specialist, ATE Support Consultant, Training Specialist, Patient Access Team Lead.
• Settings: Acute Care Hospitals, Ambulatory, Long-Term Care, Dental.
• Systems: Cerner, Epic (Super User), MHS Genesis Ambulatory/Dental, Empower.
• Impact:
  • Trained 150+ Remote End Users Across Approximately 20 States.
  • Trained 300+ Clinicians (Physicians, Nurses, Techs, Psychiatrists) On EMR.
  • Reduced Patient Wait Times Under 15 Minutes.
  • Handled Readiness, Cutover, Go-Live, And Hypercare.

That’s Not “I’m Just A Trainer.”

That’s A Health IT Powerhouse With A Very Specific Lane:

Health IT Training And Implementation With Deep Patient Access And Registration Experience.

When You Know Your UCA, Everything Else Gets Easier:

• Target Roles.
• Resume Language.
• Interview Stories.
• Salary Strategy.

So Before You Open ChatGPT, Open A Google Doc And Answer:

1. What Job Titles Have You Actually Held?
   (List All Health, Health-Adjacent, And IT-Adjacent Roles.)
2. What Types Of Facilities Have You Supported?
   (Acute Care, Ambulatory, Long-Term, Specialty Practices, Government, Etc.)
3. Which Systems Have You Trained On Or Supported?
   (Epic Modules, Cerner, MHS Genesis, Niche Tools Like Empower, Etc.)
4. Where Did You Have The Most Depth?
   (For My Client, It Was Patient Access And Training.)
5. What Did You Actually Do That Isn’t On Your Resume Yet?
   • Building Job Aids.
   • Readiness Tasks.
   • Excel Data Cleanup For Migrations.
   • Training Older Or Less Tech-Savvy Users.
   • Fixing Errors In Work Queues.
   • Merging Duplicate Accounts And Ensuring Data Integrity.

That’s Your Raw Material. That’s What We Feed Into AI — Not The Other Way Around.

3. Pick The Right Target: Don’t Market Vegan Food To A BBQ Crowd

One Analogy I Give My Clients:

You Invite Two Friends To A Cookout.
One Is Vegan. One Eats Everything.
You Tell Both: “Come Hungry, Food’s On Me.”
When They Show Up, You’ve Only Got Ribs, Burgers, Hot Dogs, Chicken.
Your Vegan Friend Is Like, “Sis… There’s Nothing Here For Me.”

Same Platter. Two Audiences.
One Is Thrilled. One Sees Zero Value.

Your Resume Is The Platter.
The Hiring Manager Is The Guest.

If You Hand An Oncology Practice Your “General IT Trainer” Resume, They May Shrug.

If You Hand A Large Health System Your Epic Cadence/ADT/Grand Central Health IT Resume, Built Around Patient Access And Registration, They’re Going To See Stars.

So Be Specific:

Instead Of:

• “Health IT Role.”

Aim For:

• EHR Trainer – Epic Cadence/Prelude/ADT.
• Implementation Specialist – Patient Access And Registration Workflows.
• Health IT Trainer – Non-Clinical Staff In Acute Care.

Your Resume And Your Use Of ChatGPT Should Always Be Pointed At A Clear, Specific Target Role.

4. Use ATS Resume Scoring Before You Use ChatGPT

Here’s The Order. This Matters.

Step 1: Find A Role That Aligns With Your UCA

Example: “Epic Trainer – Cadence/Prelude – Remote” In A Top-Paying State.

Don’t Worry Yet If It’s “Perfect.” We’re In Information Gathering Mode.

Step 2: Run Your Resume Through An ATS Scoring Tool

Upload:

• The Job Description.
• Your Current Resume.

Look At:

• Overall Match Score.
• Keywords You’re Missing.
• How Many Times Important Terms Show Up (For Example, EHR Versus EMR, Epic, Cadence, Readiness, Go-Live, Hypercare, Training, Patient Access, Registration, Authorization, And Others).

If Your Score Is Under 75%, You Have Work To Do.

This Is Exactly Where AI Can Help — When It Has Something Specific To Aim At, Especially Paired With Resume Scoring.

5. Now Bring In ChatGPT — As Your Co-Writer, Not Your Boss

This Is Where Most Folks Mess Up.

They Ask ChatGPT To “Write Me A Health IT Resume,” But They Don’t:

• Give It Their UCA.
• Give It The Job Description.
• Tell It Which Keywords They’re Missing.
• Tell It To Speak To Revenue, Compliance, And Patient Safety.

When I Work With Clients, I Do The Opposite.

A. Feed It Your UCA And Missing Keywords

Here Is An Example Style Prompt You Can Adapt:

“Using The Information Below About My Experience And The Keywords I’m Missing, Write Three To Four Resume Bullet Points For My Implementation Specialist Role.

Use These Keywords Naturally: EHR, Training, Instructional Design, Troubleshooting, Go-Live, End-User Adoption.

Speak To At Least One Of These Impacts In Each Bullet: Revenue Impact, Compliance Impact, Or Patient Safety.”

Now You’re Going To Get Bullet Points Like:

• Facilitated Remote EHR Training For 150+ Clerks, Maintenance Leads, And Technicians Across 20 States, Troubleshooting Access And Workflow Issues In Real Time To Minimize Downtime And Protect Operational Revenue.
• Developed User-Friendly Training Materials And Job Aids Using Snipping Tool And Other Visual Tools, Improving End-User Adoption And Reducing Post–Go-Live Ticket Volume.
• Led Readiness Tasks By Validating And Organizing Implementation Data In Excel And Supporting Migration Into The New System, Protecting Data Integrity And Reducing Patient Safety Risks Related To Inaccurate Records.

Do You Tweak Them? Yes.
Do You Delete Anything That’s Untrue? Absolutely.
But Now ChatGPT Is Aligning Your Real Experience With Real Hiring Needs.

6. Make Your Health IT Resume Sound Like Someone They’d Pay Six Figures

When You’re Updating Bullet Points, Run Each One Through This Little Gut Check:

Does This Bullet Point Show How I Protected:

• Revenue? (Clean Claims, Less Rework, Less Downtime.)
• Compliance? (Authorizations, Accurate Documentation, Data Integrity.)
• Patient Safety? (Correct Patient, Correct Orders, Correct Information In The Chart.)

For Example:

• “Registered Patients Using Epic” → ❌ Weak.
• “Registered 40–60 Patients Per Shift In Epic, Verifying Insurance Benefits, Obtaining Authorizations, And Correcting Demographic Errors To Prevent Claim Denials And Treatment Delays” → ✅ That Moves The Needle.

• “Trained Staff On New System” → ❌ Generic.
• “Trained 300+ Clinicians (Physicians, Nurses, Techs, Psychiatrists) On Cerner Documentation Workflows, Reinforcing Regulatory Requirements And Reducing Documentation Errors Post–Go-Live” → ✅ That Is Health IT Money Talk.

AI Can Help You Rephrase, But You Are The Quality Control.
If You Wouldn’t Feel Comfortable Defending It In An Interview, Reword It.

7. Tie Your Resume To Your Salary Goals And Target States

You Also Have To Think About Where You’re Aiming.

If You Want $100K+ In Health IT, You Cannot Ignore:

• State-Level Salary Data.
• Employers In Top-Paying States.
• Large Systems That Take Internal Equity Seriously.

Instead Of:

• “I’ll Just Apply To Anything Remote.”

Try:

1. Identify Top-Paying States For Your Role.
2. Make A List Of Top Hospitals And Health Systems In Those States.
3. Set Job Alerts On Their Career Pages For:
   • Epic Trainer.
   • Epic Analyst (Cadence/Prelude/ADT/Grand Central).
   • EHR Trainer Or Implementation Specialist.
4. Use Those Postings As Your Keyword Source When You Are Building And Scoring Your Health IT Resume.

This Is Exactly What My Salary Planning And Healthcare-Specific Job Tools Are Designed To Support, So Your Resume Is Not Just Strong, It Is Aligned With The Markets That Will Actually Pay You.

8. Put It All Together: Your Health IT Resume Game Plan

Here’s Your Step-By-Step:

1. Define Your UCA.
   List Roles, Systems, Settings, And Your Deepest Lane (For Example, Patient Access And Training).
2. Choose One To Two Target Role Types.
   Example: Epic Trainer – Cadence/ADT Or Health IT Trainer – Registration And Patient Access.
3. Gather Three To Five Job Descriptions In Top-Paying States.
   Do Not Apply Yet. This Is Research And Part Of Your Job Search Strategy.
4. Run Your Resume Through An ATS Scoring Tool.
   Note Missing Keywords (EHR Versus EMR, Epic Module Names, Training, Readiness, Hypercare, Work Queues, And Others) Using Resume Scoring.
5. Use ChatGPT With Intention.
   Feed It Your UCA, Job Description, And Missing Keywords.
   Ask For Bullet Points That Show Revenue, Compliance, And Patient Safety Impact.
6. Update Your Professional Summary And LinkedIn “About.”
   Center Your Health IT And Patient Access Lane.
   Make It Obvious You Are An EHR And Health IT Professional, Not “Just Admin.”
7. Score Again And Aim For 75%+ Before You Apply.
   Use Resume Scoring To Get Your Match Score Up.
   Higher Scores Mean Better Odds Of Getting Seen, And Then Your Experience And Interview Skills Can Do Their Job.

Do This Consistently, And You Are Not Just “Fixing A Resume.”
You Are Building A Six-Figure Health IT Brand On Paper.

Ready To Stop Guessing And Start Strategizing?

If You Are In Non-Clinical Healthcare And You Are Tired Of:

• Being Underpaid.
• Being Told To “Just Be Grateful.”
• Watching Other People Land Fully Remote, Health IT Roles With Better Benefits And Better Boundaries.

Then It Is Time To Stop Winging It.

Inside My Career Ecosystem, I Help You:

• Build Your Unique Career Advantage.
• Target Roles That Actually Match Your Lane Through A Smarter Job Search Strategy.
• Use AI Plus Resume Scoring The Right Way.
• And Position Yourself For 25%+ Salary Jumps, Not One To Two Dollar Per Hour Raises.

Your Next Step:
Start Treating Your Experience Like The Six-Figure Asset It Is, And Put This Framework To Work On Your Health IT Resume Today.