Although there is no such thing as a ‘perfect nursing or healthcare CV’ The Nursing Jobsite recommends the following format of your CV. Nursing job seerkers who need more help can click on our CV Writing tips and advice for Nurses.
Personal Details - Your CV should start with your full name, full address, telephone number, mobile phone number and e-mail address and NMC PIN Number (if applicable).
Personal Profile - This should be a brief paragraph describing your nursing experience and skills e.g. A confident and committed RGN with five years clinical experience. Proven resilience and dedication, with excellent clinical, theatre and cardiac knowledge. Strong interpersonal and listening skills with all levels of authority and I encourage effective team working. I am passionate about caring for people and enjoy learning new things and working in a challenging environment.
Career History - This should be the main part of your CV. it is the chance to tell your prospective employer what you have been doing in your healthcare/Nursing career. List your most recent experience first. First of all, give the name of your employer, job title and dates of employment. Next, write a concise description of what your role involved and what you achieved in the position e.g. main duties, key accountabilities/responsibilities, skills utilised, if you were promoted etc.
Professional Qualifications - List your professional qualifications and training/courses you may have completed. Start with the most recent or most relevant qualification first. Be sure to include all relevant information regarding each qualification e.g. RN, RMN, RGN, RNLD, RM, DPSM, RSCN.
Professional Memberships - List your membership of professional associations e.g. NMC, RCM, RCN, MDU.
Education – List your qualifications and education history, most recent first. Give dates, names of institutions, location, subjects studied and qualification achieved.
Experiences and Relevant Skills – Summarise your key skills, whether you are IT literate e.g. Excel, Word and whether you have a clean driving licence. This is particularly important for more senior healthcare and nursing CVs.
Interests - Note down interests or activities where you have shown leadership or organisational skills or those which involve an element of working well in a team.
References - Ideally you will have a minimum of two relevant work contacts and two personal contacts that can be used as referees. If needs be you can write “references available on request”.
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