Full Name job title or e.g.
Adult/child/MH/LD nurse
Telephone | Email
Linkedin profile URL (optional)
PERSONAL SUMMARY
Aiming for 50 - 75 words (never more than 100), write a concise personal summary that’s tailored to the role
you’re going for. You could include some personal qualities, a brief overview of your career so far, talk about
something you’re passionate about/interested in, and perhaps conclude with a sentence about your career
objective / what you’re looking for. Always make it relevant or appealing to the specific employer who will be
reading it.
Ask yourself what the employer would find useful to know about you, and use this section to grab their attention
by looking like a good match.
KEY SKILLS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
Give 4 -5 bullet points of your skills and/or achievements in this section. Choose the things that are going
to be the most relevant / impressive / appealing to the employer you’re giving your CV to, so that you
look like the best match. Check out any Job Description, job advert or Person Specification and see what
you can echo or compliment within your CV.
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EMPLOYMENT HISTORY AND EXPERIENCE
Job title | Type of ward/unit date – date
Name of employer
(When detailing your duties, experience, knowledge, achievements, etc., think about the job you’re
going for carefully and choose bullet points which will be the most useful, relevant or impressive to that
employer/industry/sector. Try and make yourself look well suited.)
Bullet point 2
Bullet point 3
Bullet point 4
Job title | Type of ward/unit date – date
Name of employer
Bullet point 1
Bullet point 2
Bullet point 3
Bullet point 4
Job title | Type of ward/unit date – date
Name of employer
Bullet point 1
Bullet point 2
Bullet point 3
Job title | Type of ward/unit date – date
Name of employer
Bullet point 1
Bullet point 2
Optional “Career break 20XX – 20XX” (if you had time away from your career, detail it, but only if you want to)
E.g. Took career break to raise family / care for relative / pursue hobbies / take some time out
E.g. Did X work / X voluntary work / X hobbies / X project / got involved with local church / raised
money for XYZ
E.g. Kept up to date with nursing/healthcare by doing XYZ
Optional “Experience prior to 20XX” (if you’ve got a lot of experience)
Example 1: “Prior to 20XX, worked in a variety of roles/areas such as X, Y and Z”
Example 2: “After qualifying in 19XX, worked as a XYZ within clinical areas such as ABC, picking up
experience/knowledge in 123.”
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS
(Starting with the most recent, list your formal qualifications. If you have lots, prioritise the most recent and relevant.)
E.g. X Specific course (30 credits) X University mm/yy
E.g. Mentoring in Practice (PG Dip) X University mm/yy
E.g. Adult Nursing Bsc (Hons) X University X year
E.g. Qualification Institution X year
E.g. Qualification Institution X year
CONTINUING PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT / PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
E.g. Name of course (3 days) Course provider mm/yy
E.g. Name Study day (1 day) Name of provider mm/yy
E.g. Title of training (1 day) In house training mm/yy
E.g. Name of course / study day , etc E-learning mm/yy
E.g. Article published / conference attended Provider mm/yy
E.g. X project X hospital Trust mm/yy
E.g. X conference X conference provider mm/yy
E.g. Member of the XYZ professional network mm/yy
(If you have lots of professional activities, prioritise the most recent and the most relevant. Do not list every course
you’ve ever done. Give your employer a snapshot.)
ABOUT ME / ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
In my spare time… (Give a sentence or two about your hobbies or interests, or anything you think might be
interested or useful for the employer to know. Try to be original as possible so that you stand out.)
REFERENCES
(Include references if you actually have some, and if you’ve got space. Otherwise leave this section out.)
IMPORTANT - Your CV should not be more than 2 sides of A4
