Nurse CV example

What employers look for in a nurse CV

• Your registration or licence, and the body that issued it
• The setting and specialty you worked in: medical ward, A&E, ICU, community, care home
• Clinical skills and equipment you use every day
• Up-to-date certificates, for example basic life support
• Examples of teamwork, teaching students or leading a small project

Common nurse CV mistakes

• Listing duties such as "gave medication" with no setting or detail
• Leaving out your registration or licence
• Missing dates, or gaps that are not explained
• Sending the same CV to a hospital and to a care home
• A long CV full of old jobs that have nothing to do with nursing

Tips to write yours

• Put your registration status near the top, next to your name and title.
• Name the ward or setting: "medical ward", "A&E", "home care".
• Add numbers only when you know them: patients per shift, team size, beds.
• Keep it to one or two pages, and put the most recent job first.
• Check every line for spelling mistakes. In nursing, attention to detail matters.