CV GUIDELINES
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Your nursing CV is the most important document of your job application. ThisPotential Works guide will take you through
tips for writing a successful nursing CV and advise you on how best to
structure your resume. It is worth investing some time in getting a good CV to
make sure you get interviewed before other candidates.
Your nursing CV needs to be very detailed and
include all healthcare work experience, no matter how short. Your Nursing CV
must be up to date and you must give explanations for any employment gaps
longer than 3 months.
We are finding the effort that is
put into creating high quality CVs really pays off in terms of getting good and
quick feedback from our client hospitals.
Cover page ? must include name and country you
are applying to.
Personal Section: ? include Title / Full name / Date of Birth / Nationality / Gender / Martial Status / Contact details (address (permanent / temporary), telephone no and email address);
Healthcare Education and Training:
Do not include primary or secondary education
in your nursing CV. Record all healthcare related training in date order.
Degrees, Diplomas and any post-graduate (specialist) courses must be noted.
Please include exact dates (months/years) when
you started and finished each course. Include the name of the course obtained
the name of college or university attended and the country where you obtained
it. Also include any in-house courses you may have obtained, stating date and
where they were obtained.
Record the name of any Nursing Registration
Authority, registration number, part of the register you may have and the
expiry date. Also note any memberships
to any professional organisations. Make
it clear which country you are referring to. If you have a NMC Pin Card and
Statement of Entry, please write down your NMC PIN number, part of the register
and the Expiry date.
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If you
have received NMC approval, please note your PRN, part of the register and
status (Approved). If you have a decision letter requesting a supervised/
adaptation course, please record your PRN, part of the register, length of
adaptation required and date your NMC decision letter was issued. If required
to have IELTS, include your results. Please make sure the information in this
section is correct.
Work Experience ? start with your most recent
job and work backwards:
For each position held, include the following:
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Exact dates
(month/year) ? start and finish dates;
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Name of the
hospital ? giving a brief description of hospital ? type (public / private /
referral / district etc) / size (no of beds), area
serviced, national and international reputation, any affiliations it has etc;
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Position held
(level and speciality);
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Whether full
time or part time work;
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Size of the unit
(no of beds / types of patients managed);
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Your
responsibilities on a daily basis: you can include any managerial or teaching
experience;
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Give a breakdown
of dates you worked in each position or each speciality. If you rotate between
units, please record this, giving a breakdown of the number of shifts/hours you
rotate per month;
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Specialist
equipment ? any new advanced technology.
References:
You will need to provide details of 3 professional references, all
from nursing line managers (one must be from your current employer). Doctor
references will not be accepted. Please provide: full name, job title,
speciality, name of unit, full hospital address, telephone, fax and email
address and state whether we can approach them at this stage.
Miki’s Useful Tips:
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Using the
Example CV a guideline, please complete your CV in the same format. Make sure you do not leave in Miki’s
information;
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Save your CV as
a word document and name it -
‘Your Full Name CV.doc’ (E.g. Miki Nakatani CV.doc)’;
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Email your CV
(e.g. Miki Nakatani CV.doc) and Application Form (e.g. Miki Nakatani Smith
Form.doc) as word attachments t. Please send both in the same email;
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Do not send scan
documents;
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Do not include
blocked capitals, tables or training transcript information;
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Make sure you
include start and finish dates including months and years (m/y-m/y) for all
nursing educational courses and work experience;
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Ensure your CV
looks presentable so complete grammar, spell and space checks prior to
submitting to Adevia.
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Candidates
whose CVs have mistakes or are of poor quality will be rejected.
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PERSONAL SECTION:
TITLE: Mrs.
NAME: Miki Nakatani
DATE
OF BIRTH: 17.03.73
NATIONALITY: Japanese
GENDER: Female
MARITAL
STATUS: Married
PERMANENT ADDRESS: 78 King Henry’s Reach
Manbre rd
W6 9RS
TEMPORARY ADDRESS: 78 King Henry’s Reach
Manbre rd
W6 9RD
MOBILE: +
44 (0) 771-3636−736
E-MAIL: relax@potentialnurse.com
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HEALTHCARE EDUCATION AND
TRAINING:
Jan’1993
- Dec’1995 BSc - General Nursing
Registered General Nursing, RGN
Sept’
1998 ? March 1999 ENB 100 ? General
Intensive Care Nursing
INHOUSE COURSES:
2003:
Advanced
Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
Basic Cardiac
Life Support (BCLS) (AHA)
IV
Course
ECG
Course
Phlebotomy
1999:
Basic
Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) (AHA)
Defibrillation
Moving
and Handling
PROFESSIONAL
REGISTRATION AND MEMBERSHIPS:
Nursing & Midwifery Council
Reg. #
23P112E ? Part 1 (RGN) - valid until May 2006
Royal
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WORK EXPERIENCE:
Staff Nurse ? Medical
The
I
work full time (37.5 hours per week) as an E-Grade Staff Nurse on a 25-bedded
Adult Medical ward and I am responsible for the care of seven patients per
shift.
TYPES OF PATIENTS:
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Care of IV peripheral lines
TYPES OF EQUIPMENT:
One
touch glucose meter
Staff Nurse ? Intensive Care Unit (ITU)
Valley
hospital is the largest government teaching hospital in
I
worked full time (37.5 hours per week) as a D-Grade Staff Nurse on a 10 bedded
Intensive Care Unit, which covered Medical and Surgical cases. The nurse /
patient ratio was 1:2.
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ROLES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
TYPES OF EQUIPMENT:
For all
nursing positions held, please incorporate into the below format:
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Month/year ?
Month/Year Full
name of Hospital
Position
Held ? Specialty
Add a brief description of healthcare organisation / hospital ?
area serviced, type of hospital (referral/teaching/specialist or district)
public/private, national and international reputation, any affiliations it has,
number of beds etc.
Add a brief description of your working conditions, your
position/grading, full time / part-time work (hours per week), and a brief
description of the unit profile (number of beds, case mix, patient/nurse ratio
and work volume).
TYPES OF PATIENTS:
Responsibilities - in this section include a list of your
daily responsibilities, any committee involvement, training/teaching
responsibilities, managerial duties (how many employees do you supervise), if
you are a midwife ? number of deliveries per month, type of deliveries and if
you rotate ? into what areas and how often. If you are a theatre nurse, how
many theatres in the hospital, if you scrub or circulate, and also if you have
experience in recovery or anesthetics. Complete in the below bullet format
ROLES &
RESPONSIBILITIES:
TYPES OF EQUIPMENT:
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Please do not copy and paste your official job description
into this section, this must be in your own words. If you have worked in
different specialties in the same hospital, please list each position
separately in the above format for each speciality.
Sally
Godhel
Ward
Manager ? Medical Ward
NW3
9PI
Tel: + 44 20 7661 3686
Fax: + 44 20 7661 3789
Email:
Sally@aol.com
Yes, sally can contact
her.
Laura
Dandon
Sister
- Medical Ward
NW3
9PI
Tel: + 44 20 7661 3687
Fax: + 44 20 7661 3789
Email: Laura@aol.com
Yes, Laura can contact
her.
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