Nurse CV template

What’s included

• Licence and certifications near the top, where employers look first
• Clinical experience by ward or unit, patient group and procedures
• Clinical placements under education, for new graduates
• One column, Word (.docx) and PDF

Tips for a nursing CV

Write your licence or registration exactly as the employer asks for it, and add the year of each life-support or specialist course.

For each job, name the ward or unit, the kind of patients and the systems or procedures you use every day. Those are the words a hiring manager searches for.

How to use it

1. Download the Word file and open it in Word, Google Docs, Pages or LibreOffice.
2. Replace every [text in brackets]. Delete sections you don’t need.
3. Use words from the job ad in your summary and bullet points.
4. Save as PDF before you send it, unless the job ad asks for Word.