Doctor cover letter example
A doctor's cover letter gives the post, your stage and GMC registration, then the clinical experience the post needs, one completed audit or project and your teaching. Keep it to one page; the CV and references carry the detail.
Fictional letter from Dr Priya Nair-Hughes, the applicant in the doctor cv example. Every person and employer in it is invented.
Why each paragraph is there
I am applying for the Clinical Fellow post in Acute Medicine. I am a Foundation Year 2 doctor at Trent Valley University Hospitals, with full GMC registration and a licence to practise, and I hold Advanced Life Support.
The post, your stage and registration first.
On my acute medicine rotation I clerk and review patients on the take and in the acute medical unit, and present them to the consultant on the post-take round. My emergency medicine rotation gave me experience of assessing and treating adults in majors and resus with senior support.
The clinical experience the post needs, in the terms the team uses.
I completed an audit of time to first antibiotic in suspected sepsis on our unit and re-audited after we introduced a prompt, when more doses were given within the hour. I also teach third-year medical students at the bedside each week.
A completed audit cycle and your teaching.
I would value a year in acute medicine before applying for internal medicine training. My CV is attached. Thank you for considering my application.
Why this post fits your plans, and a polite close.