Healthcare assistant CV example

A healthcare assistant CV, also called a nursing assistant or healthcare support worker CV, should show the patients you care for, the clinical tasks you are trusted with and how you escalate a change. Name the ward or setting, list observations and competencies with dates, and keep your Care Certificate and mandatory training where a ward manager can find them.

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Leah Okafor

Healthcare Assistant

Norwich · 07700 900151 · leah.okafor@example.com

Profile

Healthcare assistant with five years in hospital and nursing home care, the last three on an acute medical ward. Supports patients with washing, dressing, eating and moving safely, records observations on the electronic record and tells the nurse in charge at once when a score rises. Holds the Care Certificate and a Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support. Looking for a senior healthcare assistant post.

Employment

Healthcare Assistant | Elmstead Ward, Kingsmere Hospital, Norwich | April 2023–present

Care for up to eight patients a shift on a 28-bed acute medical ward, with washing, dressing, toileting and meals.

Take and record temperature, pulse, blood pressure, breathing rate, oxygen levels and blood glucose, and report a rising early warning score to the nurse in charge straight away.

Move patients with hoists, slide sheets and standing aids, following each moving and handling plan.

Keep food and fluid charts and turn charts, and help patients who need support to eat.

Clean and check equipment between patients, following infection prevention and control procedures.

Show new healthcare assistants the ward routine in their first two weeks.

Care Assistant | Holly Lodge Nursing Home, Norwich | 2021–2023

Supported residents on a 40-bed nursing unit with personal care, continence care and meals.

Recorded care on the electronic care plan and reported changes to the nurse on duty.

Qualifications and training

Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare Support (2025)

Care Certificate (2021)

Venepuncture and ECG competencies, Kingsmere Hospital (2024)

Basic life support, moving and handling, infection prevention and control, safeguarding adults (refreshed 2026)

GCSEs including English Language 5 and Mathematics 5 (2019)

Skills

Observations and early warning scores

Personal and continence care that protects dignity

Hoists, slide sheets and standing aids

Food and fluid charts and electronic patient records

Calm reassurance for patients with dementia or delirium

Additional information

Enhanced DBS certificate for work with adults, on the DBS Update Service. Available for long days, nights and weekends.

Fictional example for a healthcare assistant. Every person and employer in it is invented. Replace every detail with your own.

What hospitals and care homes look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you to	Where this CV shows it
Help patients shower and get dressed	Washing and dressing up to eight patients a shift
Help people to eat their meals	Food and fluid charts, and help for patients who need support to eat
Use equipment to lift and move patients	Hoists, slide sheets and standing aids, following each moving and handling plan
Monitor patients' readings, like temperature, pulse and breathing	Observations on the electronic record, and a rising early warning score reported straight away
Talk to patients and reassure them	Calm reassurance for patients with dementia or delirium
Keep work areas clean and sterilise equipment	Cleaning and checking equipment between patients

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a healthcare assistant. If the advert you are answering describes a duty in other words, use its words for work you have actually done.

Inside this example

Profile: 65 words here
Employment: 161 words here
Qualifications and training: 45 words here
Skills: 39 words here
Additional information: 19 words here

How to write yours

Name the ward and the patients

“A 28-bed acute medical ward” or “a 40-bed nursing unit” tells a ward manager what you are used to. “A busy healthcare setting” tells them nothing.

Date your clinical skills

Observations, blood glucose, venepuncture and ECGs are signed-off competencies. Give the year you were signed off so the ward knows what you can do on day one.

Show how you escalate

One line about reporting a rising score or a change in a patient shows judgement, which matters more to a ward than a list of qualities.

Use it to prepare the NHS form

Most NHS posts are applied for on an online form with a supporting statement. Copy your dates and duties from this CV into the form, and send the CV itself to care homes, agencies and private hospitals.

Checks and qualifications to mention

Care Certificate. New healthcare support workers in England complete it during induction. It has had 16 standards since March 2025 (Skills for Care, checked 9 October 2026). Give the year you finished.
Enhanced DBS check. The National Careers Service lists enhanced background checks for this job. If your certificate is on the DBS Update Service, say so: an employer can check it online with your permission.
Qualifications. The National Careers Service names the Healthcare Support Worker Level 2 and Senior Healthcare Support Worker Level 3 apprenticeships. A diploma or apprenticeship at either level goes in with its year.
NHS values. The National Careers Service says you would be expected to understand how the NHS values apply in your work. Show one with an example in your supporting statement rather than listing them on the CV.

One or two pages. Keep your current ward on page one with your observations and competencies; older care jobs can shrink to two lines each.

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