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Nurse CV example: a registered adult nurse

A nurse CV opens with your NMC registration and the field you are registered in, then the wards or services you have worked in, the patients you care for and the clinical skills you are signed off for. Most NHS posts use an online form and supporting statement, so this CV also gives you the facts to copy into it.

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Siobhan Kelly
Registered Nurse (Adult)
Stoke-on-Trent · 07700 900162 · siobhan.kelly@example.com

Profile

Registered adult nurse with three years on a 30-bed general surgery ward. Plans and gives care for a bay of six patients from admission to discharge, including wound care, IV medicines and post-operative observations. Supports student nurses on placement and leads the ward's falls prevention checks. Looking for a junior sister or charge nurse post.

Registration

Nursing and Midwifery Council, Registered Nurse (Adult), 2023, PIN available on request

Clinical experience

Staff Nurse, Ward 12, General Surgery, Trentvale Hospital, Stoke-on-Trent September 2023–present

Lead the care of six patients a shift: assessments, care plans, post-operative observations and early warning scores.

Give IV antibiotics and fluids, manage drains and wounds, and escalate deteriorating patients to the surgical team.

Plan discharges with patients, families and community teams, including teaching wound care at home.

Practice supervisor for student nurses; supported eight students through placements.

Lead the monthly falls prevention checks; falls on the ward fell from 9 to 4 a quarter over the last year.

Student Nurse placements, Trentvale Hospital and community teams 2020–2023

Placements in acute medicine, orthopaedics, district nursing and a nursing home.

Education

BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing, Trentvale University 2020–2023

Clinical skills and training

IV medicines and cannula care

Wound assessment and negative pressure dressings

Catheterisation and venepuncture

Immediate life support (2025)

Practice supervisor training (2024)

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

What hospitals look for, and where this CV shows it

The job asks you toWhere this CV shows it
Assess patient needs to see if they require immediate attentionAssessments and early warning scores for six patients a shift
Draw up treatment care plansCare plans from admission to discharge
Check patients' temperature, blood pressure and pulse ratePost-operative observations and early warning scores
Administer certain medicines, treat wounds and set up dripsIV antibiotics and fluids, drains and wound care
Work closely with doctors and the wider healthcare teamEscalating to the surgical team, and discharge planning with community teams
Advise patients and their families on how to give ongoing care at homeTeaching wound care at home before discharge

The left column follows the National Careers Service job profile for a nurse. 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: 55 words here
  • Registration: 12 words here
  • Clinical experience: 120 words here
  • Education: 9 words here
  • Clinical skills and training: 27 words here

How to write yours

01

Put registration where it is seen

Your NMC registration, field and year are the first thing a ward manager checks. Give them their own short section near the top.

02

Describe your patients and ward

“Six patients on a 30-bed general surgery ward” gives the scale and the speciality. A list of tasks without a setting does not.

03

Show one quality improvement

A falls, pressure ulcer or audit project with a before-and-after number shows you can lead beyond your own bay.

04

Prepare your supporting statement from it

Most NHS posts are applied for through an online form. Copy your dates and skills from this CV and use the bullets as examples against the person specification.

Checks and qualifications to mention

  • NMC registration. You need to register with the Nursing and Midwifery Council to work as a nurse (National Careers Service). Give your field and the year; employers check your PIN on the register.
  • Enhanced DBS check. Nursing needs an enhanced background check. If your certificate is on the DBS Update Service, say so.
  • 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.
  • Newly qualified? Lead with your placements, each with the speciality and what you were signed off for, and your expected registration date.

Two pages are normal for a registered nurse. Keep registration, your current post and your clinical skills on page one; placements and older posts can shrink.

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