Tailored CV for Nurses and Midwives

Place your professional registration PIN at the very top of your CV, directly under your contact information. This is the first detail healthcare recruiters and compliance officers look for to verify your legal license to practice, so making it instantly visible is essential. You should also include its expiration or renewal date to show your registration is fully up to date.

Group your clinical placements under a distinct 'Clinical Rotations' section, listing the hospital, ward type, duration, and key skills acquired for each placement. Treat these rotations like professional work history, using bullet points to describe your hands-on care responsibilities, patient caseloads, and any specialized equipment you used. This structure clearly demonstrates your practical readiness to transition into a full-time staff role.

Keep the main focus of your CV on your healthcare experience, but you can include a brief section at the end for non-clinical jobs if they demonstrate highly transferable skills like leadership, crisis management, or customer service. Keep these descriptions very brief and frame them to show how those skills make you a more effective, collaborative, and organized healthcare professional.

Use a clean, single-column layout with standard headings and standard fonts, completely avoiding tables, text boxes, and graphics that ATS software cannot read. Carefully read the job description for the role you want and weave their exact keywords, such as specific clinical procedures, patient demographics, and certifications, directly into your bullet points.