Follow this step by step guide to help you structure the perfect CV to secure a job within the NHS.

Header: 

 Name 

 Address 🏡 

 Mobile number 📱 

 Email address 💻  

 

Introduction: 

 A brief background about yourself 🙍 

 Relevant work experience 🏥 

 Career aspirations 

 Why you are applying for this role 

 

Education: 

 List qualifications from present to past 🎓  

 Avoid table borders, as these can be aesthetically unpleasing 👎 

 Put the key information (e.g. dates and degree title) in bold 

 

Training courses: 

 Use the same layout as your education section 

 If you don’t have any, don’t worry, just leave this section out ❌ 

 

Medical Work Experience: 

 List your work experience from present to past 

 You should include: your job title, the hospital, the duration and your job description (what you did there) 🏥 

 

Research/ Audit/ Clinical governance experience: 

 Use the same layout as your medical work experience 🏥 

 If you don’t have any, don’t worry, just leave this section out ❌  

 

Teaching experience: 

 Use the same layout at the previous 2 sections 

 Include formal and informal teaching qualifications 🏫  

 Explain when you taught someone and what you taught them  

 

Management Experience: 

 Use the same layout as the previous 3 sections 

 Explain the situation, the task, your actions and the outcome 💻  

 

Team work experience: 

 Use the same layout as the previous 4 sections 

 List a couple of examples in which you have demonstrated good teamwork skills 👫  

 

Volunteer work: 

 Use the same layout as the previous 5 sections 

 If you don’t have any, don’t worry, just leave this section out ❌ 

 

Additional languages: 

 List any languages you can speak 

 Include your proficiency (limited/moderate/fluent) 🗣  

 

Skills: 

 Include skills which match the job description/person specification 📄 

 Use example 

 

Interests: 

 Keep this section short 

 Make it personal 🙍 

 This is about you, not the job description 📄  

 Include things like sports or reading 🤽 

 

References: 

 You may include your references 

 Alternatively, you could write ‘Available upon request’ if you do not want to disclose them yet 

 

Top tips: 

 Do NOT send it was a word document, always send it in PDF format 💻 

 Keep it concise❗ 

 Make sure grammar/punctuation is accurate❗ 

 Do not discuss your personal circumstances or beg for the job ❌ 

 Use your own words and make sure it is unique 🙍 

 Choose a layout and stick to it❗ 

Summary:

1. Header (basic details)
2. Introduction (brief background)
3. Education (listed from present to past)
4. Training courses (ideally relevant to the job)
5. Medical work experience (in a medical setting)
6. Research/audit/clinical governance experience (maintain same layout)
7. Teaching experience (who, what, where)
8. Management experience (situation, task, actions and outcome)
9. Team work experience (a couple of examples)
10. Volunteer work (ideally relevant)
11. Additional languages (include your proficiency)
12. Skills (which match the job description)
13. Interests (short, personal section)
14. References (optional)