NHS Jobs

What does it take to create a CV for NHS professionals?

Substantially more than the average CV writer can offer

The National Health Service is a demanding, fast-paced and increasingly expectant environment.  There is intense competition for jobs and to get noticed your CV has to sell you and ensure that you stand out from the crowd.

This means ensuring that your CV demonstrates the full scope of your skills, experience and initiatives - succinctly.  A tall order, but quite achievable!

To produce an outstanding CV for a healthcare professional requires first class English, creative writing skills, CV optimisation know-how and a full understanding of healthcare roles.  A Perfect CV´s writers have many years experience in writing CVs for people working in NHS hospitals throughout the UK at all levels, including :

MBAs with expert copywriting skills and recruitment backgrounds, a Perfect CV´s writers possess the skill to ensure your CV reflects your strengths, competencies, personality traits and results.   We focus on and accentuate your strengths - ensuring that your CV is a close match to the job description and person specification

If you want to optimise your chances of improving your career, a Perfect CV´s NHS CV writer will match your own high standards and ensure your CV goes that extra mile with explicit, informative, interesting and relevant content. 

We know how important it is that your CV  . . .

• sets the right positive, progressive tone
• is explicitly informative and relevant to the job role 
• clearly, yet succinctly outline initiatives and achievements
• highlights qualifications, skills, experience and personal style
• contains text that projects a confident, polished and professional image
• illustrates contributions to cost efficiency initiatives and organisational change
• conveys diversity of skill and knowledge of new procedures and techniques
• demonstrates interaction with colleagues and other healthcare professionals

Your CV must demonstrate an impressive record of experience and achievements that relate directly to the position you are applying for, as well as an up-to-date knowledge of the needs of this ever-changing, challenging sector

The following examples are from CVs produced for successful healthcare clients:-

Associate Director, Service Improvement 

•  Working across the health community, particularly with GP lead commissioners and consultants, to achieve the 18 week maximum wait from referral to treatment ahead of target

•   Centralised the inpatient booking service, with plans to retrain staff to provide support on a cluster basis - improving service levels and achieving project cost savings of £800K per annum

•   Devised a pre-assessment process to reduce patient hospital visits, provide choice and reduce appointment cancellations

Senior Knowledge & Information Manager

•  Designed and implemented a 'guidance production' process, an initiative that improved communication, increaed understanding and reduced costs

•  Responded to Parliamentary Questions, Trait Officials, Freedom of Information and other ministerial correspondence, and benchmarked best practice, and provided a lead on specific projects

•  Worked in partnerhip with government - NPSA, MHRA, HPA, NIMH, HSE, PASA, NHS, NICE and other public / private organisations and facilitateda culture of support, mutual cooperation, best practice and continuous improvement to meeting the DH Plan

To ensure your CV is outstanding, send an email to our CV Consultant.  Attach your CV together with any other relevant information, and your personal CV Consultant will reply by return.   We look forward to working with you.