6 documents you type over and send: the English-format nurse CV, the supporting statement an NHS-style application asks for, the newly-qualified, critical-care and nursing-home versions, and the referee sheet. In this market a photo, a date of birth or a marital status on the page is a local mistake, not a detail — and a shortlister reads the page before anyone ever meets you.
Full name: Lucía Martín Sáez
Contact line: +44 7700 900 145 | [email protected]
Location and availability: Manchester, UK — available to relocate anywhere in the North West, four weeks' notice
Registration line: Registered Nurse (Adult) — NMC registered; Spanish nursing registration held with the Colegio Oficial de Enfermería de Madrid
This block sits at the top of page one. Keep it to four lines and never add a photograph, a date of birth or a marital status: in this market those are not extra information, they are a formatting mistake that marks the CV as the wrong paperwork.
Opening sentence: Adult registered nurse with six years on a 28-bed surgical ward, now looking for a staff nurse post on a general surgery or acute medical unit in the North West.
What you do on a shift: I take charge of a bay of eight post-operative patients, mentor second-year student nurses on placement, and act as shift coordinator on nights.
Why you can start: I work in Spanish and English and I have completed the NMC test of competence, so I can start on the ward without further clinical assessment.
Four lines maximum. This is the only part of the CV that is written in sentences; everything below it is evidence.
Current post: Staff Nurse (Surgical Ward) — Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid | March 2021 – present
What you are responsible for: Responsible for a bay of eight post-operative patients: NEWS2 observations and escalation, IV antibiotics, PCA and epidural monitoring, wound and drain care, and discharge planning with the ward pharmacist.
One thing you changed: Introduced a written handover checklist for night shifts that the ward now uses on every shift.
Previous post: Staff Nurse (Emergency Department) — Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid | September 2019 – February 2021
Reverse chronological order throughout. Give the hospital, the city and the country — a recruiter who cannot place your employer cannot judge your experience.
Clinical skills: Venepuncture and cannulation, male and female catheterisation, ECG recording, NEWS2 escalation, syringe driver set-up, basic life support.
Systems and language: Electronic patient records (hospital system, daily use); Spanish (native), English (IELTS Academic 7.0 overall, sat June 2025).
Courses and mandatory training: Immediate Life Support (2025), safeguarding adults level 2 (2025), moving and handling (2024) — certificates available on request.
Referees: References available on request — two clinical referees, including my current ward manager.
This is the last block on the page. Two pages is the accepted length for a nurse CV in this market — cut the oldest posts before you cut your skills.
Opening the file: Open this file in Microsoft Word or in LibreOffice Writer, then type over the sample text line by line, keeping the headings as they are.
If you use Google Docs: In Google Docs choose File ▸ Open ▸ Upload and drag this .docx file in; menu wording differs between versions and interface languages, so look for the upload tab rather than an exact label.
Exporting the PDF you send: When every line is yours, use File ▸ Save as (or File ▸ Export) and choose PDF, then open the PDF once and read it before you attach it.
What to call the file: Martin_Saez_Lucia_Nurse_CV.pdf
Why a free generic CV template is not enough here: it does not know that this market excludes the photo and the date of birth, it has no line for your registration status, and it gives you nothing for the 'Supporting information' box that the online form asks for next.
This page is the working piece. The full pack has everything below.
6 documents you type over and send: the English-format nurse CV, the supporting statement an NHS-style application asks for, the newly-qualified, critical-care and nursing-home versions, and
A CV-writing service that specialises in nurses quotes you per document, and the supporting statement is normally quoted as a second document on top of the CV. Ask any such service for a written quote for a nurse CV plus a support
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