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Hospital HR checks three things before reading a nursing resume: qualification, council registration, and the wards you have carried. This format pins your registration number in a strip directly under your name, describes every ward by bed count, and renders clinical skills as scannable chips.

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  • ✓GNM and B.Sc staff nurses in hospitals
  • ✓ICU, med-surg and post-operative ward nurses
  • ✓Nurses preparing files for agency and overseas routes

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  • ✓Selectable-text PDF export with clickable email and portfolio links
  • ✓AI import: upload your old resume PDF and land in this template, editable
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Freya Drummond
Staff Nurse, Registered Nurse (Adult)
freya.drummond@example.com·(555) 467-3358·Manchester, UK
Registration
NMC PIN 18C0000E, Registered Nurse (Adult), revalidated 2024 · Enhanced DBS on the update service
Summary

Registered nurse with seven years on acute medical and surgical wards, the last four on a 40-bed medical ward as a Band 5 with shift-lead responsibilities. Medication error rate at zero for three years, pressure-ulcer incidence on the ward down 40% under a care bundle she co-wrote, and a preceptor to 14 newly qualified nurses.

Skills
Acute medical and post-operative careIV therapy and cannulationMedication administrationNEWS2 and deteriorating patient escalationWound and pressure-area care
Shift leading for 10 staffAdmissions and discharge planningSafeguardingInfection prevention and control
EPR (Cerner)Electronic prescribingDatix incident reportingSafeCare acuity tool
Experience
Staff Nurse, Band 5
06/2021 – Present
St Martha's Hospital, 40-bed acute medical ward
  • Care for 8 to 10 acute medical patients a shift, from admission to discharge, and lead the shift twice a week for a team of 10
  • Co-wrote the ward's pressure-ulcer care bundle; hospital-acquired incidence fell 40% in its first year
  • Maintained a zero medication-error record for three years across 6,000 administrations a year
  • Preceptor to 14 newly qualified nurses and 20 student placements; all preceptees passed their preceptorship
  • Escalated 30 deteriorating patients a year through NEWS2 with documented outcomes reviewed at ward governance
Staff Nurse, Band 5
08/2018 – 05/2021
Carmel Care Hospital, 25-bed post-operative ward
  • Nursed post-operative orthopaedic and general surgery patients, 6 to 8 a shift, with enhanced recovery pathways
  • Ran the ward's discharge lounge trial that released 12 beds a week before 11 am
  • Trained 8 healthcare assistants on observations and NEWS2 recording
  • Audited VTE assessments monthly; compliance rose from 82% to 98%
Healthcare Assistant
09/2015 – 07/2018
Derriford Hospital
  • Supported personal care and observations for 12 patients a shift on a care-of-the-elderly ward while studying
Education
BSc (Hons) Adult Nursing, 2:1 — University of Plymouth2015 – 2018
Certifications
Immediate Life Support (ILS) — Resuscitation Council UK, 2025
Practice Supervisor and Assessor — NMC standards, 2022
IV Therapy and Cannulation Competency — 2019

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Where should a nurse's registration number go?

Directly under your name — council, number, validity. Hospital HR and agencies verify it before shortlisting, and making them hunt for it is the most common reason a strong nursing resume gets set aside.

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