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What to put on a healthcare assistant CV
Healthcare assistants (HCAs) work on hospital wards, in clinics, in GP practices and in the community, supporting nurses with personal care, observations and the running of the ward. In the NHS most posts are at Band 2 or 3 and are applied for on NHS Jobs; private hospitals and staffing agencies usually ask for a CV.
If you have worked in care, you already have much of what wards look for: personal care, observations, moving and handling and calm communication. Your CV should make that overlap obvious, in the words of the advert.
Whatever the job, the UK CV format applies: your name and contact details, a short profile, experience with the most recent first, then education and skills. No photo, age or date of birth.
A profile that names the setting
Two or three lines: the wards or services you know (or want), the patients you have supported and one strength you can prove, such as staying calm when a patient deteriorates.
Clinical and care skills
Observations (NEWS2), blood glucose, ECG recording, venepuncture if you are signed off, personal care, pressure area care, food and fluid charts, admissions and discharges.
Training and checks
The Care Certificate, Basic Life Support, moving and handling, safeguarding adults and children, infection control, and an enhanced DBS, with the year of each.
Experience
Each job with the ward, home or service, then what you did and how you worked with the team: escalating concerns, handovers, supporting families.
Care experience from elsewhere
Care homes, home care, support work and caring for a relative all count. Say what you did, without naming the person.
When you can work
Days, nights, weekends or bank shifts. Wards plan rotas weeks ahead, so this helps.
Skills and keywords for a healthcare assistant CV
From our skills guides and CV examples for this job. Use the ones that are true for you, in the words of the job advert, so recruiters and applicant tracking systems find them.
- NEWS2 observations
- ECG recording
- Venepuncture
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Personal care
- Pressure area care
- Moving and handling
- Infection prevention and control
- Food and fluid charts
- Dementia awareness
- Escalation and handover (SBAR)
- Electronic patient records
- Patient dignity
- Care Certificate
- Basic Life Support
- Enhanced DBS
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Healthcare assistant CVs: your questions
Do I need qualifications to be a healthcare assistant?
There are no set entry qualifications, although many employers ask for good English and maths and some care experience. Most train you on the job, including the Care Certificate. List any health and social care qualification, such as a diploma or NVQ, in your education section.
What is the Care Certificate, and should I list it?
The Care Certificate is a set of 15 standards that new healthcare support workers and care workers in England are expected to meet. If you have it, put it under training with the year. If you are working towards it, say so.
How do I move from care work to a hospital HCA job?
Lead with what the two have in common: personal care, observations, moving and handling, record keeping and working with nurses. Use the ward’s own words from the job description, and give one example of spotting and escalating a concern.
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