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TIPS ON CV
If you are not using our online application form, please make sure that your CV is prepared in a standard format. It should include

Personal Details
Name
Date of birth
Gender
Nationality
Marital Status
Contact Details - should include full mailing address, telephone number, fax and e-mail address

Education / Qualifications
Please include all academic achievements and include your dates (month and year of degree/fellowship/training). Start with the most recent first.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Information to be included for each and every position held - please ensure that there are no chronological gaps in your CV. (if there is a gap, please explain why) Likewise, please start with the most recent first. The following information has to be included :-
Duration of position-from month and year-to month and year (no need to include date ie. Sept 25th 2001.just Sept 2001 will do!)
Brief description of hospital, i.e. Number of beds? Public or private? Teaching hospital? General Hospital? What Tertiary Services? Acute? Trauma Centre?
Description of Unit/Ward/Department - bed numbers, case mix, types of patients cared for, Patient/nurse or doctor ratio, work volume etc.
Your duties/responsibilities -at least 10 - 15 points: what is your position/title? Reporting to whom? Number of operations performed per annum? Are you full or part-time? Competencies gained? Special equipment used?
Describe any managerial experience you have - how many employees did you supervise? On what shifts, and how many hours per week?
If you are a Midwife - number of deliveries - personally and in the entire hospital per month, what type of deliveries? If you are a rotating midwife, to what areas, how often?

References
Names, job titles and hospital address, telephone, fax number and e-mail of 2 senior staff. Your referees must all be at least at supervisory level and should be relatively recent.

We cannot accept your CV, if you have listed the posts held on top and then listed all your duties and achievements underneath - this is confusing for the employer, especially if your career spans a long time, it will be unclear which experience is current.