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Enrolled Nurse resume template
A clean starting structure with example content grounded in what enrolled nurses actually do day to day, not generic filler. Download and replace the bracketed placeholders with your own details.
Which resume format should you use?
Reverse chronological
You have a steady work history. This is the format almost every recruiter and ATS expects by default.
Functional
You're changing fields or have gaps in your employment. Leads with skills rather than a job-by-job timeline.
Combination
You're early career or have worked consistently but for only a few employers. Blends a skills summary with a shorter chronological history.
This template uses the reverse chronological format: the one most enrolled nurses should default to, since most Australian recruiters and ATS software expect it.
Professional summary
Enrolled Nurse experienced in delivering hands-on patient care under the supervision of Registered Nurses across hospital, aged care and community settings. Skilled in monitoring vital signs, supporting activities of daily living and administering medications within scope of practice. Known for calm, attentive care and clear reporting to the wider nursing and medical team.
Key skills
- Patient care and support
- Clinical assessment and treatment
- Medication management under supervision
- Care planning and coordination
- Infection control and hygiene
- Electronic health records (EHR)
- Patient monitoring systems and vital signs equipment
- Empathy and interpersonal care
Experience: example bullet points
- Assisted patients with activities of daily living including hygiene, dressing and toileting, supporting dignity and independence across aged care and rehabilitation settings
- Monitored and recorded vital signs, fluid balance and clinical observations each shift, escalating changes in patient condition promptly to registered nursing staff
- Prepared and administered medications under registered nurse supervision, following Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia guidelines with zero medication errors across rostered shifts
- Maintained infection control and hand hygiene protocols in line with NSQHS Standards, supporting consistently low healthcare-associated infection rates on the ward
- Communicated patient status and care needs at handover using the ISBAR framework, supporting continuity of care across nursing and medical teams
Education
Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled Nurse) from a registered training organisation, leading to registration as an Enrolled Nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (AHPRA); some progress to a Bachelor of Nursing for registration as a Registered Nurse.
Keywords an ATS is likely to scan for
Applicant tracking systems match your resume against terms in the job ad before a person ever sees it. Only include the ones that actually apply to your experience, but if a term below matches something you've done, use the same wording the job ad uses.
- AHPRA registration
- Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
- Diploma of Nursing
- medication administration
- scope of practice
- NSQHS Standards
- infection control
- care plans
- ISBAR handover
- vital signs monitoring
- aged care
- electronic health records
Getting past ATS screening
- Match the specific skills, certifications and terms used in the job ad, not just your own wording for the same thing.
- Keep formatting simple: no tables, text boxes, columns, headers/footers or graphics. Parsers frequently drop content placed in these.
- Submit as .docx or PDF unless the job ad specifies otherwise.
- Use standard section headings (Experience, Education, Skills) rather than creative alternatives.
- List your core skills and technical competencies in their own section so a keyword scan can find them instantly.
This is a starting point, not a guarantee of interviews. Tailor every bullet point to your own real experience and the specific job ad.