Target role
The intended grade, specialty and employer context, stated so a recruiter reads everything else in the right light.
Inside the diagnostic
What a medical CV review should actually examine.
A useful diagnostic does more than correct grammar. It finds what a medical recruiter would misread, overlook or question, and tells you what to fix first. This page shows the twelve things we check and what the report you receive looks like.
The review standard
Twelve checks, every time.
Opening profile
Whether the first paragraph establishes a credible professional identity or wastes the best space on the page.
Registration
Professional registration information that is clear, current and accurate.
Qualifications
Examinations, degrees and courses in an order a recruiter can follow quickly.
Chronology
Consistent dates, grades, organisations and transitions across the whole document.
Employment gaps
Accurate context for any period that would otherwise look unexplained.
Clinical work
Level of responsibility, setting and breadth of experience, in terms that mean something to a UK employer.
Audit and QI
Method, standard, your contribution, outcome and learning, where you can evidence them.
Teaching
Audience, format, frequency and feedback where available.
Leadership
Scope, responsibility and practical contribution rather than titles alone.
Research
Publications, presentations and research activity presented consistently.
Accuracy
Wording that is clear, professional and supported by the information you provide.
Illustrative report extract
Example priority findings.
This is a fictional example, written to show the format and the level of reasoning. It is not a real client document, and it is not a promise about any recruitment outcome.
Overall verdict
The candidate has relevant qualifications and several years of medical experience, but those strengths are hard to spot on the opening page. The main problems are an unclear target role, a confusing chronology and too little context around achievements.
Priority one: make the target role explicit
The profile currently says the candidate is seeking "a job in the NHS". Name the intended grade and clinical direction, so the rest of the document can be read in context.
Priority two: explain the recent gap
A two-year period is labelled only as "unemployed", although the candidate completed relevant professional examinations during that time. State the facts accurately, without implying clinical activity that did not occur.
Priority three: turn the audit entry into evidence
State the standard audited against, the candidate's own contribution and what happened to the findings. Do not claim an outcome unless it can be supported.
Suggested order
- Professional profile and target role
- Registration and major qualifications
- Clinical employment in reverse chronology
- Audit, teaching, leadership and research
- Courses, interests and references where relevant
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