Nursing director resume examples for 2025
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How to write a nursing director resume
Craft a resume summary statement
A well-written resume summary is basically an elevator pitch. You are summing up your skills and experience in a few sentences to wow recruiters, hiring managers, and decision makers into giving you an interview. Here are some tips to putting your best foot first with your resume summary:
Step 1: Start with your current job title, or the one you aspire to. Are you a passionate manager? A skilled analyst? It's a good starting point.
Step 2: Next put your years of experience in nursing director-related roles.
Step 3: Now is the time to put your biggest accomplishment or something you are professionally proud of.
Step 4: Read over what you have written. It should be 2-4 sentences. Your goal is to summarize your experience, not recite your resume.
These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some nursing director interviews.Hi, I'm Zippi, your job search robot. Let me write a first draft of your summary statement.
List the right project manager skills
Use your Skills section to show you have the knowledge and technical ability to do the job. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:
- Start with the job listing. Frequently, the keywords looked for by recruiters will be listed. Be careful to include all skills in the job listing you have experience with.
- Consider all the software and tools you use on a daily basis. When in doubt, list them!
- Make sure you use accurate and up to date terms for all the skills listed.
Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a nursing director resume:
- Patients
- Term Care
- Home Health
- Resident Care
- Rehabilitation
- Infection Control
- CPR
- Direct Patient Care
- Federal Regulations
- Customer Service
- Quality Improvement
- Oversight
- Nursing Home
- Compassion
- Regulatory Compliance
- Quality Patient Care
- MDS
- Clinical Services
- Bed Facility
- Risk Management
- Staff Development
- State Regulations
- SNF
- Clinical Operations
- Senior Care
- LTC
- Medication Administration
- Supervisory Management
- QA
- CMS
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How to structure your work experience
A work experience section is a vital part of your resume because it shows you have the experience to succeed in your next job.
- Put your most recent experience first. Prospective employers care about your most recent accomplishments the most.
- Put the job title, company name, city, and state on the left. Align dates in month and year format on the right-hand side.
- Include only recent, relevant jobs. This means if you're a fairly experienced worker, you might need to leave off that first internship or other positions in favor of highlighting more pertinent positions.
How to write nursing director experience bullet points
Your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. Instead, it is your chance to show your accomplishments and show why you're good at what you do.
- Use the What, How, and Why format. Answering these questions turns a bland job description into an effective showcase of your abilities.
- What were your responsibilities or goals?
- How did you accomplish them?
- Why were your results important? (How did it impact your company? Can you quantify the results in numbers? )
Here are examples from great nursing director resumes:
Work history example #1
Office Manager
Menards
- Operated below budgeted payroll to sales projections for 3 consecutive years.
- Crossed trained in accounts receivable and payroll to help minimize payroll hours used.
- Designed and implemented office policies by establishing standards and procedures.
- Processed payroll, including hourly, salaried, and commission payments.
- Developed all financial reporting procedures for Projections division.
Work history example #2
Manager
Walgreen Co
- Promoted rapidly through a series of increasingly responsible store level positions based on strong work ethic and performance.
- Scheduled employees Merchandised products Responsible for processing payroll, P.O.S.
- Processed Payroll, Invoices, paperwork, ledger reconciliation, and as well as balancing store cash report.
- Completed weekly schedules according to payroll policies.
- Rotated through different Operation departments (hands-on management experience, proposed solutions to measured and outlined operational challenges).
Work history example #3
Nurse Practitioner
Aerotek
- Educated patients and family members regarding medical diagnosis, treatment options, plan of evaluation, medications, and possible side-effects.
- Used EMR for documentation of services provided.
- Developed and provided comprehensive Preventive Health Screening Clinics for veterans.
- Learned more detail about hemodynamic monitoring and ventilator assistance.
- Obtained history; performed physical examinations; made diagnosis and orders appropriate work-up and treatment.
Work history example #4
Home Service Director
American Express
- Established customer journey and key marketing & business requirements for program launch.
- Used Clarity and Sharepoint tools to manage and document project.
- Directed an average of 80+ creative services projects per quarter, from inception through finished deliverable.
- Developed Certification Program Administration Guide, which included the procedures, reports and forms used to administer the program's operations.
- Instituted best practices for vendor management within PMO team and knowledge sharing via mentorship.
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Add an education section to your resume
The education section should display your highest degree first.
Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.
If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.
Here are some examples of good education entries from nursing director resumes:
Master's Degree in nursing
Broward College, Fort Lauderdale, FL
1998 - 1999
Highlight your nursing director certifications on your resume
Certifications can be a crucial part of your resume. Many jobs have required certifications.
Include the full name of the certification, along with the name of the issuing organization and date of obtainment.
If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your nursing director resume:
- Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
- Wound Care Certified (WCC)
- Legal Nurse Consultant Certified (LNCC)
- Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)
- Certified in Executive Nursing Practice (CENP)
- Certified Nurse Technician (CNT)
- Certified Nurse Educator (CNE)
- Family Nurse Practitioner
- Certified Hospice and Palliative Nurse (CHPN)
- Psychiatric-Mental Health Nursing (RN-BC)