Chancery resume & CV template
A centred name between heavy rules with centred headings and the strengths gridded three across. Formal and very dense.
SUMMARY
Registered nurse with seven years on a 32-bed medical-surgical floor. Charge nurse two years running, and the person who rewrote our handover after we found the misses were all at shift change.
EXPERIENCE
Charge Nurse, Medical-Surgical, St Catherine's Hospital
Apr 2021 – Present
Minneapolis, MN
- Redesigned bedside handover; handover-related incidents fell by just over half in two quarters
- Precepted 6 new-graduate nurses through the residency programme, all retained at 12 months
- Coordinate care for up to 7 patients per shift across a 32-bed unit
Registered Nurse, Medical-Surgical, Lakeview Regional
Jul 2018 – Mar 2021
St Paul, MN
- Cut unit CAUTI rate by 38% as catheter-care champion over an 18-month programme
- Served on the falls-prevention committee that reduced falls with injury by a third
EDUCATION
BSN, Nursing, University of Minnesota
Sep 2014 – May 2018
Minneapolis, MN
SKILLS
- Patient assessment (Expert)
- Wound care (Expert)
- IV therapy (Expert)
- Epic EHR (Expert)
- Care coordination (Expert)
- Telemetry (Advanced)
- Preceptorship (Advanced)
- Discharge planning (Expert)
LANGUAGES
- English (Native)
- Swedish (Native)
- Somali (Conversational)
CERTIFICATES
Registered Nurse (RN), Minnesota, MN Board of Nursing
Jul 2018 – Jul 2018
ACLS + PALS, American Heart Association
Jan 2024 – Jan 2024
What defines this layout
- Sans-serif typeface
- Single column
- No photo
- Headings over a full-width rule
- Dates right-aligned against each role
Every one of these is a setting, not a constraint — accent colour, font, size, spacing and page margins stay yours under Customize, and switching template later re-renders what you’ve written rather than starting it over.
Using Chancery as a CV
Chancery needs nothing changed to serve as a UK, Irish or Australian CV — those markets mean by "CV" exactly what the US means by "resume", and this is already that document. Add a photo and personal details only if you are applying into continental Europe.
It is set tight, which helps on the two-page limit most non-academic CVs are read against.
More on the differences: CV templates and CV examples.
Is Chancery the right choice?
Who it suits
Formal, dense applications — institutions, government, professional bodies. Centred ruled headings over a tight body.
What it does to ATS parsing
Single column with rules above and below each heading. Textbook.
At two pages
Excellent, and dense enough that you may not need it.
Use something else if
Cairn for left-aligned headings, or Santiago for a serif version.
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