Writing a medical physics CV
Help an employer see what you can bring to the job. Use clear examples from your studies, work and other experience to show what you did, what happened and what you learned.
Start with the job requirements
Read the job description and person specification, which lists the qualifications, skills and qualities the employer wants. Choose examples that show how you meet them.
What experience can you include?
- Degree projects, research and laboratory work
- Programming, modelling and data analysis
- Employment with relevant responsibilities or transferable skills
- Teaching, tutoring and science communication
- Volunteering and team activities
- Healthcare work or observation visits
- Quality improvement and checking how well a service works
Explain each example clearly
Briefly describe the situation, then explain your own contribution and the result. Include what you learned if it helps show your suitability for the job.
- Use specific actions such as measured, analysed, tested or explained.
- Include numbers when they help the reader understand the result.
- Explain any important choice you made.
- Use technical terms where they add useful detail.
Applying through Oriel
For an STP application, follow the questions in Oriel rather than using the same format as your CV. The supporting-information section asks you to explain your motivation, understanding and suitability for the programme.
If you have not worked in a hospital
You can still draw on useful experience. Scientific projects, other employment and volunteering may show the skills an employer is looking for. Explain how those skills relate to the role.
Organise your examples
The free planner gives you space to note your contribution, results and learning.
Sources
Guidance checked: 18 August 2026