Nursing Curriculum Subject Matter Expert (SME)

<p><strong>Part-Time | 10–15 hours/week</strong></p> <h3>About the Role</h3> <p>Nightingale is looking for an experienced nursing professional to help us sharpen and strengthen our existing nursing courses. As a Subject Matter Expert, you'll bring your clinical expertise to the table — helping us revise course content, learning activities, and assessments so our Learners graduate with stronger clinical judgment and are truly ready for practice. This is a part-time, flexible-hours role for someone who's passionate about nursing education and wants to shape how the next generation of nurses learns.</p> <h3>What You'll Do</h3> <ul> <li>Serve as a content expert in your nursing specialty (e.g., pharmacology, medical-surgical, community and public health, fundamentals, chronic illness, pediatrics, geriatrics, or maternal health)</li> <li>Help redevelop course content with real-world clinical context and evidence-based guidance</li> <li>Review and refine learning activities so they build genuine clinical judgment</li> <li>Contribute to assessments, including NGN-style items, case studies, and performance-based tasks, ensuring clinical accuracy and realism</li> <li>Validate content for accuracy and appropriateness to the learner's level, and flag anything outdated, inconsistent, or missing</li> <li>Partner closely with our instructional design, assessment, learning experience design, and VR teams</li> <li>Stay current on nursing practice trends and bring fresh recommendations to the table</li> <li>Use insights from learner performance data to inform where content needs to evolve</li> </ul> <h3>What You Bring</h3> <p><strong>Minimum Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>Master's degree in nursing</li> <li>Active, unencumbered RN license</li> <li>Demonstrated expertise in one or more nursing specialty areas</li> <li>Experience teaching in a nursing program or serving as a subject matter expert in curriculum/course development</li> <li>Familiarity with AACN Essentials (2021) and NCLEX/NGN expectations</li> <li>Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to give clear, actionable feedback</li> <li>Comfort working in a structured, deadline-driven development environment</li> <li>Strong attention to detail and commitment to evidence-based practice</li> </ul> <p><strong>Preferred Qualifications</strong></p> <ul> <li>Doctoral preparation</li> <li>Recent or current clinical experience</li> <li>Experience reviewing or contributing to assessments (test items, case studies, performance-based evaluations)</li> </ul> <h3>Why Nightingale</h3&g