Nursing Curriculum Subject Matter Expert (SME)
Part-Time | 10–15 hours/week
About the Role
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.
What You'll Do
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)
Help redevelop course content with real-world clinical context and evidence-based guidance
Review and refine learning activities so they build genuine clinical judgment
Contribute to assessments, including NGN-style items, case studies, and performance-based tasks, ensuring clinical accuracy and realism
Validate content for accuracy and appropriateness to the learner's level, and flag anything outdated, inconsistent, or missing
Partner closely with our instructional design, assessment, learning experience design, and VR teams
Stay current on nursing practice trends and bring fresh recommendations to the table
Use insights from learner performance data to inform where content needs to evolve
What You Bring
Minimum Qualifications
Master's degree in nursing
Active, unencumbered RN license
Demonstrated expertise in one or more nursing specialty areas
Experience teaching in a nursing program or serving as a subject matter expert in curriculum/course development
Familiarity with AACN Essentials (2021) and NCLEX/NGN expectations
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to give clear, actionable feedback
Comfort working in a structured, deadline-driven development environment
Strong attention to detail and commitment to evidence-based practice
Preferred Qualifications
Doctoral preparation
Recent or current clinical experience
Experience reviewing or contributing to assessments (test items, case studies, performance-based evaluations)
Why Nightingale
You'll join a collaborative team that treats course quality as a shared mission — working alongside instructional designers, assessment specialists, and fellow clinicians who care as much as you do about getting it right for Learners. This role is a chance to use your clinical expertise to directly shape how nursing education prepares people for real practice.
Budgeted Hiring Range
$50—$50 USD