The Role
Researches, curates, and organizes instructional content for continuing education programs. Conducts needs assessments, collaborates with learning designers and subject matter experts, incorporates research and feedback, analyzes course data, supports multiple instructional formats, and mentors junior instructional designers. The role focuses on nursing and healthcare professional education, adult learning, competency-based design, and continuous course improvement.
Summary Generated by Built In
The Specialist II, Instructional Designer (ID-II) plays a crucial role in researching, curating, and organizing instructional materials and course content that meet the evolving needs of continuing education learners, internal collaborators, and external partners. This role requires a collaborative spirit, an eye for detail, and a passion for lifelong learning.
- Conduct needs assessments to identify gaps in knowledge and/or skills and recommend course topics
- Research, curate and organize relevant articles, case studies, multimedia resources, and reference materials to ensure the accuracy and timeliness of educational content
- Research, curate, and organize instructional materials and course content
- Collaborate with Assessment Developers (AD) and Learning Experience Designers (LXD) to align new and existing course content with optimal instructional methods, including instructor-led, e-learning, and blended approaches
- Facilitate interviews, brainstorming sessions, and feedback loops with subject matter experts (SMEs), faculty members, and other internal collaborators to incorporate their knowledge into program/course development
- Review learner/participant feedback and analyze course data to identify opportunities for improvement and innovation
- Maintain a current understanding of nursing and healthcare professions curriculum and professional development research and trends related to online teaching and learning practices
- Mentor Specialist I, Instructional Designer, offering guidance on best practices in content development
- Participate in the successful implementation of other functional projects as they arise
- Perform other duties as assigned
- A Master’s degree from an accredited institution an appropriate area and two years of relevant experience; or a Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate area of specialization and four years of appropriate experience
- Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment is required
- Knowledge of adult learning theory and continuing education required
- Demonstrated understanding of concept-based, competency-based, project-based, and other learning design models is required
- Demonstrated experience contributing to learning design systems with numerous stakeholders and requirements is required
- A minimum of three years of experience gathering and applying peer-reviewed scholarly research and user research is preferred
- Experience in Nursing/Allied Health/Health Sciences Education preferred
- Experience in micro-credentialing preferred.
Skills Required
- Master's degree from an accredited institution in an appropriate area and two years of relevant experience, or bachelor's degree in an appropriate specialization and four years of relevant experience
- Ability to manage multiple projects and meet deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Knowledge of adult learning theory and continuing education
- Understanding of concept-based, competency-based, project-based, and other learning design models
- Experience contributing to learning design systems with numerous stakeholders and requirements
- At least three years of experience gathering and applying peer-reviewed scholarly research and user research
- Experience in nursing, allied health, or health sciences education
- Experience in micro-credentialing
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The Company
What We Do
Nightingale Education Group is a US accredited nursing workforce developer and private post-secondary institution of higher learning focused on nursing education. Founded in 2010, the organization aims to close health equity gaps by elevating education and employment systems to create a relevantly skilled and readily available nursing workforce through educational innovation.
