Subject Matter Expert & Curriculum Developer – Allied Health Programs

Position Overview

Advanced eClinical Training (ACT) is seeking an experienced Subject Matter Expert (SME) & Curriculum Developer for Allied Health Programs to review, verify, develop, and continuously improve medical education content for ACT’s online and distance-learning healthcare training programs.

This role is responsible for ensuring ACT’s curriculum is clinically accurate, current, evidence-informed, instructionally effective, and aligned with modern healthcare practice, certification competencies, employer expectations, and appropriate scopes of practice .

The ideal candidate combines strong healthcare or allied health expertise with experience in curriculum development, medical education, online learning, and adult education. This individual must be able to critically evaluate clinical content and translate complex medical concepts into clear, engaging, rigorous instruction for students preparing to enter healthcare careers.

Key ResponsibilitiesClinical & Medical Content Review

• Serve as a subject matter expert for allied health and clinical education content.
• Review existing courses, lessons, presentations, assessments, case studies, simulations, skills materials, and student resources for clinical and scientific accuracy.
• Verify content related to anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, pathophysiology, pharmacology, clinical procedures, diagnostics, infection control, patient safety, documentation, and professional practice.
• Identify outdated, inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, or clinically inappropriate information and revise as needed.
• Ensure content reflects current standards of care, accepted clinical guidelines, professional expectations, and appropriate allied health scopes of practice.
• Verify that patient safety, confidentiality, professionalism, communication, escalation procedures, and infection prevention are appropriately represented.
• Provide expert review and approval for newly developed or substantially revised clinical content.

Curriculum Development

• Develop original curriculum for new and existing allied health programs.
• Translate program competencies into measurable learning objectives, modules, lessons, activities, and assessments.
• Create and review:
• Online lessons and course modules
• Clinical case studies and patient scenarios
• Skills instruction and competency checklists
• Interactive learning activities
• Knowledge checks and assignments
• Quizzes and examinations
• Assessment rationales and remediation materials
• Certification preparation resources
• Study guides and clinical reference materials
• Simulations and virtual clinical scenarios
• Externship and workforce-readiness content
• Structure curriculum to progress from foundational concepts to applied clinical competency.
• Ensure appropriate sequencing, scaffolding, reinforcement, and integration of concepts.
• Translate complex medical and scientific information into accessible instruction without sacrificing academic rigor.
• Incorporate realistic clinical workflows, patient-care situations, documentation, communication, and decision-making.
• Develop content specifically suited for online and distance-learning environments .

Curriculum Quality Assurance

• Conduct comprehensive curriculum and medical-content audits.
• Identify content gaps, outdated information, clinical inaccuracies, inconsistent terminology, unnecessary duplication, weak instructional sequencing, assessment deficiencies, and scope-of-practice concerns.
• Ensure learning objectives, instructional content, assessments, and program outcomes are aligned.
• Review assessment questions, answer choices, rationales, and feedback for accuracy and educational effectiveness.
• Establish standards for curriculum review, medical-content validation, version control, and periodic updates.
• Support ongoing course maintenance as healthcare practices, certification requirements, technology, and workforce expectations evolve.

Certification & Competency Alignment

• Align curriculum with applicable national certification examination domains and competency frameworks.
• Review certification exam outlines and industry standards to identify curriculum gaps.
• Ensure students receive appropriate preparation in clinical knowledge, terminology, procedures, patient safety, professionalism, and clinical reasoning.
• Develop or review certification-preparation materials, practice assessments, and remediation resources.

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