Practical Nursing Instructor (St. Louis, Missouri)

Stepful
St. Louis, MO
On-site

Who this role is best for

Best suited to Registered Nurses with faculty experience working in healthcare education and Missouri-based settings.

Best fit for

  • Registered Nurses with faculty experience in RN or LPN education programs
    — “This opportunity is well suited for a Registered Nurse with faculty experience in RN or LPN education”
  • Candidates with a BSN and extensive clinical/nursing experience across multiple areas
    — “Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN)”
  • Individuals who can demonstrate a track record of student success in teaching roles
    — “We credit much of our success to our exceptional team. We’re looking for mission-driven builders who thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments”

Things to consider

  • The role requires teaching in a synchronous classroom environment, not fully remote
    — “Teach live, virtual didactic lessons via Stepful’s LMS”
  • Candidates must hold an active Missouri RN license and be available for in-person instruction
    — “Active, unencumbered Missouri RN license”
  • The position involves collaboration with multiple stakeholders including faculty, staff, and external partners
    — “Ability to collaborate effectively with faculty, staff, students, and external partners”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize your experience in creating engaging classroom instruction and student support systems
    — “Foster a positive and supportive learning environment for students”
  • Highlight your ability to deliver curriculum content and provide timely feedback
    — “Deliver curriculum content, answer student questions, and provide timely feedback”
  • Showcase your background in both clinical practice and education to align with the role’s requirements
    — “2+ years of experience as faculty in an RN or LPN education program”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · MediumAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • successful student outcomes
  • positive learning environment
Typical background
registered nurseteaching experience

Skills & requirements

Required

Teaching ExperienceNursing ExperienceCurriculum DeliveryCollaboration

Preferred

Pedagogical SkillsEducational Technology

Stack & domain

TeachingCurriculum DevelopmentClinical PracticeNursing EducationCollaborationCommunicationLeadershipHealthcareEducation

About the role

Original posting from Stepful via Ashby

About Stepful:

Stepful is a workforce platform redefining how America's largest health systems build, train, and retain their talent. Since our founding in 2021, Stepful’s trained over 32,000 practice-ready healthcare workers.

Layering onto our successful direct-to-consumer training, Stepful partners with leading healthcare institutions to address the growing national shortage of healthcare workers. We’re improving access to quality healthcare for everyone, everywhere, and improving access to healthcare career ladders for those who need them most.

Our students form the talent pipelines for major employers such as NY-Presbyterian, Mt. Sinai, HCA, Providence, CVS, and Walgreens. We have partnerships with half of the top 10 health systems in the US and are in process with many more.

Stepful is backed by Y Combinator, Reach Capital, and AlleyCorp, with a recent $55M Series C led by Oak HC/FT https://www.stepful.com/post/stepful-announces-55m-series-c-to-scale-its-ai-powered-training-platform-across-the-healthcare-workforce. We were named the #1 EdTech company in the U.S. by TIME for 2025 https://www.stepful.com/post/stepful-named-1-edtech-company-in-us-top-10-globally-times-2025-list.

Our values:

We credit much of our success to our exceptional team. We’re looking for mission-driven builders who thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments, and embody our four core values:

  • Care first: We do whatever it takes for our students to succeed.
  • Learn quickly: We test, learn with data, and iterate.
  • Build together: We win when we rely on each other.
  • Own it: We show up, take initiative, and show pride.

The opportunity:

We are seeking experienced and passionate Adjunct Instructors to join Stepful’s bench of educators supporting the synchronous didactic portion of our Board of Nursing–approved Practical Nursing program in the state of Missouri. In this role, you will support student success by delivering engaging in-person instruction that helps prepare future nurses for clinical practice and licensure.

This opportunity is well suited for a Registered Nurse with faculty experience in RN or LPN education who enjoys teaching in a classroom environment.

What you’ll do:

  • Teach live, virtual didactic lessons via Stepful’s LMS
  • Deliver curriculum content, answer student questions, and provide timely feedback
  • Act as a subject matter expert in practical nursing education
  • Foster a positive and supportive learning environment for students

What you’ll bring:

  • 2+ years of experience as faculty in an RN or LPN education program
  • 2+ years of professional experience as a Registered Nurse, with 5+ years of varied nursing experience across clinical practice, nursing education, and/or administration
  • Bachelor’s degree in Nursing (BSN)
  • Active, unencumbered Missouri RN license
  • Ability to collaborate effectively with faculty, staff, students, and external partners

Interview Process:

  • Intro Call with Talent Team
  • Case Study Assignment
  • Final Interview

Benefits and Compensation:

  • Meaningful Equity Stake
  • Subsidized Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance plan options
  • 401(k)
  • FSA, HSA and commuter benefits
  • Learning stipend
  • Open vacation policy, including:
  • Guidance of 15 days PTO annually
  • Stepful closed the last week of December
  • 15 work-from-anywhere days
  • 10 public holidays observed for 2026

The target base salary range for this opportunity is $80,000 - $95,000, and is part of a competitive total rewards package including equity and benefits. Individual pay may vary from the target range and is determined by a number of factors including experience, internal pay equity and other relevant business considerations.

Please note we do not have a bonus structure at this time so all cash compensation will come in the form of base salary. The total compensation package will also include our benefits package and an equity (ISOs) package.

Stepful is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.

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Source: Stepful careers (Ashby)

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