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As of Sep 4, 2026, the average hourly pay for nurse editor in the United States is $31.60, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $21.39 and $39.66 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a nurse editor?

A Nurse Editor is a registered nurse who uses their clinical expertise to write, edit, and review healthcare-related content. They work for medical journals, publishers, healthcare organizations, or academic institutions to ensure accuracy, clarity, and adherence to editorial standards. Their responsibilities may include writing articles, reviewing submissions, fact-checking medical information, and ensuring content aligns with current healthcare guidelines. Many Nurse Editors have experience in clinical practice and may hold advanced degrees in nursing or related fields.

What are the typical daily responsibilities of a nurse editor?

A Nurse Editor’s day often involves reviewing manuscripts or healthcare content for clinical accuracy, clarity, and adherence to style guidelines. You may work closely with authors, medical experts, and publishing teams to revise articles, produce educational materials, or develop new content. Typical tasks also include fact-checking, ensuring proper citation of medical research, and updating materials in line with current evidence-based practices. Collaboration and consistent communication with team members are common, especially when working on large editorial projects or publications.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a nurse editor?

To thrive as a Nurse Editor, you need a nursing degree (often RN or higher), clinical experience, and strong writing and editorial skills. Familiarity with medical publishing platforms, reference management tools, and style guides (such as AMA or APA) is typically required. Outstanding attention to detail, time management, and the ability to communicate complex information clearly are highly valued soft skills. These abilities ensure the accuracy, clarity, and credibility of healthcare content produced for both professional and public audiences.

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Infographic showing various Nurse Editor job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 4% As Needed, 58% Full Time, 15% Part Time, and 23% Contract. Highlights an 99% Physical, and 1% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $65,728 per year, or $31.6 per hour.

Senior Clinical Editor - Nursing

Wolters Kluwer

Hagerstown, MD • Hybrid

$60K - $106K/yr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

Posted 16 days ago


Wolters Kluwer rating

9.1

Company rating: 9.1 out of 10

Based on 29 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

26th of 247 rated software companies


Job description

LOCATION: 8 days a month in the office (see locations in the posting)

OVERVIEW

The Senior Content Editor - Nursing is responsible for the development, review, and management of high-quality, evidence-based clinical content for Lippincott Solutions products such as Lippincott Blended Learning, Lippincott Certification Review, and Lippincott Professional Development. Your clinical expertise will help ensure that all content is accurate, relevant, consistent, and aligned with current clinical guidelines and best practices. The Senior Content Editor - Nursing collaborates with internal teams, external contributors, and subject matter experts to deliver content on time and within budget.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Review and verify clinical content to ensure that it is evidence based and follows the latest guidelines and standards. Ensuring that all clinical content is accurate, relevant, consistent, and complete. Writing and editing content, as needed.
  • Participate in the development and maintenance of detailed clinical content while ensuring consistency with information curated by other Wolters Kluwer Health Products.
  • Apply clinical experience and knowledge with synthesis of evidence to determine appropriate, meaningful inclusion of new information in clinical learning products.
  • Manage all phases of the clinical content development cycle for digital products.
  • Develop and communicate clear clinical guidelines and editorial standards to subject matter experts.
  • Maintain awareness of healthcare trends, clinical guidelines, and publishing standards.
  • Serve as a liaison between partnering organizations to ensure on-time delivery of evidence-based clinical content.
  • Collaborate with the Product Manager, Content Director, and Content Editing Manager to create and manage the content budget.
  • Collaborate with the Content Editing Manager to develop workflow schedules.
  • Provide feedback to partnering organizations and subject matter experts to ensure high-quality content delivery.
  • Communicate with subject matter experts and other authorities to resolve clinical queries.
  • Manage project components (text, images, videos) at different phases of the workflow over multiple releases simultaneously.
  • Assist with new content and product development under the direction of the Content Director and Product Manager.
  • Consult with the Digital Content Analyst, Digital Experience Group, and other content team members to ensure content editing needs are met in the common content management system.
  • Support marketing, sales, product management, and other teams as needed to deliver accurate information to customers and to understand the healthcare industry better.
  • Answer customer queries and respond to their requests.
  • Report improvement opportunities, solutions, and progress to the management team.
  • Assist in managing high-volume content workflows and priorities.
  • Support quality assurance initiatives for multimedia content.
  • Evaluate content performance metrics and suggest improvements.
  • Ensure compliance with legal and ethical content guidelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education: College degree MS in Nursing or BS in Nursing with specialty certification (Nursing Professional Development or Critical Care preferred).

Experience:

  • Minimum of 5 years recent nursing experience required
  • Critical Care experience preferred
  • Experience as a Nursing Professional Development Specialist or Critical Care educator preferred.
  • Active RN license required.

TRAVEL: <10 % for meetings and conferences

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Our Interview Practices

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts. Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style. We value authenticity and want to ensure we're getting to know you-not a digital assistant. To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process. Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.

Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Compensation:

$60,700.00 - $106,000.00 USDThis role is eligible for Bonus.

Compensation range listed is based on primary location of the position. Actual base salary offer is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skills, experience and actual hiring location. Your recruiter can share more information about the specific offer for the job location during the hiring process.

Additional Information:

Wolters Kluwer offers a wide variety of competitive benefits and programs to help meet your needs and balance your work and personal life, including but not limited to: Medical, Dental, & Vision Plans, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Commuter Benefits, Tuition Assistance Plan, Vacation and Sick Time, and Paid Parental Leave. Full details of our benefits are available upon request.


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Wolters Kluwer Global Business Services is designed to provide services to the business units in the areas of technology, sourcing, procurement, legal, finance, and accounting which includes our North American-Accounting Center. These global centers promote team collaboration using best practices around a specific focus area to drive results and enhance operational efficiencies. There is a constant endeavor to benchmark against best-in-class industry standards to improve the quality of deliverables, increase cost savings, enhance productivity, and reduce time to market for products and applications

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Accounting services, library and information services and it services

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

Philadelphia, PA, US