Hospital Nursing Education Specialist

HealthPartners; BLOOMINGTON (MN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Part time

Job summary

Regions Hospital is seeking a Nursing Education Specialist to join the Centralized Hospital Operations team. This role focuses on onboarding, competency validation, ongoing staff education, and education for new workflows and technology.

You will partner closely with CHO leadership, Nursing Practice, Informatics, and other teams to build consistent education processes as CHO grows.

Qualifications

• Master’s in nursing, health sciences, or education (complete or enrolled).
• Bachelor’s degree required for hires before 4/2025; associates degree accepted before 6/2021 for Regions Hospital hires.
• Active RN licensure in MN or WI at time of hire with cross-state licensure within 3 months.

Responsibilities

• Provide onboarding, orientation, and ongoing staff education.
• Validate competencies and train around new workflows, technology, and practice.
• Partner with CHO leadership and interdisciplinary teams to standardize education.

Skills

Leadership

Education/Teaching

Interdisciplinary collaboration

Preceptor/charge RN

Clinical education

Education

Master’s in nursing, health sciences, or education

Bachelor’s degree for hires prior to 4/2025

Associates degree for Regions Hospital hires prior to 6/2021

Job description

Regions Hospital has an exciting opportunity for a Nursing Education Specialist to join our nursing leadership team as a key partner within our Centralized Hospital Operations department!

Central Hospital Operations (CHO) is a growing, system-wide department that brings together key patient logistics and clinical logistics functions to support safe, coordinated, and efficient care across HealthPartners hospitals.

Patient Logistics includes HealthPartners Direct, centralized nurse-led Patient Placement, and the developing EMS Communication Center. Clinical Logistics includes Remote Cardiac Monitoring and Virtual Safety Assistance Monitoring. The CHO model is designed to standardize processes, strengthen patient flow and safety, and create shared services that can support hospitals across the system.

The NES will provide dedicated education support across these CHO services, including onboarding and orientation, competency and skills validation, ongoing staff education, and education related to new or changing workflows, technology, and practice. The role will partner closely with CHO leadership, Nursing Practice, Informatics, and other teams to help build consistent, sustainable education and processes as CHO continues to grow.

Work Schedule:

.6 FTE, Business Hours with the occasional off shift.

Required Qualifications

• Master’s in nursing, health sciences, or education (complete or enrolled). If enrolled, must show continuous progress towards degree completion.
  • Bachelor’s degree for hires prior to 4/2025.
  • Associates degree for Regions Hospital hires prior to 6/2021.
• Minimum of 3 years (6,240 hrs) experience in area of clinical specialty required.
• Experience in leadership roles, research utilization, staff development, and interdisciplinary collaboration.
• Experience as a preceptor/charge RN and conducting clinical education.
• Active RN licensure in MN or WI required at time of hire. After hire, RN must obtain licensure in the other state within 3 months of hire.
• Basic Life Support certificate in accordance with American Heart Association (AHA) guidelines.