Hospital Nursing Education Specialist

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.