Nursing Education Specialist, Hospital - Perioperative

The Nursing Education Specialist (NES), as part of the nursing leadership team, provides leadership that reflects the vision, mission, and philosophy of the Nursing Department and HealthPartners. The NES facilitates best nursing practice and enhances safe, quality patient care by:

• Planning, developing, and conducting professional educational opportunities for employees of HealthPartners in a quality conscious and cost-effective manner. 
• Establishing a work environment that promotes learning by individual growth/development, professional practice, and a collaborative team approach to assure excellence in delivery of quality, population/age-specific care and a high level of staff satisfaction.   

This position supports Methodist Hospital’s Perioperative Nursing team. 

Required Qualifications: 

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:
  • Master’s in nursing, heath 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.
• Licensure/ Registration/ Certification:
  • Valid Minnesota Nursing License.
  • Current CPR certification (American Heart BLS for Healthcare Providers) required. Demonstrates at the time of employment and every two years thereafter, competency in Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • Evidence of skills in written/verbal communications, conflict resolution, interpersonal relationships, and leadership.
  • Demonstrates knowledge of cultural diversity and age-related growth and development principles necessary to provide appropriate service and assure safety of patients.
  • Demonstrates familiarity and compliance with matters of law, regulations, and internal policies affecting the employment relationship, (including but not limited to FMLA, ADA, discrimination, and harassment laws). 
  • Knowledge, skills, and ability to perform acute care nursing role as defined in the RN criteria-based job description. 
  • Knowledge of current nursing practices and techniques: associated chemistry, math, pharmacology, anatomy, and physiology of all body systems. Ability to apply the nursing process to patient care.
  • Knowledge of dynamics of group processes, ability to perform as a part of a team as well as collaborating on cross-functional work teams. 
  • Knowledge of curriculum development and principles of adult learning and learner-centered training and education methodologies. 
  • Ability to work independently and be a self-starter and manage multiple simultaneous tasks, prioritizing appropriately. 
  • Ability to identify educational needs and carry out appropriate education interventions.
  • Ability to organize and maintain accurate electronic and paper filing systems. 
  • Skilled in department-specific electronic medical record documentation.
  • Demonstration of ongoing training and skilled in staff development.
  • Proven proficiency in the operation of common office/education equipment telephone, multi-function printer/copier/scanner, fax machine, personal computer or laptop with access to cloud-based software and communication tools, word processing, spreadsheet, and presentation software, audio-visual (AV) equipment for virtual meetings and presentations, digital projectors or interactive whiteboards, mobile devices for clinical documentation, communication, and patient care apps, and patient monitoring systems and other common clinical technology specific to the clinical environment.

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination:
  • Experience in teaching preferred.
  • Membership in specialty professional organization preferred.
• Licensure/ Registration/ Certification:
  • Certification in Nursing Professional Development (NPD-BC) and/or area of nursing specialty recognized by national certification body preferred. If not complete, prefer acquisition within 2 years.
• Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  • NA

 Benefits:

Park Nicollet offers a competitive benefits package (for eligible positions) that includes medical insurance, dental insurance, a retirement program, time away from work, insurance options, tuition reimbursement, an employee assistance program, onsite clinic and much more!