Nursing Education Specialist (NES) - Registered Nurse - Pediatrics

At Fairview, we believe in the power of possibility — within ourselves, our teams, and the communities we serve. We believe that leadership isn’t just a title — it’s a mindset we all share. Whether you’re providing hands-on care, innovating behind the scenes, or supporting those who do, your work matters. 

Apply today to join our 34,000+ employees and 5,000+ system providers working to build lasting relationships with the people we serve: our patients, our communities, and each other!

Are you looking to make an impact on the physical, emotional and cultural needs of pediatric patients and their families?  Join our team as a Nursing Education Specialist for our Pediatric Med/Surg units and Peds Med/Surg Float Pool teams at the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital! Located on the west bank of the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, we deliver a broad range of pediatric programs from surgery, imaging and neonatal and pediatric intensive care to cardiac and oncology (cancer care) services and blood and marrow and organ transplantation.  Our compassionate, innovative approach has repeatedly received national recognition. We are proud to be the oldest academic children’s hospital in Minnesota and the longest-running top-ranked children’s hospital in the Twin Cities metropolitan area.

Schedule; The Nursing Education Specialist will be working full-time, 80 hours per pay period, 8 hour shifts, weekends as needed.  

Job Expectations

Assess learning needs of individuals, groups and departments

• Uses a variety of approaches to assess the ongoing learning needs of staff including competence assessments, surveys, interview, quality management reports, new practice guidelines and procedures, new research, regulatory requirements, and critical initiatives that support the mission of Fairview.
• Considers the needs of employees and all other relevant staff, e.g. students, volunteers, contract workers, and/or physicians
• Validates and documents identified needs
• Communicates efficiently
• Communicates frequently and reliably with team members to ensure learning needs are met
• Brings educational expertise to other arenas such a policy and procedure development, quality improvement efforts, and activities in support of the strategic plan
• Collaborates with other departments to identify and evaluate learner ability to meet OR-related competencies
• Plan and design learning approaches to meet the identified needs.
• Offer learning opportunities to meet the identified needs.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the learning opportunities.
• Demonstrate ability to deliver care or service adjusting approaches to reflect developmental level and cultural differences of population served
• Develop a culture of improvement, efficiency and innovative thinking.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing
• One year as a direct patient care RN
• MN RN License
• BLS

Preferred:

• Three or more years as a direct patient care RN.
• Two or more years as a preceptor.
• AANC certification in specialty

$99,236.80- $140,108.80 Annual