Education Coordinator

POSITION SUMMARY STATEMENT: The Education Coordinator – Advanced Practice and Student Education provides centralized operational coordination for APC student education and general support for students and learners across HealthPartners. The role is responsible for coordinating and supporting the onboarding experience for APC students across HealthPartners and Park Nicollet clinics, ensuring consistent processes. Working in close partnership with the Lead Clinician for APC Student Education and the Manager of Student Education, the coordinator executes and maintains standardized related to learner placement, onboarding, communication and troubleshooting across the organization. The coordinator promotes consistency, identifies opportunities for process improvement and operational efficiency.

Minimum Qualifications: Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination

Preferred Qualifications: Education, Experience or Equivalent Combination

Essential Duties: % Of Time (minimum 5% increments) Centralized Requests, Placement, and Partnership Coordination Administers the centralized intake process for APC student, school, and placement requests and ensures requests are complete, documented, and routed appropriately. Maintains current information on school relationships, learner types, clinical specialties, sites, placement requests, decisions, and available preceptor capacity. Coordinates communication among schools, learners, preceptors, clinical departments, APC leaders, nursing leaders, and education administration. Tracks placement utilization, constraints, and unmet demand; prepares information for capacity planning and preferred-partner discussions. Maintains centralized school and program contacts, partnership records, placement requirements, communication schedules, and supporting documentation. Supports implementation of standardized school selection and preferred-partner practices established by program leadership. Escalates capacity conflicts, exceptions, and policy questions to the Lead Clinician or Manager for decision. 35% Learner Onboarding, Support, Compliance, and Operations Coordinates standardized onboarding, orientation, access, and offboarding workflows for APC students and provides general coordination support for other student and learner populations as assigned. Tracks required documentation and readiness requirements, including affiliation status, immunizations, background requirements, training, policy acknowledgements, system access, badges, and other organizational requirements. Serves as a primary contact for routine student questions and helps learners navigate onboarding steps, organizational expectations, training-site resources, and appropriate points of contact. Provides timely, student-centered support for access, scheduling, technology, parking, orientation, required documentation, and other nonclinical logistics. Triages concerns, connects learners with the appropriate school, preceptor, department, employee support, safety, or organizational resource, and escalates urgent, sensitive, academic, clinical, or policy matters. Maintains orientation materials, frequently asked questions, checklists, communications, templates, and learner resources that promote a consistent and welcoming experience. Supports student communications, office hours, information sessions, and other activities that help learners understand processes and successfully participate in their educational experience. 35% Program Infrastructure, Reporting, and Continuous Improvement Maintains shared resources, standard work, templates, calendars, distribution lists, SharePoint or Teams content, and other program documentation. Coordinates meetings, agendas, materials, action items, and follow-up for school partner and internal stakeholder forums. Coordinates operational planning for new or revised educational models, rotations, and learner experiences. Documents workflows, identifies recurring student questions or process gaps, and supports standardization and continuous improvement initiatives. Coordinates learner and preceptor surveys and feedback; summarizes trends, barriers, and opportunities for improvement. Produces recurring and ad hoc reports on requests, placements, turnaround times, school partnerships, capacity, preceptor participation, onboarding completion, student support themes, and learner experience. Partners with other education coordinator roles to share best practices, align standard work, strengthen handoffs, and promote consistent processes and learner experiences across programs and sites. 25% Other Duties As Assigned Performs other duties as assigned to support evolving program, departmental, or organizational needs. 5% Job description rankings/percentages are intended to reflect normal averages over an extended period and are subject to daily variances. Quality and efficiency standards should at no time be compromised to meet the average expectations expressed above. Job descriptions are subject to change to accommodate organization or department needs.

About Us: At HealthPartners we believe in the power of good – good deeds and good people working together. As part of our team, you’ll find an inclusive environment that encourages new ways of thinking, celebrates differences, and recognizes hard work. We’re a nonprofit, integrated health care organization, providing health insurance in six states and high-quality care at more than 90 locations, including hospitals and clinics in Minnesota and Wisconsin. We bring together research and education through HealthPartners Institute, training medical professionals across the region and conducting innovative research that improve lives around the world. At HealthPartners, everyone is welcome, included and valued. We’re working together to increase diversity and inclusion in our workplace, advance health equity in care and coverage, and partner with the community as advocates for change. Benefits Designed To Support Your Total Health As a HealthPartners colleague, we’re committed to nurturing your diverse talents, valuing your dedication, and supporting your work-life balance. We offer a comprehensive range of benefits to support every aspect of your life, including health, time off, retirement planning, and continuous learning opportunities. Our goal is to help you thrive physically, mentally, emotionally, and financially, so you can continue delivering exceptional care. Join us in our mission to improve the health and well-being of our patients, members, and communities. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identify, status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class.