Critical Care Nurse Educator

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Nurse Educator – Critical Care/ICU

CHI St. Alexius Health | Bismarck, ND

Are you the kind of nurse who lights up when you’re teaching, mentoring, and elevating everyone around you? Do you geek out over evidence-based practice, love shaping clinical excellence, and want to help build a powerhouse Critical Care team? Then we’d love to meet you!

In this dynamic RN role, you’ll be the driving force behind clinical education, staff development, and professional growth within our Critical Care/ICU Department. You’ll guide nurses toward practice excellence, strengthen our patient‑care culture, and play a vital part in creating the safest, highest-quality care environment possible.

• Lead the planning, research, coordination, and evaluation of education and professional development programs—aligned with CHI Health’s nursing vision and campus goals.
• Serve as a clinical expert, mentor, change agent, and trusted leader for our nursing teams.
• Partner with organizational, divisional, and system leaders to support initiatives that enhance nursing practice and patient outcomes.
• Bring cutting‑edge, evidence‑based research into the real world—translating findings into meaningful, measurable improvements in care.
• Provide clinical insight and leadership for quality improvement projects throughout Critical Care.
• Shape the full journey of nursing professional development, including onboarding, orientation, nurse residency, fellowships, competency processes, and preceptor/mentor programs.
• Create and refine educational resources using adult‑learning principles, organizational development strategies, and system‑wide standards.

You won’t just be teaching—you’ll be influencing the future of Critical Care nursing. Your work directly impacts patient safety, team confidence, and the strength of our ICU.

A passionate educator. A natural mentor. A nurse who thrives in fast‑paced, high‑acuity environments and wants to empower others to do the same.

• FTE Status - 1.0, 80 hours biweekly
• Shift Type
  - Days Monday
  - Friday
• Shift Length -
• On Call Expectations - none
• Weekend/Holiday Frequency: none

• BSN in Nursing (with the commitment to complete your MSN within five years of your start date — we’ll cheer you on the whole way).
• Active, unencumbered RN compact multistate license eligible for practice in North Dakota.
• Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.
• At least three years of relevant nursing experience
  —the kind that gives you both clinical confidence and real‑world perspective.

• MSN with a focus in Education — if you love the academic side of nursing, we love you already.
• Specialty nursing certification in your clinical area—because you take excellence seriously.