Education Specialist

About the job

Education Specialist

Schedule: Full-time

Your experience matters

Rutherford Regional Health System is part of Lifepoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network with facilities coast to coast. We are driven by a profound commitment to prioritize your well-being so you can provide exceptional care to others.

As an Educational Specialist joining our team, you’re embracing a vital mission dedicated to making communities healthier ®. Join us on this meaningful journey where your skills, compassion and dedication will make a remarkable difference in the lives of those we serve.

How you’ll contribute

An Educational Specialist who excels in this role:

• Provides Clerical support to Education Department by maintaining continuing education records, preparing educational materials to include handouts, graphics, and presentations.
• Prepares learning and curriculums related to clinical competencies, departmental/organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and the use of clinical information technologies.
• Administers and maintains the LifeTalent LMS (Learning Management System)
• Participates in the development, coordination, and delivery of new staff orientation and education activities.
• Oversees and manages all clinical affiliation contracts with Rutherford Regional Health System.
• Provides support for maintenance and cleaning of educational equipment including life safety training manikins and components.
• Nonessential Functions
• Sets up equipment and furniture in classrooms as required.
• Maintains education calendar for distribution to departments
• Maintains list of educational offerings and number of attendees by department.
• Maintains Life-Safety course files as per American Heart Association Training Center regulations including attendance rosters, instructor names.

Why join us

We believe that investing in our employees is the first step to providing excellent patient care. In addition to your base compensation, this position also offers:

• Comprehensive Benefits: Multiple levels of medical, dental and vision coverage for full-time and part-time employees.
• Financial Protection & PTO: Life, accident, critical illness, hospital indemnity insurance, short- and long-term disability, paid family leave and paid time off.
• Financial & Career Growth: Higher education and certification tuition assistance, loan assistance and 401(k) retirement package and company match.
• Employee Well-being: Mental, physical, and financial wellness programs (free gym memberships, virtual care appointments, mental health services and discount programs).
• Professional Development: Ongoing learning and career advancement opportunities.

What we’re looking for

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills and/or abilities required.

• Education: High School Diploma required
• Associates in related field preferred

More about Rutherford Regional Health System

Rutherford Regional Health System partnership with Duke LifePoint Healthcare is bringing the pieces together to transform healthcare in Rutherford County. Duke LifePoint Healthcare is a joint venture of Duke University Health System, one of the country’s leading academic health systems, and LifePoint Health, a leading healthcare company dedicated to Making Communities Healthier. These two forces joined because of the shared interest in collaborating with hospitals, healthcare providers and patients to bring high quality, innovative healthcare services to communities. Duke LifePoint combines Duke’s unparalleled expertise in clinical excellence and quality care with LifePoint's extensive resources and knowledge and experience operating community hospitals and healthcare organizations.

Rutherford Regional Health System includes the following: Rutherford Regional Medical Center, Rutherford Family Care, Rutherford East Family Care, Forest City Family Care, Chase Family Care, Polk Medical Specialties, Rutherford Orthopedics, Rutherford Urology, Rutherford Children's Care, Premier Women’s Care, The Mammography Place, and Rutherford Surgical Associates.

EEOC Statement

“Rutherford Regional Health System is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Rutherford Regional Health System is committed to Equal Employment Opportunity for all applicants and employees and complies with all applicable laws prohibiting discrimination and harassment in employment.”

About Us

Lifepoint Health is a leader in community-based care and driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier. Our diversified healthcare delivery network spans 29 states and includes 63 community hospital campuses, 32 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and more than 170 additional sites of care across the healthcare continuum, such as acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. We believe that success is achieved through talented people. We want to create places where employees want to work, with opportunities to pursue meaningful and satisfying careers that truly make a difference in communities across the country.We employ and provide care to people from all walks of life. We are committed to promoting healing, providing hope, preserving dignity and producing value with an inclusive workforce in which diversity is leveraged, respected, and reflective of the patients, family members, customers and team members we serve.

Additional Information

• Job Identification: 359863
• Job Category: Education & Training
• Posting Date: 2026-10-15
• Job Schedule: Full time
• Locations: 288 S Ridgecrest Ave, Rutherfordton, NC, 28139, US
• FTE: 0.8 - 64 hr/pp (Full Time)
• Career Site Category: Training / Education
• Facility Name: Rutherford Regional Health System
• Is this position grant-funded?: No