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EMS Educator RN/Paramedic Registry

Northwestern Medicine · McHenry, IL · Part time · Health Care Provider

Posted Sep 17, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 5, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about mentoring someone in their professional development.

What they are checking: The posting names serving as a consultant and mentor in practice and professional development.

This is a registry role. How do you stay current on your own practice?

What they are checking: The posting is registry and credibility in front of EMS providers depends on practice.

What would you do

How do you teach experienced providers who think they already know it?

What they are checking: The defining difficulty of EMS education and condescension ends it.

How would you run a scenario debrief without humiliating anyone?

What they are checking: Debriefing is where EMS education teaches and where it does harm.

About the work

Tell me about your critical care background and your teaching experience.

What they are checking: The posting requires five years of critical care and one year of teaching.

How do you assess what a group of paramedics actually needs to learn?

What they are checking: The posting names collaborating with managers and staff to assess learning needs and competencies.

Walk me through designing a course from the objective to the assessment.

What they are checking: The posting names designing, delivering and assessing learning activities and curriculums.

How do you build competency assessment that is fair and still means something?

What they are checking: The posting names assessment of clinical competencies.

How do you keep a curriculum current with changing protocols and regulation?

What they are checking: The posting names curriculums related to departmental, organizational and regulatory requirements.

Where are you with your RN or paramedic licence, BLS, ACLS and PALS?

What they are checking: The posting requires the licence and all three certifications.

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The full job description

As published by Northwestern Medicine.

The EMS Educator reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards. This role develops and provides services related to the orientation, continuing education, and assessment of clinical staff. Responsibilities: • Collaborates with managers and staff to assess the learning needs and competencies of staff. • Designs, delivers, and assesses learning activities and curriculums related to clinical competencies, departmental/organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and the use of clinical information technologies. • Serves as a consultant/mentor for staff in areas of program development, clinical practice, and professional development. • Participates in the development, coordination, and delivery of new staff orientation and education activities. • Performs other duties as assigned Required : • Graduate of an accredited Registered Nursing or Paramedic program. • Current RN licensure or Paramedic • Five years of critical care experience and one year of teaching experience • Two years in course coordination • CPR-Basic Life Support (BLS) • CPR-Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) • CPR-Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) • Preferred: • More than five years of critical care experience and more than one year of teaching experience • More than four years in course coordination • Associate’s degree or Bachelor’s degree • IDPH Instructor • IDPH Lead Instructor within one year of hire • ACLS Instructor • Certified BTLS • Certified PALS Instructor Northwestern Medicine is an equal opportunity employer (disability, VETS) and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status. Background Check Northwestern Medicine conducts a background check that includes criminal history on newly hired team members and, at times, internal transfers. If you are offered a position with us, you will be required to complete an authorization and disclosure form that gives Northwestern Medicine permission to run the background check. Results are evaluated on a case-by-case basis, and we follow all local, state, and federal laws, including the Illinois Health Care Worker Background Check Act. Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools may be used in some portions of the candidate review process for this position, however, all employment decisions will be made by a person. Benefits We offer a wide range of benefits that provide employees with tools and resources to improve their physical, emotional, and financial well-being while providing protection for unexpected life events. Please visit our Benefits section to learn more. Sign-on Bonus Eligibility (if sign-on bonus offered for position): Internal employees and rehires who left Northwestern Medicine within 1 year are not eligible for the sign on bonus. Exception: New graduate internal employees seeking their first licensed clinical position at NM may be eligible depending upon the job family.