Cooper University Hospital
Academic Medical Center · Camden, NJ
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Academic Medical Center
- Shifts hiring now
- Rotating 1
Benefits
Sign-on bonus and relocation incentive described as available for select positions; amounts and RN eligibility not confirmed.
What stands out
New graduates
You can step in through a Nurse Residency Program with a clear path for new graduates, plus extern and graduate nurse programs built for the jump into practice.
As of 2024 · 2025Source 1: cooperhealth.orgSource 2: facebook.comSource 3: cooperhealth.org
Experienced nurses
If you want high-acuity neonatal work, the Level 3 NICU is a 35-bed nursery in pods of up to four infants, caring for 23-week gestation babies, surgery, HFV, nitric oxide, and a neonatal transport team.
Experienced nurses
The 12-bed Coronary Care ICU focuses on structural heart (TAVR), pre-cardiac surgery, advanced heart failure, and cardiogenic shock, with specialized nurse training.
Moving here
Project Imagine is already breaking ground on a multi-billion-dollar Camden campus expansion with three new private-room patient towers planned for up to 745 beds.
As of 2025-02-03Source: constructconnect.com
More about working here
Experienced nurses
You chart in Epic on a unionized campus where HPAE represents the nurses.
Experienced nurses
Med-surg options include telemetry on Kelemen 8 North with frequent admissions and discharges, and Pavilion 6 intermediate care with 30 single rooms covering surgical oncology, urology, bariatrics, thoracic, and colorectal surgery.
New graduates
NICU staffing pairs RNs with attendings, fellows, NNPs, and residents, plus dedicated RT, OT, PT, speech, unit secretaries, and child life—so you are not learning alone at the bedside.
As of 2025Source: cooperhealth.org
Working conditions
- Pay and benefits
- Reception Ambassador, Camden NJ (employer-provided range; non-RN role)
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.co.nz
- Pay and benefits
- Sign-on bonus and relocation incentive available for select positions (Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional mention)
As of 2025Source: instagram.com
Starting out and growing here
- Preceptors and orientation
- Extern and Graduate Nurse Programs offered for transitioning to practice
As of 2025Source: cooperhealth.org
The city
Living in Camden, NJ
Just across the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Camden offers nurses an affordable New Jersey home base with easy access to big-city amenities. The revitalized Camden Waterfront and nearby Cooper Grant neighborhood highlight ongoing reinvestment in this historically working-class city.
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- Metro price level · Camden area
- 3% above the national average
- BEA index 102.6 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,226/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $40,546/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You are looking at Cooper University Hospital in Camden—an academic health system that has been on this ground since 1887, with a stated mission to serve, to heal, to educate.
- Academic Medical Center · Camden
- Hiring rotating
More about Cooper University Hospital
On the units you will meet real acuity: a 35-bed Level 3 NICU in small pods that takes 23-week babies, surgery, high-frequency ventilation, and nitric oxide, plus a 12-bed CCU built around structural heart, advanced failure, and shock. Med-surg paths include telemetry on Kelemen 8 North and a 30-room intermediate unit on Pavilion 6 for surgical oncology, urology, bariatrics, and more. You chart in Epic, and nursing here is union-represented. If you are new, there is a Nurse Residency Program and separate extern and graduate nurse tracks for the transition into practice. The campus itself is in motion: Project Imagine has broken ground on a multi-phase expansion with new private-room towers planned. What you should weigh honestly is staffing pressure—in 2024 the union authorized a strike over ratios while the contract was open—so ask current nurses on your target unit how the board looks on a Tuesday night before you sign.
To serve, to heal, to educate.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Staffing ratios and union pressure
- Nurses authorized strike over ratios; employer says ratios in contract since 2004 and proposed stronger ratios plus wage increases.
As of 2024-05-28Source: hpae.org
- Glassdoor overall rating
- About 3.5/5 from hundreds of reviews; roughly half would recommend; moderate CEO approval.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Patient nurse-communication scores
- Nurse communication around 3/5; quietness low; about 70% likely to recommend; limited allnurses nurse reviews.
As of 2026Source: allnurses.com
What to weigh
In May 2024, roughly 1,500 union nurses voted about 90% to authorize a strike over nurse-to-patient ratios as the contract expired.
As of 2024-05-28Source: hpae.org
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Jul 27, 2026
- Website
- cooperhealth.org ↗
Weighing a first job here?
The license clock and the job hunt run at once, and new-grad windows do the deciding. Residency commitments carry fine print worth reading before you sign.
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A closer look at the units
Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- CCU1 open
- Med-Surg1 open
- NICURotating 11 open
- Stepdown1 open
NICU / Intensive Care Nursery
35-bed level 3 nursery in pods up to 4 infants; cares for 23-week gestation, surgery, HFV, nitric oxide; neonatal transport team.
Source location unconfirmedSource: cooperhealth.org
Coronary Care ICU (CCU)
12-bed CCU for structural heart (TAVR), pre-cardiac surgery, advanced heart failure, cardiogenic shock; specialized nurse training.
Source location unconfirmedSource: cooperhealth.org
Med Surg - Telemetry (Kelemen 8 North)
Medical-surgical unit with telemetry; wide variety of diagnoses; frequent admissions and discharges; North and South 8 have telemetry.
Source location unconfirmedSource: cooperhealth.org
Med Surg Intermediate Care (Pavilion 6)
30 single rooms; intermediate surgical/med-surg; surgical oncology, urology, bariatrics, thoracic and colorectal surgery.
Source location unconfirmedSource: cooperhealth.org
Hospital-wide staffing
CMS staffing grade B; 962 RNs, 79 LPN/LVN; allnurses directory aggregates CMS-derived ratios.
Source location unconfirmedSource: allnurses.com
Open roles
Current openings at Cooper University Hospital
Refreshed throughout the day.
- RN
- 12-hour rotating
- RN
- 8-hour shifts
- RN
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