Registered Nurse - Med Surg - Telemetry, Kelemen 8 North
Camden, New Jersey
You'll care for patients with a wide variety of diagnoses, illnesses and disease processes on Kelemen 8, a med-surg unit.
- Unit and setting
- Kelemen 8 North cares for patients with a wide variety of diagnoses, illnesses and disease processeswide mix of diagnoses and illnesses
- License
- RN license Current NJ-RN License (Registered Nurse);current New Jersey RN license
Do you qualify?
- License
- current New Jersey RN license Current NJ-RN License (Registered Nurse); Check your license
- Certification
- current AHA BLS certification Current American Heart Association BLS Certification (Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers);
- Education
- graduate of an NLN-accredited nursing school Graduate of NLN accredited School of Nursing
What it pays
- Against similar roles
- In range for Camden staff RN rolesCamden staff RN postings that state pay run $37/hr to $49/hr, the middle half $45/hr to $49/hr, across 64 postings.
The role and schedule
- Day to day
- telemetry patients North and South 8 have telemetry capabilities for our patients.
- Day to day
- negative pressure isolation rooms There are two negative pressure rooms with an anti-room.
- Day to day
- multidisciplinary rounds Monday through Friday Multidisciplinary rounds occur every Monday through Friday.
- Unit size
- 77-patient unit Kelemen 8 can accept a total of 77 patients.
- Unit size
- 37 patients on the North side The North side houses 37 patients, and the South side houses 36 patients.
The workplace
Cooper University Health Care is an academic medical center located in Camden, NJ, serving as South Jersey's only Level I Adult Trauma Center and Level II Pediatric Trauma Center. The facility features 30 operating rooms and performs over 70 surgeries…
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- Can you walk me through base pay range and differentials?
- What should I expect for shifts, weekly hours, weekend, holiday, call, and rotation?
- What orientation, preceptor time, and ongoing unit support are included?
- How are patient load, floating, and staffing support handled day to day?
On your path
Med surg is open from year one. A broad first base while you learn which path pulls harder.
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Posted on Cooper University Health Care’s careers page.
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About Us
Cooper Norcross Health, formerly Cooper University Health Care, is a leading academic health system affiliated with Cooper Norcross Medical School of Rowan University. Headquartered in Camden, New Jersey, Cooper Norcross Health has revenues of more than $3 billion and an A+ credit rating from both S&P and Fitch Ratings. Cooper Norcross Health has nearly 14,000 team members, including more than 2,200 nurses, more than 1,200 employed physicians representing 95 specialties and subspecialties, and more than 700 advanced practice providers.
The health system operates MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper as well as four hospitals – its 663-bed flagship Cooper Norcross University Hospital in Camden, its 229-bed Cooper Norcross University Hospital Cape Regional in Cape May Court House, Children’s Hospital at Cooper Norcross Health in Camden, and The Recovery Village Cherry Hill at Cooper, a substance abuse rehabilitation and inpatient treatment facility, in partnership with American Recovery Services. Cooper Norcross University Hospital in Camden is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in South Jersey and the busiest in the region. The hospital has been recognized as a top-performing regional hospital by U. S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals annual survey for eight years.
More than 2.54 million patients visit Cooper Norcross Health facilities annually. Its ambulatory network encompasses three outpatient surgery centers, seven urgent care centers, a wound care center, and more than 130 physician, physical therapy, and radiology offices extending from the Delaware River to the New Jersey shore. Cooper Norcross Health, a not-for-profit health system, was named one of America’s Best Large Employers for 2026 by Forbes, ranking among the top 200 in the nation.
Visit CooperHealth.org to learn more.
Short Description
The Registered RN is a professional caregiver who, as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame and who supervises and provides care to these patients utilizing the nursing process including the therapeutic use of self. Follows established policies and procedures. Communicates openly with internal customers and supervisors.
Provides excellent customer service interfacing well with all levels of staff, management. and physicians. Applies Cooper core values. Other duties as required Overview Kelemen 8 is a medical-surgical unit that cares for patients with a wide variety of diagnoses, illnesses and disease processes.
North and South 8 have telemetry capabilities for our patients. Kelemen 8 has frequent admissions and discharges. Kelemen 8 can accept a total of 77 patients.
The North side houses 37 patients, and the South side houses 36 patients. There are two negative pressure rooms with an anti-room. There is a pharmacist present on the unit to assist the RNs with medication questions/concerns.
Multidisciplinary rounds occur every Monday through Friday. Rounds involve all aspects of the healthcare team, including the patient and family.
Education Requirements
Graduate of NLN accredited School of Nursing License/Certification Requirements Current NJ-RN License (Registered Nurse); Current American Heart Association BLS Certification (Basic Life Support for Health Care Providers); Certain specialties may require advanced certification (i.e., ACLS, NALS, PALS) Salary Min ($) USD $48.72 Salary Max ($) USD $73.64
What's around it?
Camden, NJFrom Census ACS 2024.
Living costs about 3% above the US average
- Median rent
- $1,226/mo
- Household income
- $40,546/yr, all local households, not nurse pay