Registered Nurse - Med/Surg, Telemetry - Keleman 9 North
Camden, New Jersey
You'll work on a 76-bed med-surg telemetry unit caring for cardiac, trauma, GI and psych patients. Cooper University Health Care is an academic medical center.
- Shift and hours
- 12-hour nights 24 hrs. per week24 hours a week
- Unit and setting
- Kelemen North and South 9 med-surg telemetry unit Our staff care for a variety of patient populations, including cardiac, trauma, gastrointestinal, and psych.Cardiac, trauma, GI and psych patients
- License
- RN license Current NJ-RN License (Registered Nurse).Current NJ RN license
Do you qualify?
- License
- Current NJ RN license Current NJ-RN License (Registered Nurse). Check your license
- Certification
- Current NJ BLS certification Current NJ-BLS Certification (Basic Life Support).
- Certification
- ACLS certification Nurses who are staffed on Kelemen 9 are required to have Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Basic Life Support (BLS) certifications
- Education
- Graduate of NLN-accredited nursing school Graduate of NLN accredited School of Nursing.
Preferred
- Experience
- 1 year acute care experience 1 year of acute care experience preferred.
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
- Unit size
- 76-bed two-sided unit Kelemen North and South 9 is a two-sided, seventy-six bed Medical-Surgical Telemetry unit.
- Weekends
- Rotating weekends rotating weekends and holidays
- Holidays
- Rotating holidays
- Details
- 663-bed flagship hospital in Camden its 663-bed flagship Cooper Norcross University Hospital in Camden
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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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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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.
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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 North and South 9 is a two-sided, seventy-six bed Medical-Surgical Telemetry unit. Our staff care for a variety of patient populations, including cardiac, trauma, gastrointestinal, and psych. To support our staff are Clinical Nurse Managers (CNMs) which help with patient care, through put, and assignments.
Nurses who are staffed on Kelemen 9 are required to have Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS), and Basic Life Support (BLS) certifications, which will allow competent and safe care for our complex patient populations. Experience Required 1 year of acute care experience preferred.
Education Requirements
Graduate of NLN accredited School of Nursing. License/Certification Requirements Current NJ-RN License (Registered Nurse). Current NJ-BLS Certification (Basic Life Support). Certain specialties may require advanced certification (i.e. ACLS, NALS, PALS) Special Requirements Shift
Requirements
- 7PM-7AM
- 24 hrs. per week
- rotating weekends and holidays
- 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