Registered Nurse - Med/Surg, Telemetry - Keleman 9 North

Cooper University Hospital•Camden, NJ

2d•Onsite

About The Position

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. 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.

Requirements

Graduate of NLN accredited School of Nursing.
Current NJ-RN License (Registered Nurse).
Current NJ-BLS Certification (Basic Life Support).
Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certification.
Basic Life Support (BLS) certification.

Nice To Haves

Certain specialties may require advanced certification (i.e. ACLS, NALS, PALS)

Responsibilities

Assumes responsibility and accountability for a group of patients for a designated time frame.
Supervises and provides care to patients utilizing the nursing process.
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.