OFFICE RN
Cape May Court House, New Jersey
Overview
At Cooper, our dedicated nurses are the foundation of our commitment to exceptional care. As South Jersey’s leading academic health system and only Level I Trauma Center, we deliver compassionate care across the care continuum. With a vast geographic reach encompassing urban and suburban settings, Cooper offers a diverse environment for professional nursing practice.
Success Profile
We’ve identified several OFFICE RN personality traits that best fit within our organizational infrastructure, company culture, and shared values. Are you a match?
- Achiever
- Adaptable
- Good Listener
- Helpful
- Results-driven
- Self-starter
Mission and Values
At Cooper University Health Care, we’ve built an environment where everyone is passionate about learning, healing, and service. Making this mission a reality means cultivating supportive, inspiration-focused conversations between our team members at every level. We’re proud of the purpose-driven culture our team shares, and the outcomes it produces for our patients.
Cooper University Health Care is a leading academic health system where our nurses work alongside some of the best clinicians in the world to treat unique and complex cases. At Cooper, we strive to support nurses to be the best through collaborative work environments, educational and professional development opportunities, as well as career advancement. If you’re looking to learn, grow, and further your nursing career, Cooper University Health Care is the right place for you. Join us today. Learn why there are nurses … and then there are Cooper nurses.
- Kathy Devine, DrNP, RN, NEA-BC
SVP / Chief Nursing Executive
Employee Voices
Benefits
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Retirement
Cooper University Health Care offers a 403(b) retirement plan administered by Fidelity Investments that enables team members to save and plan for retirement through pre-tax and post-tax (Roth) contributions. All new team members of Cooper University Health Care will have 3% of compensation automatically deducted from their pay each payroll period and directed to their account at Fidelity Investments. Deferral percentages can be changed with Fidelity at any time, once enrolled. A match contribution of 50% of the team member’s contributions up to 5% of annual salary is available once eligible.
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Medical/Dental
Cooper’s medical plans are provided by Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield. Each of the medical plans offers flexibility and freedom to use any Cooper or network provider in Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield’s PPO, Blue Card network. Each plan has a wide range of preferred providers and services that may have no out-of-pocket cost when using Cooper providers, depending on the plan chosen. Prescription drug coverage is included in each of Cooper’s medical plans. Dental benefits are provided through Delta Dental PPO plans and Sun Life DMO. Comprehensive vision coverage is offered through Eyemed.
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Tuition Assistance
Cooper University Health Care believes that ongoing education is important, both personally and professionally. Benefits eligible team members are able to take advantage of Tuition Assistance once 3 months of employment are completed. Cooper also provides annual assistance towards professional certifications and related organization memberships.
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Educational Partnerships
Cooper is proud to partner with world class educational institutions
- Atlantic Cape Community College
- Tomas Edison State University Bayada Scholars Program at Cooper
- Rutgers- Blackwood
- Camden County College
- Drexel University
- Gwynedd Mercy University
- Holy Family University
- Jefferson University
- La Salle University
- Our Lady of Lourdes School of Nursing
- Rowan College of Burlington County
- Rowan University
- Rowan College of South Jersey
- Rutgers Camden
- Rutgers New Brunswick
- Stockton University
- TCNJ
- Thomas Edison State University
- University of Pennsylvania
- Widener University
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Nursing Recognition and Excellence
We are always looking to highlight the amazing work of our team members. Through-out the year nurses are recognized through Daisy nomination, unit awards, and rounding recognitions. For those nominated by their leaders and peers Cooper holds Annual Nursing Excellence Awards for their clinical abilities, leadership, mentorship and commitment to upholding the Cooper mission: To serve, to heal, to educate.
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Professional Development
Cooper is committed to nurses' professional growth and development. A variety of classes and courses are offered for learning new content and skills focused specifically on current and future career goals. Cooper nurses are provided with the opportunities to become involved in precepting, mentorships, research, interprofessional education, Grand Rounds and presentations.
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Professional Governance
Professional Governance: Cooper nurses are encouraged to participate in our shared decision-making structure that gives them autonomy in defining and determining their practice. Professional governance allows for collaboration and communication across all levels of nursing to drive quality patient and workforce outcomes.
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Nursing Residency
Cooper's Nurse Residency Program provides a unique opportunity for our new-to-practice RNs to develop confidence in clinical decision-making skills, build a community with colleagues, and enhance their professional practice.
Responsibilities
OFFICE RN
Cape May Court House, NJJob ID 72197Job Type Full TimeShift DaySpecialty SurgeryCooper University Health Care is an integrated healthcare delivery system serving residents and visitors throughout Cape May County. The system includes Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional, three urgent care facilities; Cape Regional Physicians Associates with primary care and specialty care providers delivering services in multiple locations throughout Cape May County; The Cancer Center at Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional, the Claire C. Brodesser Surgery Center; AMI at Cooper, Miracles Fitness and numerous freestanding outpatient facilities providing wound care, lab, and physical therapy services. We have a commitment to our employees by providing competitive rates and compensation programs. Cooper offers full and part time employees a comprehensive employee benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, retirement, on-site Early Education Center (employee discount), attractive working conditions, and the chance to build and explore a career opportunity by offering professional development.
Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional is accredited by and received the Gold Seal of approval from The Joint Commission.
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Short Description
Under direct supervision, assists physicians with patient care duties. Maintains efficient patient flow, assists with patient care, i.e. exams, procedures, and patient education. Performs miscellaneous clinic support tasks, including filing, answering phones, and maintaining physicians' schedules.
Experience Required
- Properly identify and prepare the patient and explain procedures. Maintains patient privacy during testing.
Electronically submits prescriptions, obtains pre-authorization for medications and makes other patient calls as directed by physician.
Triage phone calls from patients/families and other healthcare providers and collaborates with physician/provider regarding plan of care. Educate patient/family on recommended treatments changes.
- Performs other administrative duties, i.e. scanning, pre-loading, typing, filing, faxing, reception, etc. as requested by supervisor or physician. Maintains patient’s medical record in proper order based on established office protocol.
Assists physicians with exams and procedures as requested.
Assists with delegated patient education activities including but not limited to distributing education literature, etc.
- Performs chart review the previous day ensuring all necessary patient records, supplies, equipment and pre-authorizations are available as required by physician prior to the appointment.
Education Requirements
- Graduate from an accredited program for Nursing
License/Certification Requirements
- Active licensure in Nursing (RN) for the State of New Jersey
- Current CPR certification required
Special Requirements
- Complies with all aspects of regulatory readiness. To include the CDC and State standards.
- Ability to communicate to the office manager and/or physician, problems associated with patient, procedure.
- Ability to adhere to the departmental policy on critical values, performing proper notification and documentation.
- Ability to navigate through an electronic medical record including documentation of patient/family education, editing orders and billing