Cooper University Health Care

APP Fellow - Critical Care

Cooper University Health Care  •  Camden, NJ (Onsite)  •  18 days ago
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Job Description

About Us

At Cooper University Health Care, our commitment to providing extraordinary health care begins with our team. Our extraordinary professionals are continuously discovering clinical innovations and enhanced access to the most up-to-date facilities, equipment, technologies and research protocols. We have a commitment to our employees to provide competitive rates and compensation programs. Cooper offers full and part-time employees a comprehensive benefits program, including health, dental, vision, life, disability, and retirement. We also provide attractive working conditions and opportunities for career growth through professional development. Discover why Cooper University Health Care is the employer of choice in South Jersey.

Short Description

We are seeking a dynamic and highly motivated new-to- practice nurse practitioner (APN) or physician assistant (PA) looking for an innovative and comprehensive fellowship program.

This is a 12-month fellowship designed for new or newer to practice APNs or PAs that are passionate about advancing their clinical and professional practice in a supportive and collaborative environment. This program aims to provide clinical rotations, didactic curriculum and mentorship opportunities in critical care to grow the new to practice provider’s knowledge and confidence in their practice.

Program focuses include; preceptor guided clinical practice with focuses on management of the medical critical care patient, neuro-critical care patient and trauma-surgical critical care patient. As well as participation in professional development elements in evidence-based practice, quality and process improvement and high reliability training.

Responsibilities

  • APP fellow will provide medical services consistent with the fellow’s education, training and experience level and will be performed under the supervision of a preceptor and collaborating physician.
  • APP fellow will complete a quality, performance or process improvement project and/or research project suitable for publication or presentation.
  • APP fellow will attend all assigned educational events and seminars that have been incorporated into this program.
  • APP fellow will rotate to multiple roles within critical care including medical critical care, neurological critical care and trauma surgical critical care.
  • APP fellow will participate in structured evaluations regarding progress such as but not limited to case study presentations, preceptor and program director performance evaluations, and demonstration.
  • Further employment opportunities with Cooper Health system will depend on successful completion of 12-month fellowship and all associated components and open position availability.

    Experience Required

    0-2 years of experience

    Education Requirements

    Master's Degree - Nurse Practitioner with Acute Care certification or Physician

    License/Certification Requirements

    New Jersey license for Advanced Nurse Practitioner & Registered Nurse or Physician Assistant*For Nurse practitioners, must be acute care certified; PA NCCPAAHA BLS & ACLS certificationsEligibility for DEA and CDS certificates.

    Special Requirements

    Applicant requirements:

  • Graduate of master's or doctorate degree program
  • Licensed and certified in the state of NJ as an acute care nurse practitioner or physician assistant
  • 2 letters of recommendation from (1) academic from a faculty member (2) professional/clinical from a preceptor or clinical supervisor
  • unofficial transcript from graduate APP program
  • Essay format answers to the following prompts:
    • Describe your journey to becoming a NP or PA, what made you choose this career path?
    • Describe why you are seeking a critical care fellowship?
    • Describe a time you had to overcome a challenge that helped you grow personally or professionally.
  • Submitted the above documentation to APPFellowship-DHM@cooperhealth.edu

    Applications are now being accepted for our 2027 APP Fellow for Critical Care.

    Schedule - Days/Hours: Full time; Sunday - Saturday; days and nights.

    Salary Min ($)

    USD $36.00

    Salary Max ($)

    USD $59.00

    Cooper University Health Care

    About Cooper University Health Care

    Cooper University Health Care is the leading academic health system in South Jersey and provides access to primary, specialty, tertiary, and urgent care, all within one complete health system. Cooper has nearly 14,000 team members including 1,600 nurses, more than 1,000 employed physicians representing 95 specialties and subspecialties, and more than 600 advanced practice professionals. Hospitals throughout the region send their most complex and critically ill and injured to Cooper for treatment by our highly skilled experts.

    Ranked year after year by U.S. News & World Report as one of the top health systems in the Philadelphia Metro area, Cooper is consistently recognized for its quality, safety, and exceptional patient care.

    Cooper has three hospitals: South Jersey’s only Level I trauma center, Cooper University Hospital in Camden, which is the busiest trauma center in the Philadelphia region; Cooper University Hospital Cape Regional in Cape May Court House, and Children’s Regional Hospital at Cooper, which is the only Level II pediatric trauma center in the Delaware Valley. Cooper is also home to a leading cancer center (MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper), six urgent care centers, and more than 130 outpatient offices from the Delaware River to the Jersey Shore, including large regional hubs in Camden, Cherry Hill, Moorestown, Voorhees, Willingboro, and Sewell.

    Cooper University Health Care is affiliated with – and its physicians make up the faculty of – Cooper Medical School of Rowan University, which is located on the Cooper Health Sciences Campus in Camden, New Jersey. Cooper has a long history in the City of Camden and is playing a leading role in its revitalization.

    Industry
    Healthcare & Social Services
    Company Size
    5,001-10,000 employees
    Headquarters
    Camden, NJ
    Year Founded
    1887
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