Graduate Nurse

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 by providing competitive rates and compensation, a comprehensive employee benefits programs, attractive working conditions, and the chance to build and explore a career opportunity by offering professional development.

 

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The Graduate Nurse (GN) is a professional care-giver 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.
The GN holds a temporary emergency RN license and shall be eligible to work only under supervision in an acute care facility licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health. Such supervision may be in the form of a preceptor relationship.

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.

The following tasks will not be performed by the GN:
• Procedures not signed off by the RN preceptor or Clinical Educator that requires competency.
• Direct or supervise other healthcare staff.
• Make assignments for other staff.

• The Graduate Nurse will have successfully completed his/her nursing school.

• Previous inpatient experience as a Nurse Associate/Patient Care Technician preferred.

• Graduate of NLN accredited School of Nursing.

• American Heart Association BLS Certification (Basic Life Support)

• Established NCLEX licensure date OR eligible to schedule the NCLEX
• Two letters of recommendation from Faculty or Professional references.
• Copy of current transcripts showing minimum cumulative GPA of >3.0.