DIRECTOR CLINICAL PRACTICE

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 DIRECTOR CLINICAL PRACTICE 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.

Employee Voices

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.

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.

Tuition Assistance: 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.

Nursing Recognition and Excellence: Cooper is 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.

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.

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.

Nursing Residency: Cooper’s Nurse Residency Program, a PTAP-accredited program with distinction, offers a unique opportunity for new-to-practice registered nurses to build confidence in clinical decision-making, foster meaningful connections with colleagues, and strengthen their professional practice.

Responsibilities

Quality

This position will serve as a key resource to Executive Leadership.

Responsible for, and in collaboration with Cooper University Health Care leadership, the clinical competency and quality of care provided by physicians, non-physician clinicians including independent providers (APPs), nursing staff and medical assistants in clinical practice in the ambulatory and acute care settings.

Both directly and in collaboration with other service line leadership will ensure Institutes provide seamless, efficient and cost effective delivery of the highest quality of care across the care continuum by developing tools to improve the quality of patient care and serving as an agent of change.

Accountable for all quality measures including monitoring data and managing information and outcomes relating to the Women’s & Chidren’s and Adult Health Institutes as well as for the development and execution of quality and safety initiatives across the Institute in both the hospital and ambulatory settings.

Responsible for clinical practice in the ambulatory and inpatient setting in collaboration with the Directors of Outpatient Operations and Inpatient Clinical Directors of Operations.

Co-chair of Process Improvement and Patient Safety committees within institutes.

Supervision

Supervises all clinical and quality related issues and personnel in the ambulatory and inpatient setting for the Institute.

Experience Required

• 5 years management experience
• 5 years clinical experience in the acute care setting or outpatient setting

Education Requirements

• Master of Science in Nursing
• or Master of Medical Science in health related field

License/Certification Requirements

• NJ RN License
• BLS, ACLS preferred

Special Requirements

• Evaluate the quality and effectiveness of clinical practice and organizational systems.
• Working knowledge and understanding of information systems, quality reporting and databases used to measure outcomes.
• Ability to formulate and operationalize process improvements based on sound data to drive positive outcomes.
• Superior problem solving skills with a high level of personal accountability.
• Working knowledge of TJC requirements, JC Perinatal and Children’s Core Measures, LeapFrog, AHRQ measures, and all public reporting.
• Advanced interpersonal and leadership skills with the ability to foster consensus and engagement of various individuals or groups.
• Ability to communicate clearly both verbally and in writing both at the individual and group level.

The New Jersey Pay Transparency Act

A salary offer will vary based on the job role, candidate experience, qualifications, internal pay equity and market data.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Cooper University Health Care is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to equal employment opportunity for all team members. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, or any other status protected by law or regulation.