About this role
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, didactic and mentorship opportunities in hospital medicine to grow the new to practice provider’s knowledge and confidence in their practice.
Program focuses include mentor guided clinical practice with focuses on acute care medicine patient management, oncology, cardiology, palliative, consultative medicine and critical care medicine. As well as professional development elements in evidence-based practice, quality and process improvement and high reliability training. Responsibilities:
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
Application requirements, which must be attached when you apply:
- Describe your journey to becoming a NP or PA, what made you choose this career path?
- Describe why you are seeking a hospital medicine fellowship after finishing your post-graduate program and what you are hoping to achieve through this program?
- Describe a time you had to overcome a challenge that helped you grow personally or professionally.
Submitted the above documentation to [email protected]
Applications are now being accepted through February 1, 2026. Following the application deadline, we will begin the interview and selection process, with final decisions expected by March 1, 2026.
Schedule - Days/Hours: Full time; Sunday - Saturday; days and nights.
Salary Min ($)
USD $36.00Salary Max ($)
USD $59.00Other facts
About Cooper University Hospital
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.
What you'll do
- The APP fellow will provide medical services in collaboration with a clinical preceptor and complete a quality or research project suitable for publication. They will also attend educational events and rotate through various roles within the hospital.
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