ICU Care Leadership - Associate Clinical Director

Cooper University Health Care; New Jersey; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cooper Norcross Health seeks a Clinical Director to direct patient care services within an assigned unit, ensuring safe, high-quality, evidence-based care and leadership in the Clinical Director’s absence.

The role supports operational effectiveness, staff development, and family-centered care, while promoting collaboration among nursing staff, physicians, and other departments to enhance outcomes.

Qualifications

• Required: Minimum of 2 years of clinical nursing experience and at least 1 year of demonstrated leadership abilities.
• Preferred: Progressive leadership experience in acute or specialty care settings

Responsibilities

• Assists the Clinical Director in providing leadership, direction, and coordination of patient care services to ensure safe, high-quality, evidence-based care delivery.
• Oversees day-to-day operational functioning of the assigned unit, including staffing coordination, workflow oversight, and resource utilization.
• Supports personnel management activities such as interviewing, hiring, orientation, coaching, counseling, scheduling, and performance evaluations.
• Coordinates interdisciplinary and ancillary services to promote effective communication, patient satisfaction, and continuity of care.
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives, regulatory compliance efforts, and implementation of Joint Commission, state, and federal standards.
• Acts as liaison between nursing staff, physicians, and other departments, facilitating problem-solving, conflict resolution, and collaboration.
• Promotes staff education, professional development, and competency validation in collaboration with the Clinical Director and Education Department.

Skills

Nursing Leadership

Staff Development

Quality Improvement

Clinical Nursing

Education

NLN accredited school of nursing

Job description

About us

Cooper Norcross Health, formerly Cooper University Health Care, is a leading academic health system affiliated with Cooper Norcross Medical School of Rowan University. Headquartered in Camden, New Jersey, Cooper Norcross Health has revenues of more than $3 billion and an A+ credit rating from both S&P and Fitch Ratings.

Cooper Norcross Health has nearly 14,000 team members, including more than 2,200 nurses, more than 1,200 employed physicians representing 95 specialties and subspecialties, and more than 700 advanced practice providers.

The health system operates MD Anderson Cancer Center at Cooper as well as four hospitals – its 663-bed flagship Cooper Norcross University Hospital in Camden, its 229-bed Cooper Norcross University Hospital Cape Regional in Cape May Court House, Children’s Hospital at Cooper Norcross Health in Camden, and The Recovery Village Cherry Hill at Cooper, a substance abuse rehabilitation and inpatient treatment facility, in partnership with American Recovery Services.

Cooper Norcross University Hospital in Camden is the only Level 1 Trauma Center in South Jersey and the busiest in the region. The hospital has been recognized as a top-performing regional hospital by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Hospitals annual survey for eight years.

More than 2.54 million patients visit Cooper Norcross Health facilities annually. Its ambulatory network encompasses three outpatient surgery centers, seven urgent care centers, a wound care center, and more than 130 physician, physical therapy, and radiology offices extending from the Delaware River to the New Jersey shore.

Cooper Norcross Health, a not-for-profit health system, was named one of America’s Best Large Employers for 2026 by Forbes, ranking among the top 200 in the nation. Visit CooperHealth.org to learn more.

Short Description

Assumes responsibility and accountability for the direction, implementation, and evaluation of patient care services within the assigned unit, under the direction of the Clinical Director. This role supports operational effectiveness, quality outcomes, staff development, and patient- and family-centered care, while exercising independent judgment and leadership in the Clinical Director’s absence.

• Demonstrates Cooper Core Values, Service Standards, Leadership Must Haves, and utilizes AIDET at all times.
  
• Assists the Clinical Director in providing leadership, direction, and coordination of patient care services to ensure safe, high-quality, evidence-based care delivery.
  
• Oversees day-to-day operational functioning of the assigned unit, including staffing coordination, workflow oversight, and resource utilization.
• Supports personnel management activities such as interviewing, hiring, orientation, coaching, counseling, scheduling, and performance evaluations.
  
• Coordinates interdisciplinary and ancillary services to promote effective communication, patient satisfaction, and continuity of care.
  
• Participates in quality improvement initiatives, regulatory compliance efforts, and implementation of Joint Commission, state, and federal standards.
  
• Acts as liaison between nursing staff, physicians, and other departments, facilitating problem-solving, conflict resolution, and collaboration.
• Promotes staff education, professional development, and competency validation in collaboration with the Clinical Director and Education Department.

Experience Required

Required: Minimum of 2 years of clinical nursing experience and at least 1 year of demonstrated leadership abilities.

Preferred: Progressive leadership experience in acute or specialty care settings

Education Requirements

Graduate from an NLN accredited school of nursing

License/Certification Requirements

Required: Current New Jersey Registered Nurse license and BLS certification

Preferred: National specialty certification (ACLS, PALS, NRP, or equivalent as applicable)