Pulmonary Transplant- Nurse Practitioner/Physician Assistant- Piedmont Atlanta Hospital

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive evaluations of patients with advanced lung disease undergoing lung transplant consideration and assessment
• Participate in longitudinal management of patients with advanced thoracic disease throughout all phases of transplant evaluation, waitlisting, transplantation, and post-transplant follow-up
• Develop familiarity with advanced lung disease processes and indications for lung transplantation, including obstructive, restrictive, vascular, and suppurative lung diseases
• Independently evaluate and round on hospitalized lung transplant and advanced lung disease patients in non-ICU settings in collaboration with supervising transplant physicians
• Evaluate and manage outpatient transplant and advanced lung disease clinic patients, including routine follow-up visits, urgent evaluations, transplant assessments, and post-discharge continuity visits
• Assist in coordination of transplant evaluations, diagnostic testing, and multidisciplinary transplant candidacy discussions
• Assist with waitlist management, transplant readiness evaluations, and longitudinal patient tracking
• Communicate with referring physicians and outside providers to support continuity of care
• Maintain timely, accurate, and complete documentation within the electronic medical record

Programmatic Responsibilities

• Aid in the development and maintenance of transplant clinical pathways, protocols, and standardized workflows
• Participate in transplant quality improvement initiatives and programmatic growth efforts
• Support transplant regulatory, compliance, and documentation processes as needed
• Collaborate closely with transplant coordinators, pharmacists, social workers, dietitians, rehabilitation specialists, and consulting services
• Schedule and work structure

About the Program

The Thoracic Rescue, ECMO & Lung Transplant Program at Piedmont Healthcare is being developed as a comprehensive multidisciplinary program focused on advanced thoracic disease, extracorporeal life support, and lung transplantation. The program emphasizes longitudinal continuity of care, multidisciplinary collaboration, and specialized expertise across all phases of transplant evaluation, peri-transplant management, critical illness recovery, and long-term post-transplant care.