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

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

Piedmont Healthcare is seeking a highly motivated Advanced Practice Provider (APP) to join The Thoracic Rescue, ECMO & Lung Transplant Program. This position is designed as a longitudinal transplant-focused APP role integrated across the continuum of advanced lung disease and lung transplant care, including pre-transplant evaluation, inpatient non-ICU management, outpatient longitudinal follow-up, immunosuppression surveillance, multidisciplinary coordination, and post-transplant continuity of care.

The APP will function as a physician-aligned clinical extender working closely with the lung transplant physicians and multidisciplinary transplant team to support comprehensive, patient-centered thoracic transplant care. This role is intentionally structured to provide continuity across ambulatory and inpatient settings rather than functioning within a geographically restricted inpatient or outpatient model. This position is structured around a longitudinal continuity-of-care model rather than a shift-based inpatient coverage structure.

The APP will function as an integrated member of the Lung Transplant and Thoracic Rescue Program across ambulatory and inpatient non-ICU settings, supporting continuity, multidisciplinary coordination, and longitudinal patient management throughout all phases of transplant care.

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, wait listing, 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

Participate in pre-transplant patient and family education regarding transplant evaluation, listing process, expected peri-transplant course, immunosuppression, long-term follow-up, and potential complications

Review laboratory, microbiologic, radiographic, pulmonary function testing, and pathology results and coordinate appropriate follow-up plans

Assist in immunosuppression management and medication surveillance under transplant program protocols and physician collaboration

Coordinate transitions of care following hospitalization and transplantation

Participate in multidisciplinary transplant candidate selection and management discussions

Assist with waitlist management, transplant readiness evaluations, and longitudinal patient tracking

Provide patient and family education regarding transplantation, medications, immunosuppression, complications, and long-term post-transplant care

Communicate with referring physicians and outside providers to support continuity of care

Maintain timely, accurate, and complete documentation within the electronic medical record

Assist with 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

Participate in educational initiatives for staff, patients, and referring providers

Collaborate closely with transplant coordinators, pharmacists, social workers, dietitians, rehabilitation specialists, and consulting services

This position is designed around a longitudinal continuity-of-care model with integrated clinical responsibilities spanning outpatient, inpatient non-ICU, and…