Transplant Coordinator - Advanced Lung Disease

Inova Health System; Falls Church (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Retirement match

Tuition assistance

Student loan assistance

Mental health support

Paid time off

Parental leave

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Inova Fairfax Hospital is seeking a dedicated Transplant Coordinator to join the Advanced Lung Disease team. The coordinator will manage ILD patient care across outpatient clinics, coordinating diagnostics, multidisciplinary reviews, medication access, and transplant/referral pathways, with emphasis on timely testing, education, and rapid escalation when clinically needed.

The role is full-time, day-shift, Monday through Friday, with rotational remote on-call (about 3 weekends per year and 2

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in nursing required.
• Licensed in Virginia as a Registered Nurse; BLS certification.
• Minimum of 3 years RN experience.

Responsibilities

• New patient intake and pre-visit planning for ILD patients.
• Coordinate ILD workups, referrals, and multidisciplinary reviews.
• Monitor and manage oxygen, medications, and testing timelines.
• Educate patients on ILD, disease progression, and self-management.
• Triage urgent calls and coordinate appropriate escalation.

Skills

Care coordination

Patient education

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Clinical documentation

Care planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in nursing

Licensed RN in Virginia

Basic Life Support (BLS)

Job description

Inova Fairfax Hospital is looking for a dedicated Transplant Coordinator to join the Advanced Lung Disease team. The Transplant Coordinator will coordinate care for patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) across outpatient clinic - which may include: diagnostics, multidisciplinary review, medication access/monitoring, and referral pathways (including transplant and palliative/supportive care), timely testing, patient education, and rapid escalations for clinical declines. This role will be full-time; day-shift, Monday - Friday. No weekends or holidays. Rotational remote on-call requirement (generally 3 weekends/year, 2 nights/month).

Inova is consistently ranked a national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offeringup to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offeringpaid time off, paid parental leave, & flexible work schedules.

Transplant Coordinator - Advanced Lung Disease Job Responsibilities:

• New patient intake and pre-visit planning: Obtain outside records (CT chest images/reports, PFTs, serologies, pathology), identify missing data, and coordinate completion prior to the visit; screen for urgent needs (resting/exertional hypoxemia, rapid functional decline).
• Diagnostic pathway coordination: Coordinate ILD workup per provider protocol (high-resolution CT, PFTs with DLCO, 6-minute walk test, oximetry/ABG as indicated, autoimmune serologies, hypersensitivity exposure history tools); arrange referrals (rheumatology, occupational/environmental medicine, thoracic surgery for biopsy when appropriate).
• Longitudinal monitoring and results management: Track symptoms, oxygen requirements, PFT/6MWT trends, imaging intervals, and exacerbations; ensure results are reviewed, communicated, and acted upon; coordinate follow-up cadence and surveillance testing.
• Patient education and self-management: Provide education on ILD diagnosis subtype (when confirmed), expected course, triggers for calling the clinic, infection prevention/vaccines per clinic policy, energy conservation, oxygen safety, and pulmonary rehab expectations.
• Antifibrotic and ILD medication coordination: Facilitate access and adherence for therapies used in ILD (e.g., antifibrotics when prescribed); manage prior authorizations/appeals, specialty pharmacy onboarding, and patient assistance resources; coordinate baseline and ongoing lab monitoring and side-effect triage per protocol.
• Oxygen and DME coordination: Arrange initiation or titration of home oxygen (rest/exertion/nocturnal), portable oxygen needs, and required documentation for payer recertification; coordinate oximetry testing orders and ensure timely delivery/education.
• Exacerbation and decompensation triage: Triage patient calls/portal messages for worsening dyspnea, new/worsening cough, fever/infectious symptoms, desaturation, hemoptysis, chest pain, syncope, or edema; provide protocol-based guidance and ensure urgent escalation to provider/ED when indicated.
• Referral navigation: Coordinate pulmonary rehab, smoking cessation, nutrition, social work, mental health support, and palliative/supportive care referrals based on patient needs and symptom burden.
• Transplant pathway triggers (as applicable): Identify and communicate transplant referral indicators (progressive decline despite therapy, increasing oxygen needs, physiologic decline on PFTs/6MWT, hospitalizations for respiratory failure); coordinate referral initiation and ensure required records/testing are assembled.
• Documentation and communication: Document care coordination, education, and triage in the EMR; communicate plans clearly with referring providers and internal teams; maintain task lists/registries to ensure closed-loop follow-up.
• Quality and program support: Support ILD clinic quality initiatives (timely MDD review, standardized monitoring intervals, medication safety/lab compliance, vaccine and rehab referral rates); assist with patient education materials and workflow optimization.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Education: Bachelor's degree in nursing
• Experience: Three years of RN experience
• Certification: Licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse; Basic Life Support from the American Heart Association

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience: critical care/med-surg/ICU/PCU experience; at least 2-3 years' experience in general pulmonary inpatient.