Transplant Nurse Coordinator, Post-Lung Transplant Full-Time Days 4/10s
Posted Oct 2, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026
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About your past
Tell me about a patient who struggled with adherence after a procedure. How did you help?
What they are checking: Whether they find the reason behind nonadherence and solve it, which protects the graft.
Tell me about a time you caught a problem early because you kept a close eye on a patient.
What they are checking: Whether their vigilance has actually changed an outcome.
What experience do you have with organ transplant or donation, and what did you learn from it?
What they are checking: Whether they bring the specialty knowledge the posting requires.
What would you do
A post-lung patient reports their home spirometry readings dropped over the past few days. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they treat a drop in lung function as a possible rejection sign and escalate promptly.
How do you work with outside clinicians when a recipient lives far from Chicago?
What they are checking: Whether they can keep local providers informed while keeping transplant decisions with the program.
How do you support a recipient going through chronic rejection or a poor prognosis?
What they are checking: Whether they can stay present and honest with patients facing setbacks after transplant.
About the work
Walk me through what you monitor in a lung transplant recipient during the first year after surgery.
What they are checking: Whether they know the key risks, including rejection, infection and drug toxicity, and how they are watched.
How do you teach a new recipient to manage their immunosuppression regimen at home?
What they are checking: Whether they can make a complex medication schedule simple and check understanding.
A patient's tacrolimus level comes back high. How do you handle it?
What they are checking: Whether they know therapeutic drug monitoring and when to reach the transplant physician.
How do you coordinate long-term follow-up visits, labs and bronchoscopies so nothing is missed?
What they are checking: Whether they have a dependable system for tracking a lifelong follow-up schedule.
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