Transplant Nurse Coordinator, Pre-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 time you coordinated care across a large interdisciplinary team.
What they are checking: Whether they can keep surgeons, pulmonologists, social workers and others moving toward one plan.
Tell me about a time you had to tell a patient or family something difficult.
What they are checking: Whether they can hold hope and honesty together, which this work requires often.
What draws you to lung transplant coordination, and what experience do you bring with transplant or donation?
What they are checking: Whether they have real transplant knowledge and realistic expectations for an emotionally heavy role.
What would you do
A candidate keeps missing pulmonary rehab and testing appointments. What do you do?
What they are checking: Whether they look for barriers and involve social work before labeling a patient nonadherent.
A listed patient calls and their breathing has worsened. How do you respond?
What they are checking: Whether they recognize decline in a waitlisted patient and know when to escalate to the transplant physician.
The schedule here is four 10-hour days. How do you hand off patients so care continues on your days off?
What they are checking: Whether they plan for continuity so patients are covered when they are not working.
About the work
Walk me through how you'd coordinate a patient's pre-lung transplant evaluation from referral to listing.
What they are checking: Whether they understand the full workup and the many teams and tests a candidate must clear.
What makes a lung transplant candidate a poor fit, and how do you support a patient who isn't listed?
What they are checking: Whether they know common contraindications and can handle bad news with compassion.
How do you make sure a patient truly understands the consent process for transplant evaluation?
What they are checking: Whether they check for real understanding, using teach-back, rather than just collecting signatures.
How do you keep track of dozens of patients at different stages of evaluation without anything falling through the cracks?
What they are checking: Whether they have a reliable system for follow-up across a heavy caseload.
How do you document care coordination so it meets regulatory and program requirements?
What they are checking: Whether they know transplant programs are closely audited and documentation must hold up.
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