Advanced Lung Disease Coordinator

Inova • Falls Church, VA

1d • $92,934 - $151,486 • Onsite

About The Position

Inova Fairfax Hospital is seeking a dedicated Advanced Lung Disease Coordinator to join its Transplant team. The coordinator supports care for patients with interstitial lung disease (ILD) across outpatient clinic services, including diagnostics, multidisciplinary review, medication access and monitoring, referral pathways such as transplant and palliative/supportive care, timely testing, patient education, and rapid escalation for clinical decline. The position is full-time, day shift, Monday through Friday, with no regular weekends or holidays. It includes a rotational remote on-call requirement, generally three weekends per year and two nights per month.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in nursing.
• Three years of RN experience.
• Current licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia as a Registered Nurse.
• Basic Life Support certification from the American Heart Association.

Nice To Haves

• Critical care, medical-surgical, ICU, or PCU experience.
• At least 2–3 years of experience in general pulmonary inpatient care.

Responsibilities

• Obtain outside records and plan new-patient visits by identifying missing data, coordinating completion before appointments, and screening for urgent needs.
• Coordinate diagnostic ILD workups according to provider protocols and arrange appropriate specialty referrals.
• Track symptoms, oxygen requirements, pulmonary function and walk-test trends, imaging intervals, and exacerbations; ensure results are reviewed, communicated, and acted upon.
• Coordinate follow-up schedules and surveillance testing.
• Educate patients about ILD diagnosis and expected course, when confirmed, as well as when to contact the clinic, infection prevention, vaccines per clinic policy, energy conservation, oxygen safety, and pulmonary rehabilitation.
• Facilitate access and adherence to ILD therapies, including antifibrotics when prescribed; manage prior authorizations, appeals, specialty pharmacy onboarding, and patient assistance resources.
• Coordinate baseline and ongoing laboratory monitoring and side-effect triage according to protocol.
• Arrange or coordinate home oxygen initiation or titration, portable oxygen needs, payer recertification documentation, oximetry testing, delivery, and patient education.
• Triage calls and portal messages about worsening symptoms, provide protocol-based guidance, and escalate urgent cases to a provider or emergency department when indicated.
• Coordinate referrals for pulmonary rehabilitation, smoking cessation, nutrition, social work, mental health support, and palliative/supportive care according to patient needs.
• Identify and communicate transplant referral indicators, coordinate referral initiation, and assemble required records and testing.
• Document care coordination, education, and triage in the EMR; communicate plans with referring providers and internal teams; maintain task lists or registries for closed-loop follow-up.
• Support ILD clinic quality initiatives, including timely multidisciplinary review, standardized monitoring, medication safety and laboratory compliance, vaccine and rehabilitation referral rates, patient education materials, and workflow optimization.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• Team member wellness program.
• Retirement plan with Inova matching the first 5% of eligible contributions, starting on the first day.
• Education assistance of up to $5,250 per year.
• Student loan assistance of up to $10,000.
• Up to 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions per person per year at no cost for team members, their spouses or partners, and their children.
• Paid time off.
• Paid parental leave.
• Flexible work schedules.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level