Join Our Lung Transplant Team!

Make a life-changing impact as part of one of the nations leading transplant centers.

The Houston Methodist Hospital Lung Transplant Program performed 90 lung transplants in 2024 and currently follows more than 547 post-transplant patients for long-term management. Our program also performs complex multi-organ transplants, including combined heart-lung, liver lung, kidney lung transplants.

We are seeking a passionate and skilled Advanced Practice Provider to join our dynamic multidisciplinary team and contribute to groundbreaking patient outcomes in the inpatient setting.

Why Join Us?

• Meaningful, Challenging Work: Directly impact the lives of transplant recipients by managing complex post-operative and critically ill patients.
• Collaborative Environment: Partner with nationally recognized pulmonologists, surgeons, and transplant specialists in a highly supportive and engaged team.
• Professional Growth: Enhance your clinical skills in a fast-paced, complex, and rewarding specialty.
• Cutting-Edge Care: Work at the forefront of transplant medicine with access to advanced technologies and therapies.
• Real Impact: Experience the unparalleled fulfillment of helping patients achieve a second chance at life.

Position Highlights:

• Deliver advanced, comprehensive care to lung transplant patients in the inpatient setting.
• Manage acute issues, coordinate with multidisciplinary teams, and contribute to patient-centered care planning.
• Participate in performance improvement initiatives and contribute to ongoing research and clinical excellence.
• Work rotating shifts (including weekend coverage) in alignment with team scheduling and patient needs.

This role demands clinical excellence, critical thinking, and a deep commitment to patient care. The ideal candidate must be flexible, collaborative, and committed to providing high-quality, evidence-based care to a complex patient population. Prior transplant or pulmonary/critical care experience is preferred but not required. Structured orientation and ongoing support are provided. If youre an experienced NP/PA with a passion for critical care and a desire to make a profound difference, we invite you to apply and grow with us.

At Houston Methodist, the Nurse Practitioner Acute Care (NP-AC) is responsible for functioning as a licensed registered nurse and care provider to provide all aspects of patient care, including diagnosis, treatment and consultation while maintaining and promoting the health of the patient. This position may work in both inpatient and outpatient situations and performs according to the nurse practice act of the State of Texas and as part of a treatment team. The NP-AC position role models compassionate communication with patients, physicians and the interprofessional health care team and provides education to patients about preventative care and prescribed treatments. This position may also conduct physicals, order tests and serve as a patients healthcare provider, prescribing medications as appropriate. The NP-AC position affects direct patient care according to the Houston Methodist Professional Practice Model Nursing Practice and Professional Performance policies and procedures.

PEOPLE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Demonstrates leadership as a clinical resource, interprofessional consultant, and patient advocate. Identifies staff development opportunities for professional growth of colleagues, provides coaching to meet identified goals.

• Communicates organizational information and aspects of administrative and clinical practice in a respectful and positive manner when interacting with staff. Advocates for a balanced workload, promotes positive behaviors, and peer-to-peer accountability. Facilitates the promotion of teamwork.

• Collaborates with the interprofessional healthcare team members to manage/coordinate patient care. Advocates on patient/familys behalf to identify and resolve clinical and ethical concerns.

• Collaborates to foster healthy relationships in the work environment. Acts as a role model and coaches staff in effective verbal, non-verbal and written communication. Serves as preceptor for Nurse Practitioner students and medical resident(s), as applicable. Uses peer-to-peer accountability towards improvement of department score for employee engagement.

SERVICE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Coordinates appropriate, timely patient care under physician supervision, for a defined patient population(s), focusing on identified expected unit/optimal outcomes, individualized to the patient. Prioritizes care based on the patients needs, abilities, and preferences.

• Coordinates patient care between healthcare providers. Attends and participates in interprofessional rounds, as appropriate.

• Helps drive improvement of department score for patient satisfaction, through peer-to-peer accountability to service standards.

QUALITY/SAFETY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Functions as a quality care provider, coordinating, maintaining, and promoting the health of the patient. Assists the interprofessional healthcare team in the development and implementation of protocols to ensure patient safety. Affects direct patient care according to the nurse practice act of the State of Texas and the Houston Methodist Professional Practice Model Nursing Practice and Professional Performance.

• Conducts health assessments (initial, ongoing, discharge, as appropriate). Identifies normal/abnormal health characteristics, develops plan of care, initiates appropriate interventions, and evaluates care outcomes on defined patient populations(s).

• Performs invasive, diagnostic, or therapeutic procedures necessary for defined patient population(s) based on licensure and credentialed privileges.

• Provides safe and effective care by leading and initiating outcome, quality, and safety improvement activities in alignment with organizational goals. Integrates and contributes to professional practice standards, policies, procedures, protocols and leads improvements in patient safety-related processes.

FINANCE ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Implements department strategies to achieve financial targets and mentors others to do the same through timely documentation of care, decreasing length of stay, optimizing efficiency, and other areas according to departmental specifications.

• Projects awareness and understanding of resource allocation based on patient needs and staff experience, knowledge, and skills.

GROWTH/INNOVATION ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Promotes quality health care through integration of current research into practice and participation in research/evidence-based activities. Identifies opportunities for practice changes and performance improvement.

• Provides education of information/knowledge in professional activities such as research, presentations, and publications. Expands individual nursing knowledge and coaches staff to grow in knowledge, abilities, skills, and attitudes. Serves as clinical resource. Ensures own career discussions occur with appropriate management. Completes and updates the My Development Plan on an on-going basis.

This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive; the employee will also perform other reasonably related business/job duties as assigned. Houston Methodist reserves the right to revise job duties and responsibilities as the need arises.

EDUCATION

• Masters degree in Nursing

WORK EXPERIENCE

• Two years of registered nurse, advanced practice or nurse practitioner clinical experience