Obtains and documents a health history; performs and documents complete, system-focused, or symptom-specific physical examination, assessment and plan of care; + Collaborate with transplant surgeons, pulmonologists, and other healthcare professionals to develop individualized treatment plans for patients; + Orders, performs, interprets and collects data using appropriate assessment techniques, relevant supporting diagnostic information and diagnostic procedures where indicated; + Prescribes therapeutic interventions both pharmacologic, non-pharmacologic and surgical, needed to achieve expected outcomes; + Participate in multidisciplinary rounds, case conferences, and quality improvement initiatives to optimize patient outcomes; + Provide education and support to patients and their families throughout the transplant process, including pre-operative preparation and post-operative care; + Provides specialty specific consultation services upon request and within specialty scope of practice; + Monitor and evaluate patients' responses to treatment, adjusting therapy as necessary to optimize outcomes and minimize complications; + Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care; + Initiates appropriate referrals and consultations; + Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients. + Utilizes evidence-based, approved practice protocols in planning and implementing care; + Initiates appropriate referrals and consultations; + Provides specialty specific consultation services upon request and within specialty scope of practice; + Facilitates the patient’s transition between and within health care settings, such as admitting, transferring, and discharging patients.