Internist Job at Lexington Medical Center in West Columbia, SC

Lexington Health is seeking a Board Certified Internal Medicine Physician to join our growing Graduate Medical Education program in West Columbia, SC. Candidates with additional qualifications and certifications, such as geriatrics or other specialties of medicine, are welcome to apply! 

Internal Medicine Core Faculty for the Lexington Health Internal Medicine Residency Program will devote a significant portion of their effort to resident education and assisting the IM Program Director in the development, leadership, supervision, and ongoing maintenance of the residency program. Faculty will be expected to lead, teach, supervise, and mentor resident physicians through the course of their duties. Yearly, faculty will be expected to complete the ACGME Faculty Survey to assist in further development of the program. 

Lexington Health  is anchored by a 607-bed, multispecialty hospital located in the Midlands of South Carolina. Our continuous, steady growth is complemented by an impeccable reputation as an employer, community member, and vital resource for physician practices and health care businesses.

Job Requirements:
Time will be split between, educational, administrative and clinical care components as listed below. Faculty members can request to be mostly outpatient, mostly inpatient or a split of both. For Outpatient Faculty, they can expect to spend 2-3 half days seeing their own patients in our Internal Medicine Clinic. For Inpatient faculty, they can expect to be scheduled in a 7 on 7 off pattern for at least the first year of the program. For Split faculty, the schedule will be balanced based on program needs.

Ideal Candidate Qualifications:

• Board certification in Internal Medicine (American Board of Internal Medicine)
• License (or ability to be licensed) to practice medicine in the state of South Carolina
• Previous experience as a core faculty in an ACGME-accredited program is preferred
• Strong leadership skills

Medical staff privileges (or the ability to be privileged) in the Department of Internal Medicine at Lexington Medical Center consistent with the scope of Internal Medicine

Duties and Responsibilities:
Administrative duties related to residency training, including:

• Provide feedback and written evaluation on the performance of residents who he/she has precepted or otherwise supervised to maintain the quality and accreditation standards of the program.
• Assisting the Program Director in recruitment and the annual orientation of residents.
• Leadership of faculty, staff and residents
• Professional development duties related to residency training including:
• Completing professional and faculty development
• Participating in scholarly projects, individually or with residents
• Completing quality/practice improvement projects annually with residents
• Serving as an advisor and role model to resident and staff of professionalism, quality and patient safety, fostering own and resident well-being, education goal-setting, career planning, scholarship and patient care based on practice-based learning and improvement efforts
  

Clinical Care:

• Promotes internal medicine care by internist physicians and the residency
• Complies will all local, state, and federal regulations regarding documentation, coding, billing and collections, referrals, and other clinical practice regulations
• Call commensurate with other faculty providers
  

About Lexington Health's GME Program:

Lexington Health’s Internal Medicine Residency Program is slated to matriculate the first class of 13 residents in July of 2026. In the spring of 2023, Lexington Medical Center’s state of the art 3-story 48,000 sq. ft. GME building was completed. Outfitted to provide a full range of practice including family medicine, obstetrics & gynecology, internal medicine, and transitional year as well as resident work and wellness spaces.

We are committed to offering quality, cost-effective benefits for our employees and their families. Competitive Day ONE Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Retirement and Savings Plans
• 24/7 Live Epic EMR Support from Our On-site Team
• Relocation Assistance and Sign On Bonus
• Annual CME Allowance
• Malpractice Insurance (occurrence-based)
• Life, Accidental, and Critical Illness Insurance
• Employer Paid Short- and Long-Term Disability (after 90 days)
• Healthcare FSA
• Daycare FSA
• 529 College Savings Plans
• Adoption Assistance
• Dependent Life Insurance
  

Community Highlights:

• The Capital City/Lake Murray Region, located off I-26, I-20, and I-77, is in the center of the Palmetto State
• Low cost of living and home to some of the best school districts in the state
• Within driving distance to 7 major airports
• Located on the banks of the Congaree and Saluda rivers, and close proximity to Lake Murray, outdoor activities are plentiful
• Annual average temperature is 68 degrees in December
• Family Friendly Community
• Nationally recognized Zoo and Gardens
• College town home to SEC D1 Sports and several private universities