"Family Medicine Core Faculty - Lexington Health - Columbia, SC"

Family Medicine Core Faculty - Lexington Health - Columbia, SC

Company: Lexington Health

Job Location: Columbia, SC

Category: Physicians

Type: Full-Time

Lexington Health is seeking a Board Certified Family Medicine Physician to join our growing Graduate Medical Education program in West Columbia, SC. Candidates with additional qualifications are welcome!

Family Medicine Core Faculty for the Lexington Health Family Medicine Residency Program will devote a significant portion of their effort to resident education and providing assistance to the FM Program Director in the development, leadership, supervision, and ongoing maintenance of the residency program. Broad knowledge of accreditation requirements and involvement in the program, permitting evaluation of the program and completion of the annual ACGME Faculty Survey, is required.

Job Requirements:

Faculty candidates are encouraged to discuss their desired scope of practice with the Program Director. Faculty members may practice a broad range of skills, including outpatient clinic (precepting, personal clinical office time (1-2 half-days/wk), procedures, outpatient OB), inpatient medicine (general medical admissions, inpatient OB, newborn), administration, etc.

Ideal Candidate Qualifications:

• Board certification in Family Medicine
• License to practice family 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 in the Department of Family Medicine at Lexington Health consistent with the scope of Family 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
• Completes quality/practice improvement projects annually with residents
• Serves 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

Why Join Us?

In 2023, Lexington Health welcomed its inaugural class of Family Medicine residents and opened a state-of-the-art 48,000 sq. ft. GME building designed to support multiple residency specialties. With continued growth, 2025 will mark the program’s first year with a full complement of Family Medicine residents.

• You’ll be joining a respected health system that values medical education as a strategic priority and offers the infrastructure, institutional support, and culture to match.

To learn more about our academic programs, visit: https://academics.lexhealth.com/

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 Communities
• Nationally recognized Zoo and Gardens
• College town home to SEC D1 Sports and several private universities

To learn more about Lexington Health and our services, visit lexhealth.com. For details about provider opportunities, benefits, and our community, visit our provider recruitment site at lmcphysicians.com. Questions? Reach out to Nicole Grzymalski at (803) 939-4502 or nggrzymalski@lexhealth.org.

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