Emergency Medicine Physician

Job Description Summary

MUSC Health is seeking an ABEM Board Certified/Eligible Emergency Medicine Physician to join an established, physician-led emergency medicine team serving three hospitals within its Catawba Division. This role offers evenly distributed shifts at each site, providing variety in practice setting while maintaining scheduling equity and consistency. Enjoy manageable volumes, strong operational support, modern infrastructure, and competitive compensation backed by the resources of South Carolina’s only comprehensive academic health system.

Entity

MUSC Community Physicians (MCP)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Regular

Cost Center

CC001840 MCP - Lancaster Emergency Services

Pay Rate Type

Hourly, Salary

Pay Grade

Health-02

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

MUSC Health is seeking an ABEM Board Certified/Eligible Emergency Medicine Physician to join an established, physician-led emergency medicine team serving three hospitals within its Catawba Division. This role offers evenly distributed shifts at each site, providing variety in practice setting while maintaining scheduling equity and consistency. Enjoy manageable volumes, strong operational support, modern infrastructure, and competitive compensation backed by the resources of South Carolina’s only comprehensive academic health system.

About the Catawba Division: 

MUSC Health’s Catawba Division delivers high-quality, community-centered care across three key facilities in Lancaster, Chester and Indian Land, SC. Together, these sites ensure comprehensive emergency and impatient services are available across one of the state’s fastest-growing regions. 

• MUSC Health Lancaster Medical Center (LMC): 211-bed hospital offering comprehensive inpatient and specialty services in Lancaster, SC. The hospital is a Joint Commission-designated Primary Stroke Center, and its Emergency Department is recognized by SC-DPH as a “Pediatric Ready” hospital. 

• MUSC Health Chester Medical Center (CMC): 82-bed acute care hospital delivering emergency services and comprehensive clinical care to patients in Chester County. CMC’s Emergency Department is recognized by SC-DPH as a “Pediatric Ready” hospital 

• MUSC Health Indian Land Medical Center: 52-bed hospital currently under construction in Indian Land, SC and set to open 2027 

Required Qualifications: 

• MD/DO with board certification in Emergency Medicine

• Eligibility for unrestricted medical licensure in the State of South Carolina 

• Strong communication, organization and teamwork skills

Position Highlights: 

• Will work a schedule of evenly distributed shifts at each clinical site 

• EPIC EMR with DAX AI scribe available 

• 10-hour and 12-hour physician shifts with physician-led scheduling 

• LMC ED supplemented with 24-hours of daily APP coverage. 

• CMC ED supplemented with 8-hours of APP coverage on days with the highest average volumes. 

• Annual LMC ED Volume: 31,000 

• Annual CMC ED Volume: 16,000 

• LMC ED is certified by the SC Department of Public Health as “Pediatric Ready”

Benefits & Resources for Physicians: 

• Competitive compensation and benefits 

• Employer-funded retirement plans 

• Paid occurrence malpractice coverage 

• Paid parental leave 

• CME allowance + paid days off 

• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility 

• One-on-one support services for managing student debt 

• Epic EHR with physician-centered optimization and robust user support 

• AI-enabled documentation and workflow tools integrated into Epic to reduce 

• administrative burden and support clinical decision-making at the point of care 

• Team-based care models that support sustainable workloads, shared responsibility, and physician well-being

Additional Job Description

If you like working with energetic enthusiastic individuals, you will enjoy your career with us!

The Medical University of South Carolina is an Equal Opportunity Employer. MUSC does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, age, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, protected veteran status, family or parental status, or any other status protected by state laws and/or federal regulations. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration for employment based upon applicable qualifications, merit and business need.

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