MedPsych Physician | Coastal Charleston, SC

Join a team that’s Changing What’s Possible – The Division of Hospital Medicine at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in historic Charleston, South Carolina, is seeking exceptional candidates with dual training in Internal Medicine and Psychiatry for a specialized Med-Psych position. This role is centered on providing clinical care in our new 12-bed inpatient Med-Psych Unit, specifically designed for patients admitted for medical reasons but who also have significant psychiatric comorbidities. These patients may present with conditions such as refractory delirium, catatonia, or substance abuse.

As a Med-Psych physician in this unit, you will play a crucial role in managing the complex interplay of medical and psychiatric needs, offering comprehensive care that addresses both aspects of your patients’ health. This position also provides a unique educational opportunity, allowing you to mentor and teach medical students and residents from the combined Med-Psych, Internal Medicine, and Psychiatry residency programs.

Located in University Hospital on the MUSC Health Charleston campus, the Med-Psych Unit is near our 100-bed Institute of Psychiatry, facilitating seamless collaboration and continuity of care. As a member of our well-established academic hospital medicine team, you will have the opportunity to contribute to a variety of services, including teaching, direct patient care, and surgical co-management. Additionally, you will be part of our commitment to innovation through tele-hospitalist services that support rural hospitals across South Carolina.

Key Values of Our Division:

• Team-based approach to patient care: We believe in our people and selfless, team players are pivotal to the success of our division.
• Diversity and Inclusion: We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive community of faculty to meet the needs of the diverse learners and populations we serve. By increasing diversity in our team, we seek to increase trust and eliminate disparities in patient care.
• Patient-Centered Care: We believe in doing the right thing for the right patient at the right time.
• Innovation: We are committed to extending the skillset of our hospitalists beyond the walls of MUSC Charleston through tele-hospital medicine to support rural hospitals and exploring different care delivery models.

We are seeking candidates with:

• Board Certification or Board Eligibility in both Internal Medicine and Psychiatry.
• Have a scholarly focus on quality improvement and the delivery of high-value healthcare services.
• Be committed to educational excellence and leading inpatient services in a Med-Psych setting.
• New graduates are highly encouraged to apply.

MUSC’s Benefits:

• Clinical-track faculty position with academic rank and salary commensurate with qualifications, expertise, and accomplishments
• Relocation assistance
• Excellent retirement options, including a pension and optional tax deferred contributions
• Sovereign Immunity malpractice coverage
• 22 days of annual leave, 15 days of sick leave, and 13 paid holidays
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility
• Personalized student loan debt review and repayment optimization
• CME Allowance

Charleston, South Carolina, is a city where cobblestone streets weave between confection-colored antebellum mansions, and historic church steeples dot the skyline. It has been named the #1 city in the US multiple times by Conde Nast Traveler and Travel & Leisure magazine. More than four million people visit our city each year to experience 90 miles of pristine coastline, and to enjoy world-class shopping and culinary arts. Our region boasts a growing economy, top-ranked schools, year-round outdoor recreation, and some of the friendliest people in the country. 

We invite you to join a team committed to changing what’s possible in healthcare, and to do so in one of the most exciting cities in the country. Your life in Charleston awaits!

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To learn more about this position, or to submit your CV for consideration, contact Maiya Souvoravong at providerrecruitment@musc.edu.

Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is home to the oldest medical school in the South as well as the state's only integrated academic health system, with a unique charge to serve the state through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and 850 residents and fellows in six colleges: Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. With $298 million in research funding in fiscal year 2022, the collaboration between faculty, staff, students, and our partners accelerates the movement of scientific discoveries that improve lives.

The Medical University of South Carolina's College of Medicine is leading the way in all areas of the MUSC mission – medical education, patient care, and biomedical research – at our main campus in downtown Charleston and across the state.

The College of Medicine is comprised of both clinical and basic science departments that are involved in education, clinical care, and research in the basic, translational and clinical sciences.

The largest and oldest academic medical center in South Carolina, we serve a diverse group of more than 740 medical students, 850 trainees in residency and fellowship programs, and patients throughout our state and beyond.

The medical University of South Carolina is a part of MUSC Health, as the clinical health system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest quality and safe patient care while training generations of compassionate, competent health care providers to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Close to 25,000 care team members provide care for patients at 14 hospitals with approximately 2,500 beds and 5 additional hospital locations in development, more than 300 telehealth sites and nearly 750 care locations situated in the Lowcountry, Midlands, Pee Dee and Upstate regions of South Carolina. In 2022, for the eighth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the No. 1 hospital in South Carolina.