Family Medicine Core Faculty Opportunity with Lexington Health - Columbia, SC

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 :

Time will be split between educational, administrative, and clinical care components as listed below. Faculty members can expect a blend of academic oversight, inpatient duties, and personal clinical office time at the Family Medicine Practice site.

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 a 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

Clinical Care :

Promotes family medicine care by family physicians and the residency

Complies with all local, state, and federal regulations regarding documentation, coding, billing & collections, referrals, and other clinical practice regulations

Call commensurate with other faculty providers

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.

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

About Lexington Health :

Lexington Health is a comprehensive network of care that includes six community medical and urgent care centers, nearly 80 physician practices, more than 9,000 health care professionals, and Lexington Medical Center, a 607-bed teaching hospital in West Columbia, South Carolina. It was selected by Modern Healthcare as one of the Best Places to Work in Healthcare and was first in the state to achieve Magnet with Distinction  status for excellence in nursing care. Consistently ranked as best in the Columbia Metro area by U.S. News & World Report, Lexington Health delivers more than 4,000 babies each year, performs more than 34,000 surgeries annually, and is the region's third largest employer.

Lexington Health also includes an accredited Cancer Center of Excellence, the state's first HeartCARE Center, the largest skilled nursing facility in the Carolinas, and an Alzheimer's care center. Its postgraduate medical education programs include family medicine and transitional year residencies, as well as an informatics fellowship.

To learn more about our academic programs, visit :

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 nggryzmalski@lexhealth.org.