Job Description Summary
The MUSC College of Medicine and MUSC Health are seeking a Board-certified physician with appropriate clinical and academic interests and qualifications to provide outstanding clinical service while supporting the research and education missions of their home department. The selected individual will report to the department chair of their MUSC College of Medicine home department for their clinical and academic faculty responsibilities, which will comprise approximately 60% of their effort. The remaining 40% of their effort will be allocated to the administrative role of DHEM ICCE Chief.
Entity Medical University of South Carolina MUSC - Univ Worker Type Employee Worker Sub-Type Faculty Cost Center CC004730 COM DO ADMIN CoE HR Pay Rate Type Salary Pay Grade University-00 Pay Range 0.00 - 0.00 - 0.000 Scheduled Weekly Hours 40 Work Shift
DHEM ICCE Chief Overview
Integrated Centers of Clinical Excellence (ICCE) are the clinical delivery constructs of MUSC Health, MUSCH, each being led by a physician - an ICCE Chief - with demonstrated business and clinical expertise. The DHEM ICCE Chief reports to the System Chief Physician Executive (CPE) of MUSCH and maintains a matrixed relationship with physician leaders at MUSCH statewide affiliated organizations.
In general, ICCE span all clinical delivery operations within MUSCH and its officially designated affiliations and partnerships.
The DHEM ICCE Chief ensures delivery of high-quality patient-centered and equitable care, drives clinical growth and operational efficiency, and supports research, scholarly activity, and excellence in medical education across all DHEM programs. The ICCE Chief works collaboratively with department chairs, division directors, hospital leadership across MUSC Healths four divisions, and system executives to enhance integration, access, and innovation across all sites of care.
Operational Oversight
Operational oversight of specialized programs and ICCE-related administrative support is handled by the ICCE System Administrative Officer (SAO), who serves as a dyad partner with the ICCE Chief. Together, these dyad leads strategy, performance, and growth of digestive disease and metabolic health services across inpatient, ambulatory, and procedural settings, including advanced endoscopy, liver disease, and transplant-related programs, obesity, and metabolic health, diabetes, and endocrine services, and related multidisciplinary clinics.
The DHEM ICCE Chief will be a visible and collaborative system leader who partners closely with Surgery, Oncology, Radiology, Pathology, Primary Care, and other key service lines to build and expand integrated clinical programs that advance MUSCs OneMUSC strategic ambitions.
Responsibilities
The ICCE Chief is responsible for ensuring program development, financial performance, growth, patient access, and appropriateness of care and other key performance indicators within the DHEM ICCE meet or exceed annually established pillar goals.
Strategy
Partners with MUSCH Strategic Planning office to develop a multi-year system-wide strategic plan for digestive disease and metabolic health services aligned with OneMUSC.
Leads overall DHEM clinical strategy development and an ICCE-specific provider recruitment strategy via collaboration with COM Chairs, MUSCP Leaders, Division CEOs, and other key stakeholders.
Identifies and advances opportunities for program expansion, such as liver transplant, advanced endoscopy, obesity medicine, diabetes technology, inflammatory bowel disease, motility disorders, metabolic bone disease.
Strengthens system integration of digestive disease and metabolic services across inpatient, ambulatory, and procedural care leveraging MUSCs statewide network to improve access and care coordination.
Leads initiatives to enhance market position, referral patterns, and MUSCs reputation as a regional destination center for complex digestive and metabolic care.
Supports affiliation and network development efforts as they relate to ICCE-specific expansion.
Actively participates in annual budget and capital planning and drives initiative development and execution to advance ICCE performance and support MUSCs pursuit of performance excellence.
Clinical Delivery & Quality
Oversees clinical operations across all DHEM sites to ensure safe, high-quality, equitable, and patient-centered care.
Establishes monitors and improves performance metrics, including quality, safety, patient experience, access, length of stay, and readmissions.
Leads and evaluates operational efficiency, patient experience, clinical quality, and practice improvement initiatives for DHEM patient care.
Identifies, prioritizes, and drives development of MUSC Ideal Care Plans for digestive disease and metabolic conditions, promoting adoption of safe practices and evidence-based care.
Advances multidisciplinary clinical programs in partnership with GI, oncology, obesity, metabolic clinics, liver disease, and transplant-related programs, GI surgery, endocrinology, primary care, and other stakeholders.
Collaborates with community providers and leads referral relationship activities to advance innovation in clinical delivery and drive value in population health.
Ensures timely scorecard updates for the ICCE and develops action plans for Opportunities for Improvement (OFIs) and drives best practices for patient safety and high reliability, including Just Culture principles.
Provider Oversight
Facilitates professional development of medical directors within the ICCE with emphasis on clinical, business, operational, and leadership competencies.
Actively engages in all discussions related to provider recruitment and retention for those clinicians practicing within the ICCE.
Monitors ICCE provider utilization, productivity, access, and clinical outcomes as it relates to established benchmarks and KPIs, collaborates with providers employing entities to provide feedback and mentoring.
Ensures the leadership team provides a work environment that meets physician and care team member satisfaction and engagement goals.
Financial Performance & Growth
Partners with finance and operations leaders to develop budgets, manage resources, and ensure fiscal sustainability of DHEM programs.
Is accountable for overall financial performance and growth of the DHEM ICCE, collaborating with other health system leaders to measure and drive improvements.
Optimizes clinical productivity, revenue cycle performance, and operational efficiency, including continuous review of care variation to align performance with benchmarks.
Participates in the health systems annual budgeting and forecasting processes, leads annual capital review for DHEM in alignment with strategic growth plans and overall capital budget.
Supports networking and relationship development with referring providers and payors, ensuring rapid access to tertiary and quaternary DHEM services and alignment with value-based performance programs.
Academic Integration
Creates and maintains an environment that supports education, research, and scholarly activity across MUSC Health, collaborating with MUSC COM Department Chairs and leadership to align academic priorities and initiatives within and across ICCE.
Adheres to mechanisms that integrate ICCE clinical activities and priorities with MUSC research and education initiatives, reinforcing the tripartite mission.
Collaboration & System Integration
Cultivates strong partnerships with Surgery, Oncology, Radiology, Pathology, Primary Care, and other key service lines to develop integrated clinical pathways and multidisciplinary programs.
Engages community providers, external partners, and referral networks across South Carolina to support coordinated DHEM care and strategic growth.
Represents the DHEM ICCE on system committees and leadership councils, ensuring alignment with MUSC Healths strategic direction and OneMUSC objectives.
Qualifications
MD or DO degree and board certification in Gastroenterology, Hepatology, or Endocrinology, Gastroenterology preferred.
Eligibility for or currently holding a S.C. medical license.
Minimum of 7-10 years of progressive leadership experience, preferably in an academic medical center.
Demonstrated success in leading clinical programs and multidisciplinary teams.
Strong record of program-building, improving operational efficiency, and elevating quality and performance metrics.
Exceptional communication, strategic thinking, and change management skills.
Highly respected as a strategic and operational leader with a proven ability to manage and grow an integrated business unit within a highly matrixed organization.
Expert financial and people management skills and the ability to excel in a leadership position with an emphasis on program growth and academic integration.
Physical Requirements
Note: The following descriptions are applicable to this section:
Continuous - 6-8 hours per shift Frequent - 2-6 hours per shift Infrequent - 0-2 hours per shift
Ability to perform job functions in an upright position. Frequent Ability to perform job functions in a seated position. Frequent Ability to perform job functions while walking or mobile. Frequent Ability to work indoors. Continuous Ability to work outdoors in all weather and temperature extremes. Infrequent Ability to work in confined or cramped spaces. Infrequent Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions. Infrequent Ability to squat and perform job functions. Infrequent Ability to perform pinching operations. Frequent Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands, wrists, elbows, and shoulders. Frequent Ability to reach in all directions. Frequent Possess good finger dexterity. Continuous Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions. Continuous Ability to lift and carry 15 lbs. unassisted. Infrequent Ability to lift objects up to 15 lbs. from floor level to height of 36 inches unassisted. Infrequent Ability to lower objects up to 15 lbs. from height of 36 inches to floor level unassisted. Infrequent Ability to push or pull objects up to 15 lbs. unassisted. Infrequent Ability to maintain 20/40 vision corrected in one eye or with both eyes. Continuous Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand. Frequent Ability to see and recognize objects at a distance. Frequent Ability to determine distance and relationship between objects, depth perception. Continuous Good peripheral vision capabilities. Continuous Ability to maintain hearing acuity with correction. Continuous Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements.
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