Advanced Practice Provider (NP/PA) - Hospital Medicine Department at
Medical University of South Carolina · Chester, SC
Posted October 19, 2026
MUSC Health Chester Medical Center · 1 Medical Park Dr, Chester, SC, US, 29706
- Pay: MUSC does not post a pay range for this role (competitive compensation per MUSC pay grade)
- Employment: Full time, 40 hours/week
- Location: MUSC Health Chester Medical Center
- Employer: MUSC Community Physicians (MCP)
- MUSC Job ID: R-0000067722
The Hospital Medicine Department at MUSC Health – Chester Medical Center, is seeking skilled Acute Care trained Advanced Practice Providers interested in providing adult in-patient care at Chester Medical Center.
MUSC Health - Chester Medical Center is an intimate, 82-bed facility whose caregivers share a sense of pride working in close-knit teams with supportive department directors to serve the residents of Chester County. We offer emergency care, family medicine, gastroenterology, heart & vascular, imaging, internal medicine, orthopedics, pediatric services, rehabilitation, women’s health and wound care services.
Required Qualifications
- Graduate of an accredited Nurse Practitioner or Physician Assistant program
- Board certified (AANP, ANCC, NCCPA)
- Active or eligible South Carolina license
- Experience in hospital medicine or emergency medicine preferred
- Strong clinical decision-making and adaptability
Position Highlights
- Full-Time, M-F, 8a - 5p shifts with no weekends.
- Perform comprehensive history, physical exams, and diagnostic interpretation
- Works with Hospitalists, mainly on admissions and cross coverage
- Potential to precept students at MUSC enrolled as an advanced practice provider student
- Coordinate discharges, follow-up care, and patient education
- Engage in quality improvement and patient safety initiatives
Benefits & Resources for Providers
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Employer-funded retirement plans
- Paid occurrence malpractice coverage
- Paid parental leave
- Epic EHR with provider-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 provider well-being
Life in Chester, SC boasts plenty of quaint, small town charm while still offering plenty of things to do. Enjoy arts, entertainment, and seasonal festivals in the city’s revitalized downtown district, or spend an afternoon visiting one of the city’s historical museums. Get lost in nature at Chester State Park, a 160-acre preserve offering a 1.3-mile hiking trail and a lake for boating and fishing.
In Chester, you’re only a 55 minute drive away from Columbia, SC, 45 minutes from Spartanburg, SC, and 45 minutes from Charlotte, NC. We think you’ll agree that Chester is a great place to live.
Charlotte, NC, one of the twenty-five largest cities in the United States, and the largest city in North Carolina, is home to nearly 800,000 citizens. In Charlotte, you will find the Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Hornets, numerous entertainment venues, and the National Whitewater Center. Excellent public-school systems, a buzzing culinary scene, an international airport (CLT), and short driving distances to beach getaways and mountain escapes make Charlotte a great option for MUSC Lancaster Medical Center physicians.
Graduation from an approved Physician Assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or its predecessor agencies. Must be licensed in the state of South Carolina, and certified as a Physician Assistant by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA). Current American Heart Association (AHA) Basic Life Support (BLS) certification or American Red Cross BLS for Healthcare Providers certification is required
Employer
Medical University of South Carolina
MUSC Health is South Carolina's leading academic health system and the clinical enterprise of the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. It serves patients across the state through a growing network of hospitals, clinics and specialty services, integrating academic medicine, research and education with a strong commitment to patient care.
The MUSC Health system:
- MUSC Health University Medical Center and the MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital in Charleston, the state's academic medical center
- Regional medical centers in Columbia, Florence, Orangeburg, Lancaster, Chester, Camden (Kershaw), Marion, Cades (Black River) and Mount Pleasant (East Cooper), plus MUSC Health at Tidelands on the Grand Strand
- MUSC Hollings Cancer Center, MUSC Community Physicians and primary and specialty care practices across South Carolina
Why physicians and advanced practice providers choose MUSC Health:
- Academic and community practice opportunities, with faculty appointments through the Medical University of South Carolina
- Commencement and sign-on bonuses on many roles, employer-funded retirement plans and paid occurrence malpractice coverage
- CME allowance and paid days off, paid parental leave, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) eligibility
- Epic EHR with AI-enabled documentation tools
- South Carolina living, from historic Charleston and the Lowcountry to the beaches of the Grand Strand and the Midlands