ICCE Chief - Digestive Disease, Hepatology, Endocrinology & Metabolism - MUSC Faculty

• Pay: MUSC does not post a pay range for this role (competitive compensation per MUSC pay grade)
• Employment: Full time (Faculty), 40 hours/week
• Location: MUSC Health University Medical Center
• Employer: Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC - Univ)
• MUSC Job ID: R-0000055252

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/partnerships.'

The DHEM ICCE Chief ensures delivery of high-quality, patient-centered, and equitable care; drives clinical growth and operational efficiency; and support 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 Health’s four divisions, and system executives to enhance integration, access, and innovation across all sites of care.

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 MUSC’s OneMUSC strategic ambitions.

RESPONSIBILITIES

The ICCE Chief is responsible for ensuring program development, financial performance, growth, patient access, 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, systemwide strategic plan for digestive disease and metabolic health services aligned with OneMUSC.
• Identifies and advances opportunities for program expansion (e.g., 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 MUSC’s statewide network to improve access and care coordination.
• Leads initiatives to enhance market position, referral patterns, and MUSC’s 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 MUSC’s 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, 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
• 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 members’ 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 system’s 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 Health’s 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.

(Frequent) Ability to perform job functions in a seated position. (Frequent) Ability to perform job functions while walking/mobile. (Frequent) Ability to work indoors. (Continuous) Ability to work outdoors in all weather and temperature extremes. (Infrequent) Ability to work in confined/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. (Infrequent) Ability to fully use both hands/arms. (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/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/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. (Frequent)