Associate Director of Research

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding a Associate Director of Research to the Research group at NYC Health + Hospitals/ Kings County. The Hospital is part of the NYC Health + Hospitals. Kings County Hospital operates a world-renowned Level 1 Trauma Center, one of only three in Brooklyn, which serves 2.6 million residents of Brooklyn and Staten Island. 

The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with  SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University To maintain its high healthcare delivery standards. 

The mission of NYC Health + Hospitals is to extend equally to all New Yorkers, regardless of the ability to pay comprehensive health services of the highest quality in an atmosphere of humane care, dignity, and respect. Their Values are built on a foundation of social and racial equity and has established the ICARE standards for all staff.  

NYC Health + Hospitals is the nation’s largest municipal health care delivery system in the United States. Dedicated to providing the highest quality health care services to all New Yorkers with compassion, dignity and respect, and regardless of immigration status or ability to pay. 

The Associate Director of Research at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County will have three principal roles: administrative responsibility for research at Kings County, organizing and running our internal IRB, and research finance at Kings County. The role includes supervision of the Kings County Research Coordinators and other non-medical research staff. This individual will report to the Facility Research Chair.

• Provides general research oversight to the facility
• Provides research management and support to research administrators and study teams
• Facilitates the H+H research pre- approval process at the facility including contract negotiation process, IRB assistance, and budget requirements
• Facilitates the H+H approval process in STAR
• Acts as a research liaison along with the FRRC Chair between the study teams, research administrators and all personnel involved in research including the HHC Research Administration Office (RA), other HHC facilities and academic affiliates
• Supervises and mentors Kings County research coordinators and other non-medical research personnel
• Interacts regularly with the Volunteer Office and Academic Affairs for research volunteers
• Organizes and administrates the Kings County FRRC
• Schedules, prepares agenda, and chairs FRRC meetings
• Manages submission, review, and correspondence with investigators
• Schedules Feasibility Consults
• Monitors and facilitates Research Finance
• Develops annual budgets for trials/projects
• Monitors research billing activity/purchases/expenditures
• Instructs and assists Principal Investigators in financial matters and residual spending
• Assists PIs and research administrators with budget finalization and contracts negotiation process
• Assists PIs with Institutional Review Board (IRB) questions/concerns
• Communicates regularly with key departments involved in research, including but not limited to RA, IRBs, Finance and Pharmacy
• Assists RA with the coordination of multi-site studies and the identification of potential facility PIs
• Develops facility- specific regulatory, education and training materials when needed
• Ensures that research activities follow Corporate and Facility compliance and regulatory guidelines
• Offers training on the HHC research approval process to study teams, reviewers as well as other personnel involved in research activities when needed
• Identifies grant opportunities and Electronic Approval System (STAR)
• Trains study teams and reviewers on its use
• Conducts initial assessment of submissions
• Guarantees completion of submissions prior to submitting for official review
• Selects appropriate FRRC reviewers; calls on ad-hoc reviewers if additional expertise is needed then fields application to all Committee reviewers
• Send reminders to reviewers with aging submissions; identifies areas of delay
• Ensures that H+H approvals are current
• Monitors and validates research billing activity
• Works with local Budgets office to create and maintain project budgets
• Creates purchase orders for annual research expenditures

• CITI (Certification in Human Subjects Protection)
• A Bachelors degree with 8 years research experience and 3 years administrative; or -A Masters degree with 5 years research experience and 2 years administrative

Exceptional Benefits include: 

• Competitive compensation package 
• 10% 401K company contribution after one year of service, with 3% company contribution starting day one 
• Choice of a three tiered, starting at FREE medical plans starting day one 
• Excellent dental insurance including orthodontics coverage starting day one 
• Generous paid time off program 
• Salary Amount : $95,680.00

The Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY), a tax-exempt organization affiliated with NYC Health + Hospitals, is one of the largest physician groups in New York State and directly employs nearly 4,000 physicians and allied health professionals who serve seven of New York City’s public hospitals, numerous public health community-based practices, and the city’s Correctional Health Service. 

Physician Affiliate Group of New York, P.C. (“PAGNY”) is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender dysphoria, national origin, age, religion, disability, military and veteran status, marital or parental status, citizenship status, genetic information or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision. We require applications to be completed online. 

If you wish to view PAGNY’s EEO policies, please click here. Please click here to view the Federal “EEO is the law” poster or visit https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm for more information. 

The annual base salary listed complies with the New York City law on Salary Transparency in Job Advertisements. The annual base salary listed is for full-time employment and does not include bonuses/incentive compensation or benefits. Actual total compensation depends on many factors, including experience, specialties, historical productivity, and historical collections. Actual total compensation may differ.