Research Assistant

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) has an opportunity for a Research Assistant at NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi and North Central Bronx. The Hospitals are part of NYC Health + Hospitals. Jacobi is a 457-bed, Level I Trauma Center and NCB has 213 licensed beds. The hospital maintains a strong academic affiliation with Albert Einstein Medical College 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. 

• Facilitates and coordinates the daily clinical trial activities such as: Recruiting and enrolling study participants, Administering patient interviews and preparing assessments, Obtaining informed consent, Completing study procedures as required (such as blood pressure, pulse, height/weight, and administering questionnaires)
• Maintain a spreadsheet tracking updates to database of all subjects enrolled on clinical trials
• Complete documentation on each study visit that is used to track all study related activities so that time, effort, and materials can be accounted for on a monthly basis.
• Serve as the patient liaison to the PI and other participating physicians
• Possess a thorough knowledge of the informed consent process as well as a thorough understanding of the study protocol(s) in order to be able to answer all questions pertaining to the study posed during the informed consent process.
• Engage clinical and community partners in research
• Assist with preparation of all educational and training workshops and evaluation strategies.
• Ensure that all materials for each clinical trial protocol are available for subject enrollment.
• Promote the ethical conduct of research by reporting good faith suspicions of misconduct in research.
• May perform other job-related duties as requested or required.

• To qualify you must have a Bachelor’s Degree in business, healthcare administration or a related field and at least 1 year experience in academic medicine or related area with demonstrated coordination and facilitation skills.
• Outstanding organizational, project management, critical and problem-solving skills, with ability to collaborate with others.
• Computer literate with good interpersonal, writing and verbal communication skills.
• Work independently as well as part of a team
• High level of integrity, ethics and professionalism
• Self-motivated, willing and able to take initiative
• Possess Microsoft Office skills - Word, PowerPoint, Excel

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 nearly FREE medical plans starting day one 

• Excellent dental insurance, including orthodontics coverage starting day one 

• Generous paid time off program, sick time and holidays 

• Salary: $50,000.00 
   
   

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.

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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.