Associate Director of Pathology (24828)

Physician Affiliate Group of New York (PAGNY) is adding an Associate Director of Pathology to the group at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County. The Hospital is part of 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. 

Kings County is located in the East Flatbush/Prospect-Lefferts section of Brooklyn, close to the 2 and 5 subways. Our patients are diverse, with the majority being Afro-Caribbean. Most of our patients are native English speakers. Knowledge of French/Haitian Creole is helpful, but not required. 

• Participates in internal/external quality assurance, performance improvement activities and programs, departmental and team/committee meetings, and facility-wide activity as needed.
• Assumes responsibility for lab director’s duties during his/her absence, or as needed.
• Supervise and instruct residents/fellows on service of general surgical and clinical pathology, intraoperative consultation, and cytology, and complete cases in required TAT at KCHC.
• Share the autopsy service. Supervise and instruct residents/fellows performing autopsy and sampling proper and adequate tissue for histology examination, and complete the autopsy report at KCHC in 60 working days.
• In charge of organizing daily surgical case review conference (consensus conference).
• Review clinical cases in multidisciplinary conference, when needed.
• Participate in pathology resident and student teaching.
• Involved in pathology service management and quality improvement activities.
•  Maintains good communications with regulatory, administrative, and government officials, with all hospital services, and within all divisions of Pathology Department; provides expertise and assistance to other laboratory sections in Pathology Department.
• Addresses issues or situations that require immediate or additional attention and informs appropriate leadership of such situation.
• Demonstrates effective communication and conflict/complaint resolution skills.
• Practices and enforces the elements of the National Patient Safety Goals, CAP Patient Safety Goals, and HIPAA.
• Serves as faculty member of SUNY at Downstate medical school and engage in medical student teaching, and Interview residency/fellowship candidates.
• Takes anatomic and clinical pathology on-call duty.
• Participates in other clinical activities as requested by laboratory director.

• Completion of accredited residency/fellowship in the specialty and subspecialty, and AP/CP board certified.

Wages and Benefits include:

Annual Base Salary: $290,000* based on 40-hour work week. Additional compensation available for extra call or sessional/per diem hours.

The annual total value of the compensation package is estimated at $319,000**, which includes the baseline salary, 401 (k) contribution, sessional/per diem hours, and other factors as set forth below:

• 401(k) Company Contribution (subject to IRS contribution limits):
  • Employees are immediately vested in a 3% company contribution of base earnings. No employee match is required.
  • After one year of service, employees receive an additional 7% company contrib