The Future of Medicine, Today: Make It Your Future
For more than 75 years, UT Southwestern Medical Center has been healing, discovering, and educating health professionals as one of the nation’s top academic medical centers. More than 22,000 employees strong, the UT Southwestern family is diverse and driven to succeed. We seek challenges and opportunities for growth, and we are dedicated to making a difference in the world. In other words, we are people like you.
If you’re ready to push boundaries and work alongside the sharpest minds in health care and biomedical science, consider joining UT Southwestern, where you’ll enjoy generous benefits, and a world of opportunity where you can help shape the future of medicine, today.
Career Opportunities to Follow Your Spark
To learn more about the jobs available in each category, select a career area below.
Faculty
Cultivate Innovation and Compassion
At UT Southwestern, the faculty of more than 3,000 physicians and scientists operates on the front lines of medical advances and leading-edge research, quickly translating breakthroughs into real-world, clinical treatments.
Our faculty includes a who’s who of science and medicine: 6 Nobel Prize winners, 26 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 17 members of the National Academy of Medicine, 14 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators, and two recipients of the prestigious Breakthrough Prize.
Together, we’ll make a lasting impact in the exam rooms and operating rooms, research labs and resident training programs. As mentors, medical specialists, and leaders in the field, our faculty finds their work fulfilling. And you will, too.
Nursing
Follow Your Heart and Advance Your Career
UT Southwestern is setting a national standard for innovative and compassionate patient care, and our team of 3,400 top-tier nurses form the foundation of that promise. Working on collaborative, multidisciplinary teams and delivering a range of specialty services, our nurses are leaders in a broad spectrum of vital roles across the health system.
Whether you are dealing with the most complex cases or everyday clinical needs of patients, your voice will be heard and respected at UT Southwestern. Our goal is to take patient care and the patient experience to an entirely new level – great nurses are the key to achieving that goal.
Advanced Practice
Rise Up in Rewarding APP Roles
The Advanced Practice Provider team at UT Southwestern includes Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists, Clinical Nurse Specialists, and Certified Nurse Midwives.
Whether practicing at our acclaimed Magnet-designated hospital, in our nearly 100 ambulatory and outpatient clinics, or in one of our partner institutions across Dallas-Fort Worth, you’ll help to deliver a broad spectrum of specialized services.
Allied Health
Build a Foundation in Allied Health
As the only academic medical center in North Texas and an acclaimed leader in research, innovation, and medical education, we’re uniquely positioned to offer you a compelling blend of professional challenges, personal rewards, and exceptional collaboration that defines an extraordinary career experience.
As you look ahead to a future with UT Southwestern Medical Center, you’ll find we offer extensive inpatient services at our hospital and outpatient services at our network of specialty and ambulatory clinics throughout the Dallas-Fort Worth area. The opportunities for our Allied Health professionals are limitless, growing in size and scope all the time.
Research
Embrace a Culture of Discovery Without Limits
If you’re looking to make a difference in the world through a contribution to medical research and discovery, look no further. UT Southwestern is one of the foremost research institutions in the world, where elite scientists are recognized and respected for their work. UT Southwestern research has led to some of the most important breakthroughs of our generation, including lifesaving statin drugs. Our discoveries make a difference – and so will you.
With more than 200 research laboratories on campus, you’ll be able to build strong, long standing relationships with the top people in their fields and thrive in a fast-growing environment fueled by great science and exceptional medicine. The UT Southwestern faculty has received six Nobel Prizes and includes 25 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 21 members of the National Academy of Medicine, and 13 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. This is a rich environment, where you’ll be encouraged to explore without limits.
Professional Services
Professional Services − Your Work Will Matter
It takes a lot of talented, exceptional people to keep a large academic medical center like UT Southwestern running smoothly and moving forward. Top professionals in many fields – information technology, finance, and human resources, to name just a few – are required to support our various business and systems needs and help meet the expectations of our patients and fellow employees.
The work is challenging and change is a constant, whether you’re helping patients understand insurance claims or maintaining our extensive information systems. But staying abreast or ahead of change is also vitally important in helping us deliver the future of medicine today and in keeping UT Southwestern among the nation’s elite academic medical centers.
Support Services
Make an Impact With Your Support
Health care at UT Southwestern is a highly collaborative activity that requires the contributions of many to meet the needs of our patients and their families. Our Support Services teams are valuable members in our care delivery system, performing such key functions as Patient Care Technician, Nutrition Service, Environmental Service, and Housekeeping.
As a Support Services team member, you’ll have the opportunity to play an important role at an academic medical center that’s renowned for its care and respected around the world for its advancements in the field of medicine. Your contributions can also open the door for your own advancement.
Leadership
Leadership Careers That Bring a Vision to Life
Pushing the frontiers of medicine and bringing the latest advances to patient care require a team of leaders with a shared vision − and a variety of backgrounds and experiences to see it through to reality.
At UT Southwestern, we want leaders who are committed to a spirit of collaboration and who embrace the challenges and opportunities that come with delivering the future of medicine, today.
Our leadership team includes accomplished physicians, scientists, educators, and administrators – all on a mission of healing and discovery. Join us and help set a vision for the future that will benefit generations to come.
Why UT Southwestern Is The Right Fit for You
Meaningful Milestones:
25 Years at UT Southwestern
Each year, our Employee Recognition Program celebrates the achievements of employees who have dedicated 25 years of service to our institution and its patients. Hear what they love most about being part of UT Southwestern and how much reaching that amazing milestone means to them.