Nursing Opportunities to Follow Your Heart.
Every day at UT Southwestern Medical Center, nearly 4,000 high-caliber nurses come to work and deliver some of the finest care available anywhere. As they contribute their best across a comprehensive range of acclaimed specialty services, they open more doors across a spectrum of roles. We invite you to become part of this team and build your own success with us.
Consider this: As the region’s only full-service academic medical center and an internationally renowned center for medical research and education, with a faculty boasting six Nobel Prize winners, UT Southwestern Medical Center is setting a national standard for innovative and sophisticated care. Whether we’re dealing with the most complex challenges or the more simple, everyday clinical needs of patients and families, our goal is to bring patient care and the patient experience to a new, higher level.
We invite you to be part of this collaborative, multidisciplinary clinical team that’s helping us create the future of medicine right here in Dallas. Together, we’ll grow and open career path opportunities that reflect your evolving interests.
Why UT Southwestern Is The Right Fit for You

We Educate
If you’re searching for an environment where you can constantly expand your horizons, UT Southwestern is your ultimate destination. We’re home to one of the nation’s top medical schools with emerging curricula and one-of-a-kind learning opportunities.
We Discover
At UT Southwestern, our researchers have the resources, support, cutting-edge technology, and funding necessary to produce breakthroughs that can have global implications.


We Heal
Ranked as the #1 hospital in Texas (*tie) and among the top 20 in the nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. And for the seventh consecutive year, we are the #1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth. UT Southwestern is where health care professionals deliver the future of medicine, every day.
A Great Place to Work, Officially
UT Southwestern is regularly recognized among the top places to work in Dallas-Fort Worth and the U.S. Here are just a few of the awards we’ve earned:
- Magnet Recognition
- Best WorkPlaces for Men in Nursing
- Top 10 National Employers – Forbes
- Best Places to Work – Dallas Business Journal
- Corporate Citizen Award – LaunchAbility
- Best Employers for New Grads – Forbes
- Platinum Fit-Friendly Worksite Designation – American Heart Association
- Best Places to Work Postdocs – The Scientist
- Employer of the Year – Association for Independent Living
- Celebration of Diversity Award Finalist – Ernst & Young and the Dallas Arboretum
- Mother-Friendly Worksite – Texas Department of State Health Services
- Lex Frieden Employment Award – Texas Governor’s Committee on People with Disabilities
- National Center for Healthcare Leadership
- 2022 Pinnacle of Excellence Award for Patient Experience – Press Ganey

Meaningful Milestone:
25 Years at UT Southwestern
In 2019, our Employee Recognition Program celebrated the achievements of 85 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.