UT Southwestern Medical Center Careers, Benefits, Review

Committed to Diversity & Inclusion

At UT Southwestern, our commitment to diversity and inclusion is fundamental and unwavering. Whether it’s delivering skilled, compassionate patient care, making groundbreaking research studies, or cultivating the ideal learning environment for tomorrow’s scientists and health care professionals, we know that what counts the most is unlocking the potential of our diverse workforce. It is an essential catalyst for innovation and reaching UT Southwestern’s full potential as a leading academic medical center.

A Supportive Culture

Inclusion is one of the core values of UT Southwestern’s leadership team. You’ll see it in action through our President’s Council on Diversity and Inclusion, which is chaired by UT Southwestern President Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky. Composed of senior leadership and executives, the Council supports strategies across the institution to help foster a culture that values staff, faculty, and students for the differences they bring to UT Southwestern.

The Medical Center’s Office of Institutional Equity & Access was formed to promote and nurture a diverse, equitable, and supportive campus culture. Every day you come to work, you’ll see it in action as we fulfill the spirit of equal opportunity laws and policies and build awareness within the UT Southwestern community. You’ll find an environment on campus that is inclusive, respectful, and free from discrimination and harassment.

The Office also has helped create several employee-driven Business Resource Groups, including:

• African American Business Resource Group
• Asian-Pacific Islander Business Resource Group
• Hispanic-Latino Business Resource Group
• LGBTA Business Resource Group
• Veterans Business Resource Group
• Women and Allies Business Resource Group

UT Southwestern’s Offices of Student Diversity & Inclusion and Faculty Diversity & Development are responsible for recruiting and retaining the very best students and faculty to campus while also implementing strategies to promote the growth and presence of women and underrepresented minorities.

Recruiting Practices

UT Southwestern serves a highly diverse community in North Texas, and we seek to have our campus community reflect that diversity.

We welcome faculty, students, staff, patients, and visitors, regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability. In promoting diversity and equal opportunity – and ensuring nondiscrimination – we enhance UT Southwestern as an educational institution, as a medical center serving the health care needs of a diverse population, and as an employer.

Innovation That Breaks New Ground

At UT Southwestern, you’ll push past the existing boundaries of medicine and help transform patient care. Explore our growing campuses in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex and you’ll find our teams using AI to detect skin cancer earlier, conducting cutting-edge clinical trials in search of disease cures, or a surgeon repairing an aneurysm with the latest robotic technology. At UT Southwestern, your ideas and skills will come to life in ways that serve you, our community, and the world. 

Premier Academic Medical Center

UT Southwestern Medical Center ranks among the top academic medical centers in the world. If you want to be on the forefront of academic medicine, UT Southwestern is the place. Our faculty of more than 3,000 physicians and scientists operate on the front lines of medical advances and leading-edge research and teach the skills that best reflect the fast-changing landscape of health care and research.

Award-Winning Institution

UT Southwestern is recognized frequently for the quality of our patient care, the significance of our discoveries, and for providing a great working environment. Some notable accolades include:
- #1 hospital in Texas* (tie) and among top 20 in the nation by U.S. News & World Report
- One of the top 20 large employers in the nation, according to Forbes and Statista
- Pinnacle of Excellence Award Winner for Patient Experience, Press Ganey
- NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center
- 6 Nobel Laureates

Setting New Standards in Clinical Care

Nationally recognized for the quality of care we provide to patients, UT Southwestern’s University Hospital and clinics provide the ideal environment to develop your career at a rapid pace. The broad spectrum of opportunities is complemented by the innovative, specialized care we offer at our growing network of affiliated outpatient care clinics across the Dallas-Fort Worth area. You can be part of this important mission to provide easy access to specialized care and the latest medical breakthroughs throughout North Texas.

Benefits That Reflect Your Contributions

Every day, top health care professionals across North Texas come together at UT Southwestern Medical Center to deliver a truly superb level of performance and achievement. As a state institution, we’re proud to match this standard of excellence with a rich benefits package that reflects our commitment to you.

A Culture of Collaboration

Since our earliest days, UT Southwestern’s commitment to the spirit of service has helped shape our culture and our remarkable relationship with our communities. Naturally, you’ll want to be part of a team whose diversity mirrors that of the communities we serve.

Here’s how we’ll know if we’re a good fit with you: Our hiring decisions go beyond the professional expertise, academic achievement, or exceptional intellect of the individuals we interview. We’ll want to understand your “why” and your “ways” of working as part of a complex health system like ours.

You’ll soon discover that teamwork, collaboration, camaraderie, and respect are the glue that holds us together while delivering incredible performance and innovation.

Why Consider a Career at UT Southwestern Medical Center?

• Nationally recognized academic medical center
• The only academic medical center in North Texas
• UT Southwestern Medical Center has achieved Magnet recognition from the American
• Nurses Credentialing Center. Only about 7% of hospitals nationwide have achieved this designation
• World-renowned research
• World-class medical and scientific faculty
• Groundbreaking medical advances
• One of the nation's top stroke treatment centers
• The only NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center in North Texas

We offer an excellent benefits package (State of Texas benefits), which includes paid medical insurance beginning day one of employment. Learn more about our competitive pay rates and discover the extraordinary opportunities we offer.

Now is a great time to join UT Southwestern Medical Center – The only academic medical center in North Texas!

Opportunities for Military Professionals

At UT Southwestern Medical Center, we value your integrity, dedication, and the commitment you’ve made to our country. And we’re proud to support your next mission. Whether you’re interested in applying clinical expertise as a doctor, RN, or other medical specialist, or your background aligns with a variety of our professional opportunities, we invite you to join the UT Southwestern family.

“We thank the veterans of our community just as we thank the 23 million veterans nationwide who served in our military to keep our country safe. Beyond your contributions made to our country, bringing your experience and skills from your time served makes UT Southwestern a better place.”

-Dr. Daniel K. Podolsky, President

UT Southwestern is home to approximately 800 veterans. Join them on our team and you’ll share the support and respect reflected across the Medical Center.

You’ll have the ability to tap into the resources delivered through our Veterans Business Resource Group, which was created in 2017 to attract veterans and advance veteran professional development, conduct community outreach, and develop other key initiatives.

The Veterans Business Resource Group sponsors an annual Tribute to Veterans Celebration and has helped us earn the U.S. Department of Defense’s Patriot Award, which recognizes employers who provide outstanding support of staff who are National Guardsmen or Reservists.

If you are interested in a career with UT Southwestern Medical Center, we’d love to hear from you and see how your unique skills and expertise align with our opportunities! Express your interest today.

Sign-On Bonuses Available for Select Positions!

The story of UT Southwestern Medical Center is one of commitment to excellence, dedication to discovery, and service to the community. It's also a story of phenomenal growth, fueled by exceptional people with an extraordinary vision: to establish an academic medical center second to none.

Since its formation in 1943, Southwestern Medical School has grown from a small wartime medical college into UT Southwestern Medical Center, a multifaceted academic institution nationally recognized for its excellence in educating physicians, biomedical scientists, and health care personnel.

Under the leadership of the late Edward H. Cary, M.D., and Karl Hoblitzelle, a group of prominent Dallas citizens organized Southwestern Medical Foundation in 1939 to promote medical education and research in Dallas and the region. When Baylor University elected to move its school of medicine from Dallas to Houston in 1943, the Foundation formally established Southwestern Medical College as the 68th medical school in the United States.

When a new state medical school was proposed after World War II, leaders of Southwestern Medical Foundation offered the college's equipment, library, and certain restricted funds to The University of Texas, provided the University would locate its new medical branch in Dallas. The Board of Regents accepted this offer from the Foundation, and in 1949 the college became Southwestern Medical School of The University of Texas. In 1954 the name was changed to The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. The present campus site on Harry Hines Boulevard was occupied in 1955 upon the completion of the Edward H. Cary Building. This placed the Medical School faculty next to the newly built Parkland Memorial Hospital.

In November 1972 the name and scope of the Medical School were changed with its reorganization into The University of Texas Health Science Center at Dallas. In approving the concept of a health science center, the UT System Board of Regents provided for the continued growth of coordinated but separate medical, graduate, and undergraduate components, interacting creatively on the problems of human health and well-being.

In 1986 the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) opened a research facility on the campus. Concentrating on molecular biology, it has brought outstanding scientists to head laboratories in their specialties. These investigators also hold faculty positions in the basic science departments of the Medical and Graduate schools.

In October 1987 the UT System Board of Regents approved changing the name of the health science center to The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, reconfirming its original Southwestern identity. The Medical Center currently encompasses UT Southwestern Medical School,UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, and theUT Southwestern School of Health Professions.

In October 2009 the UT System Board of Regents and the Board of Trustees of the Seton Family of Hospitals approved the creation of a new partnership with UT Southwestern for medical education and research. The partnership significantly increased the number of residents (doctors in training) practicing at Seton facilities. The agreement also bolstered medical research projects conducted by the Seton Family of Hospitals, and allowed for the expansion of collaborative research efforts with UT Southwestern and The University of Texas at Austin.

The partnership led the UT System Board of Regents to in February 2011 approve changing the institution’s name to The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, stripping “at Dallas” from the name. The change was intended to reflect the growing breadth of the school, including UT Southwestern’s partnership with the Seton Family of Hospitals.

UT Southwestern is located on Harry Hines Boulevard, a 10-minute drive northwest of downtown Dallas. Since the late 1960s the university has grown to include 10.9 million square feet of space with another 1.4 million square feet under construction. Affiliated hospitals adjacent to the campus areChildren's Medical Center Dallas and Parkland Memorial Hospital.

UT Southwestern's faculty and residents annually provide care to more than 90,000 hospitalized patients and oversee nearly 2 million outpatient visits. They also provide $123 million in unreimbursed professional services annually.

The faculty also includes six Nobel Laureates, four of whom are active faculty members, 23 members of the prestigious National Academy of Sciences, and 19 members of the National Academy of Medicine (formerly the Institute of Medicine), a component of the NAS.

And as international medical and scientific needs grow, so too will UT Southwestern. We will keep working to remain at the pinnacle of medical institutions worldwide.