Education Assistant

UT Southwestern Medical Center; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

UT Southwestern Medical Center is seeking an Education Assistant to provide essential administrative support for clinical educators and programs. This full-time role in Dallas involves coordinating projects, managing calendars, and ensuring smooth daily operations within the Clinical Education and Professional Practice team.

The candidate should have a High School Diploma with at least 2 years of related experience and strong writing and spelling abilities; a Bachelor's degree is preferred.

Qualifications

• Requires High School Diploma and 2 years of combined education and experience with basic writing ability and accurate spelling.

Responsibilities

• Provides responsive, helpful service to internal/external associates and customers, with timely updates and follow-up.
• Supports programs and clinical educators with administrative duties and workload management.
• Coordinates clinical projects to meet schedules and deadlines.
• Delivers high-quality customer service to end users and departments.
• Assists with department coverage and utilizes downtime to aid others.
• Performs multitasking administrative tasks including event planning, calendaring, course management, and equipment prep.
• Manages supplies inventory, reordering as needed and tracking receipts.
• Communicates issues identified by frontline staff to leadership.
• Participates in short- and long-term planning within the Clinical Education and Professional Practice team.
• Acts as liaison across hospital areas to support nursing administration and handle confidential information.

Education

High School Diploma

Bachelor's Degree

Job description

Education Assistant - (972358)

Education Assistant

Full Time

WHY UT SOUTHWESTERN?

With over 75 years of excellence in Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, UT Southwestern is committed to excellence, innovation, teamwork, and compassion. As a world-renowned medical and research center, we strive to provide the best possible care, resources, and benefits for our valued employees. Ranked as the number 1 hospital in Dallas-Fort Worth according to U.S. News & World Report, we invest in you with opportunities for career growth and development to align with your future goals. Our highly competitive benefits package offers healthcare, PTO and paid holidays, on-site childcare, wage, merit increases and so much more. We invite you to be a part of the UT Southwestern team where you'll discover a culture of teamwork, professionalism, and a rewarding career!

BENEFITS

UT Southwestern is proud to offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees. Our benefits are designed to support your overall wellbeing, and include:

• PPO medical plan, available day one at no cost for full-time employee-only coverage
• 100% coverage for preventive healthcare-no copay
• Paid Time Off, available day one
• Retirement Programs through the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS)
• Paid Parental Leave Benefit
• Wellness programs
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Qualified Employer
• Learn more about these and other UTSW employee benefits!

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION

Required

• Education High School Diploma
• Experience 2 years experience of combination of education and skills and basic writing ability and accurate spelling required.

Preferred

• Education Bachelor's Degree

JOB DUTIES

• Provides a responsive and helpful demeanor to internal and external associates and/or customers in person or via telephone. Provides department updates and changes to internal/external associates and/or customers. Ensures appropriate follow-up with department leadership team. Able to independently resolve discrepancies.
• Provides administrative support for programs and/or clinical educators as applicable. Relieves Clinical Education & Professional Practice team members of administrative duties, which involve a thorough understanding of throughput and workload of the department.
• Coordinates and manages clinical projects and/or programs to ensure target schedules and deadlines are met.
• Works collaboratively to ensure consistent, high quality customer services is provided to all end users.
• Facilitates necessary activities to assist with department needs. Provides coverage as necessary for other staff in department. Utilizes downtime to assist others.
• Demonstrates effective and consistent performance of multitasking administrative duties to include, event arrangements, calendaring, advertisement, course management within applicable systems, and equipment preparation, maintenance, & storage.
• Maintains supplies inventory by checking stock to determine inventory level; anticipating needed supplies; placing and expediting orders for supplies; verifying receipt of supplies.
• Communicate issues identified by front line staff related to new administrative or departmental initiatives.
• Participate as a member of the clinical Education and Professional Practice team in implementing short- and long-term plans designed to enhance University of Texas Southwestern Hospital.
• Acts as a liaison with other areas of the hospital and campus. Coordinates support for department or nursing administration. Handles confidential and non-routine information according to established policies.
• Attends required meetings and performs other duties as assigned.

SECURITY AND EEO STATEMENT

Security

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information.

EEO

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community. As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

Location

Primary Location: Texas-Dallas-5323 Harry Hines Blvd

Work Locations

• 5323 Harry Hines Blvd
• 5323 Harry Hines Blvd
• Dallas 75390

Job: Administrative/Clerical

Organization: 844080 - Clinical Educ and Prof Dev

Schedule: Full-time

Shift: Day Job

Employee Status: Regular

Job Type: Standard

Job Posting: Sep 18, 2026, 9:54:05 PM