Employment at the School of Medicine makes you a part of one of the few organizations that will steer medicine and medical education into the future. Every employee has the opportunity to make meaningful contributions and plays an important role in supporting our mission: “To achieve and maintain excellence in research, patient care and teaching.”

About The School Of Medicine

The Medical School is one of St. Louis’ major employers, with approximately 7,000 faculty and staff.

Our philosophy holds that the organization is only as good as the people who compose it. This attitude is an important part of the daily activities of all members of the Medical School community.

If you would like to contribute to our mission, we invite you to explore employment opportunities at Washington University School of Medicine.

Career Opportunities

Employment opportunities at the School of Medicine span a wide range of descriptions. Generally, they may be associated with one part of the school’s three part mission: teaching, research, or patient care.

More specifically, they fall into several classifications:

• Computer
Computer professionals at the school perform programming and data analysis; they create and maintain computer networks, and they serve as system managers. The School of Medicine is highly computerized, utilizing a wide variety of hardware and operating systems.

• Accounting
Responsible positions are often available in accounts payable, purchasing, payroll, financial management, financial analysis and similar endeavors. The school’s annual budget of more than $500 million is managed with extreme precision.

• Management
Management positions are responsible for administering and budgeting grants; preparing financial reports; performing strategic, business and financial plans; coordinating work-flow and supervising staff.

• Research
Technicians and technologists active in the school’s 1,000-plus research investigations analyze data, prepare and perform experiments, maintain laboratory equipment, and assist in the preparation of publications.

• Insurance and Billing
Employees working in this field may post payments, follow-up on bills, process insurance claims, register patients and schedule appointments. They often have direct contact with patients, interviewing them, answering their questions and entering their information.

• Clerical
Outside of the insurance and billing field, the School of Medicine employs many people as clerks and record-keepers. Jobs in this group may include data entry; gathering patient information; compiling records and charts; typing forms, memos and correspondence, and more specialized work with medical records.

• Patient Care
Although the School of Medicine is not a hospital, it does provide patient services in clinics and clinical laboratories. Medical technicians, medical technologists and clinical laboratory technologists work in clinical laboratories. Nurses here care for patients in clinics, coordinate clinical research and perform other specialized tasks.

• Secretarial
Secretarial staff organize, manage and provide support for clinical, research and business offices of the Medical School. They file, take dictation, transcribe notes and generate correspondence, among many other duties.

• Service
Service personnel keep the School of Medicine running smoothly. Among the job descriptions are animal caretaker, custodian, security officer, shipping and receiving clerk, and environmental technician. Skilled carpenters, electricians painters, plumbers and other tradespeople are sometimes needed.

What We Offer

The School of Medicine is an exciting and challenging place to work. It offers a career, not merely a job. You will be asked to give your best. In return, you will know that your work is important.

In addition, the School of Medicine offers an excellent benefits package to its full-time employees including:

• Medical and Dental Insurance

• Life Insurance

• Retirement Annuity

• Dependent Tuition Benefits

• Long-Term Disability

• Spending Accounts

• 22 Days of Vacation

• Sick Leave

• Seven Holidays

• Payroll Deductions/U.S. Savings Bonds

• Direct Deposit of Payroll Check

• MetroLink Access

To see a current list of individual job openings, visit our web site:
http://medschool.wustl.edu/wumshr and select “Employment Opportunities.” The list of jobs is updated weekly. Feel free to explore the site to learn more about the School of Medicine.