Ascension St. Vincent’s is building a stand-alone emergency room at 12705 Beach Blvd. at the corner of Kernan and Beach boulevards.
It is scheduled to be completed in fall 2025, according to an Oct. 3 news release.
The 10,000-square-foot facility will employ 40 and is expected to serve 16,000 patients annually, the release said.
Services will include a triage area, a critical care room, nine treatment spaces and advanced CT and X-ray technology.
St. Vincent’s bought the almost 5-acre property in March 2020 for $4.5 million from West Kernan Loan Acquisition LLC, whose managing member is Tamaya Property Holdings LLC.
“At St. Vincent’s, we want to do everything in our power to ensure every person in every community can receive care during an emergency,” said Kevin Rinks, president and CEO of St. Vincent’s Southside, in the release.
“This new freestanding emergency room reinforces our commitment to our patients that they will have access to quality and compassionate care.”
The hospital projects that over the next five years the population in the Southside service area will grow 5.9%.
Ascension St. Vincent’s has a Southside emergency care center at 4201 Belfort Road. It also has stand-alone emergency facilities in Arlington and Westside in Jacksonville and in Middleburg in Clay County.
Ascension St. Vincent’s is a faith-based medical organization based in Jacksonville. It has four hospitals and employs more than 5,300 associates. Fortune named it one of the top healthcare providers in the country.