San Joaquin Community Hospital

Name :

San Joaquin Community Hospital

Address  :

2615 Chester Avenue

Town  :

Bakersfield

State  :

California

Country  :

USA

Post Code:

93301

Phone  :

661 395 3000

Web URL  :

Available

Description

San Joaquin Community Hospitals mission is to share Gods love with our community by providing physical mental and spiritual healing It is a big responsibility and one that is enthusiastically embraced by our caregivers staff members physicians our organizational leadership and our Boards

As the premier provider of healthcare services in Bakersfield and the surrounding cities of Kern County San Joaquin now operates the hospital a home health agency the Buck Owens Wellness Resource Center for diabetes education and Bariatric Solutions a weightloss center



Our Mission
To share Gods love with our community by providing physical mental and spiritual healing

Our Vision
Be the hospital of choice for our community by being the best place to receive care practice medicine and work

Our Values

Compassion The compassionate healing ministry of Jesus
Respect Human dignity and individuality
Integrity Absolute integrity in all relationships and dealings
Quality Excellence in clinical and service quality
Stewardship Responsible resource management in serving our communities
Wholeness The health care heritage of the Seventhday Adventist church
Family Each other as members of a caring family

History

The early 1900s were exciting times geysers of rich crude oil spewed through wooden derricks into the sky Farmers were finding the dark valley soil would produce a myriad of bountiful crops Along the dusty streets of what was once Colonel Bakers field oilfield workers farmers and merchants brushed shoulders with weary travelers coming west to fulfill their dreams in the golden state

But dangerous jobs and the influx of people also meant accidents and diseases Two nurses Margaret Quinn and Mary ODonnell realized Bakersfield needed a new hospital to care for its citizens They purchased a quarterblock site at quot27thquot and Eye Streets and began building a threestory building that would house 26 patients They proudly named their new institution San Joaquin Hospital San Joaquin Hospital admitted its first patient on October 6 1910 In 1964 the word community was added to the name to reflect the hospitals focus on serving the community Today almost a century later San Joaquin Community Hospital is still committed to delivering quality health care In 1987 the hospital formally affiliated with the Seventhday Adventist Church as a member of the Adventist Health system Although a Christian hospital before that time this also formalized San Joaquin Community Hospitals commitment as a faithbased organization

Yes the hospital has seen many changes and plenty of technological advancements since it admitted its first patient in 1910 but some things have remained constant Everything we do comes back to serving our patients and our community San Joaquin Community Hospital is in the midst of a construction project to ensure we are prepared to serve our community for many years to come