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Specialty and emergency care, close to home
Ascension St. Vincent's Southside in Jacksonville, Florida, is a full-service 309-bed hospital and ER with advanced specialty care services for your physical and mental health.
The hospital was founded in 1873 as St. Luke’s, the first private hospital in Jacksonville and was the oldest private hospital in Florida. The campus joined the St. Vincent’s HealthCare family in 2008 and was renamed Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside in 2019.
Our doctors and care teams deliver surgical care for serious and life-threatening injuries and illnesses. As a top 15 health system named by Fortune/PINC AI and one of Healthgrades’ top 5 best hospitals for spine surgery, Ascension St. Vincent's Southside is a destination for specialty care - including orthopedic and spine surgery, heart and vascular care, stroke and emergency care, lung health, brain and spine care, cancer services, weight-loss surgery, and women’s health. Our OB-GYN maternity care teams at our Family Birth Place deliver a personalized birthing experience, with pediatricians available to provide comprehensive care for your little one. We offer a wide range of minimally invasive procedures, imaging and lab tests, all on one campus. Find out more about all services on this campus.
Emergency care close to home
When you choose Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside for your family’s emergency care, you’ll get the right care, at the right place and at the right time. When care is needed right away, we’re close to where you are with 24/7 care for life-threatening and severe illness and injury — including heart attack, stroke, trauma and more. We listen to quickly understand your health needs. Then, we provide care that’s right for you. From the moment you enter the doors, we deliver compassionate care to help you and your loved ones through an emergency.
When your child needs pediatric emergency care, our emergency room provides family-centered care. Children's needs are different from adults, so our doctors and care teams care for kids and their specific need.
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Family Birth Place
At Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside Family Birth Place, we provide family-centered birth suites with home-like comforts. To expand the care we can provide, we recently added six new labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum (LDRP) rooms. These rooms can improve the birthing experience by allowing moms, babies and families to experience the entire labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum in the comfort of one space. Working together, we help deliver a memorable birth experience.
Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside provides specialized medical care to women with high-risk pregnancies and their babies. And just in case your baby needs special care, you have access to a neonatal intensive care unit just down the hall. The NICU provides care for premature and critically ill babies.
Connected to specialized follow-up care
Your care doesn’t stop when you leave the ER. Because we’re more than emergency care, you will be connected to follow-up care to support your care plan and recovery. We connect you to specialists in cardiology, neurology, orthopedics, pulmonology, and more. Your care team also helps you manage your medications and sends prescriptions to your local pharmacy or through Ascension Rx. And you will always have access to other services at Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside, like imaging and lab.
Recognitions
Ascension St. Vincent’s Southside is dedicated to providing the best care to you and your family. Recognized as one of the top health systems in the United States, we offer primary, specialty, and emergency care close to home. Read more about our awards and recent news.
2025 Awards:
- Top Maternity Hospital by Newsweek
- The Leapfrog Group ‘A’ Hospital Safety Grade: Spring
2024 Awards:
- Fortune/PINC AI 15 Top Health Systems
- American Heart Association (AHA) Get With The Guidelines: Gold Plus Achievement
- Target: Heart Failure™ Honor Roll
- Target: Type 2 Diabetes™ Honor Roll
- Recognized as a top 5 hospital in Florida for Spine Surgery
- Newsweek’s America’s Best Maternity Hospitals - 5 Ribbon
- Women’s Choice Award
- Bariatric Surgery
- Obstetrics
- Orthopedics
- Emergency Care
- Patient Safety
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Florida Hospital Association - Excellence in Maternal Care
- America's 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery Award
- US News & World Report
- High Performing Hospital
- High Performing - Heart Attack
- High Performing - Hip Replacement
- CMS four-star overall rating and three-star patient experience rating
- America's 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery Award
- Newsweek’s Best Physical Therapy Rehabilitation Center
2023 Awards:
- American Heart Association (AHA) Award for stroke care and cardiovascular care
- Patient Safety Excellence Award
- Women’s Choice Awards
- Bariatric Surgery
- Emergency Care
- Patient Safety
- Minimally Invasive Surgery
- Cancer Care
- Baby-Friendly Designation
- Maternity Care through Newsweek
- PRC Excellence in Healthcare Awards - 4 Star Emergency Department
- US News & World Report
- High Performing Hospital
- High Performing - Heart Attack
2022 Awards:
- American Heart Association (AHA) Award for stroke care and cardiovascular care
- PRC Excellence in Healthcare Awards - 5 Star Emergency Department
- Recognized Nationally for Patient Safety Excellence
- Recognized Nationally for Cranial Neurosurgery Excellence
- Recognized Nationally for Surgical Care Excellence
- America's 100 Best Hospitals for Orthopedic Surgery Award
- America's 100 Best Hospitals for Spine Surgery Award
If you are experiencing a life-threatening medical emergency, go to the nearest ER or call 911.
