Jackson Purchase Medical Center Jobs and Company Information
Western Kentucky offers a variety of attractions and activities, including outdoor recreation, historical sites, and cultural experiences. Key destinations include Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area, Kentucky Lake, and Lake Barkley, along with cities like Paducah and Bowling Green. We are centrally located to other cities such as Nashville, Tenn. (2 hours), St Louis, Mo. (3 hours), Lexington, Ky. (4 hours) Memphis, Tenn. (3 hours)
Outdoor Recreation:
Land Between The Lakes: This area features vast forests, lakes, and recreational opportunities like hunting, hiking, biking, kayaking, camping, fishing, and wildlife viewing.
Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley: These lakes offer boating, fishing, swimming, and other water sports.
State Parks: Lake Barkley State Resort Park, Rough River Dam State Resort Park, and Pennyrile Forest State Resort Park offer various outdoor activities and lodging options.
Historical and Cultural Attractions:
National Quilt Museum: Located in Paducah, this museum showcases the art of quilting and its history.
Paducah's Floodwall Murals: Explore the city's history through large-scale murals painted on the floodwall.
National Corvette Museum: Located in Bowling Green, this museum celebrates the history of the Corvette.
Lost River Cave: Explore the only underground cave boat tour in Kentucky.
Historic Rail Park & Train Museum: Located in Bowling Green, this museum features historic train cars and exhibits.
Patti's 1880's Settlement: A unique restaurant and shopping destination in Grand Rivers.
Harrah's Metropolis: A casino and entertainment venue located across the Ohio River from Paducah.
The friendly communities and historic hamlets of the Western Kentucky are packed with opportunities for entertainment, activity and inspiration. Play golf in one of the top rated coursed in the area, visit Kentucky’s largest Amish community, shop in a railroad town transformed into an antique shopper's heaven, travel through lush farmland rich in Native American history, and visit a "living house" museum complete with immersive historical exhibits.
Dine in restaurants overlooking the lakes, enjoy live entertainment at Grand Rivers Badgett Playhouse, take in a movie at an old fashioned drive-in, shop at the largest single antique mall between St. Louis and Nashville, visit art museums and play with us at one of our award-winning festivals and events.
Company Information
A part of Lifepoint Health , Jackson Purchase Medical Center is a 107-bed (all private), Joint Commission-accredited facility. The hospital is the sole provider of acute care in Graves County and has been serving patients from the eight counties of the Jackson Purchase since 1993. From emergent to elective, our facility offers a wide variety of inpatient and outpatient services, including those offered at the New Beginnings Birthing Center, the Advanced Healing Wound Care Center and our accredited chest pain center.
Through incredible teamwork and a medical staff beyond what you typically find in a small town, Jackson Purchase Medical Center aims to deliver the best healthcare available in the greater Western Kentucky region. As we seek to achieve our mission of making communities healthier®, we treat you like family because you are family.
The hospital features a modern design that is more functional than older hospitals and more easily accommodating of new medical technologies. Also, the design boasts a more efficient patient traffic flow and better coordination of services.
The hospital is the sole provider of acute care in Graves County and draws patients from the eight counties of the Jackson Purchase (the section of land between the Tennessee and Mississippi River.
Jackson Purchase specializes in the following service lines:
- Cardiology
- Digestive Health
- Emergency Services
- Maternity Care
- Orthopedics
- Primary Care
- Sports Medicine
- Women's Health
and many other areas of care.
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