Bluffton Community
Medical Campus
Groundbreaking March 2025
10 INNOVATION DRIVE, BLUFFTON
Beaufort Memorial Bluffton Community Medical Campus will be located at 10 Innovation Drive, at the corner of Bluffton Parkway and Buckwalter Parkway by the Buckwalter Place plaza.
When looking at a map, it is the plot of land adjacent to Publix Supermarket off of Innovation Drive.
When
The Beaufort Memorial Bluffton Community Medical Campus will begin to take shape in 2025. With groundbreaking expected to happen in early 2025, construction will take about 18 months to complete. Barring any delays in the construction timeline, the building will open at the beginning of 2027.
Why
Beaufort County is growing at an exponential rate. Based on the 2023 U.S. Census population estimates, more than 198,000 people call Beaufort County home, a 6.3% increase from 2020. The town of Bluffton saw a 27.1% population increase in that same timeframe. As our community grows, so does the need for services, including health care. As we have done for the last 80 years, Beaufort Memorial will continue to grow with the Lowcountry, providing comprehensive care and innovative services to you, your loved ones and neighbors.
Featuring
Beaufort Memorial Specialists:
Breast Surgery
General Surgery
Gastroenterology
Gynecology
Orthopedics
Urology
Quality Care Close to Home
Emergency Services
2 Triage Rooms
5 Fast Track Rooms
13 Treatment Rooms
Trauma Room
3 Ambulance Bays
Decontamination Room
Helipad
Imaging Services
X-ray
MRI
CT
Ultrasound
Flouroscopy
Nuclear Medicine
Outpatient Surgery Center
4 Surgical Suites
2 Endoscopy Procedure Rooms
20 Pre-Operative/Recovery Rooms
Laboratory
Bluffton Community Medical Campus FAQs
10 Innovation Drive, Bluffton
The building will be located at the corner of Bluffton Parkway and Buckwalter Parkway by the Buckwalter Place plaza. When looking at a map, it is the plot of land behind Publix Supermarket off of Innovation Drive.
Construction on the Beaufort Memorial Bluffton Community Medical Campus will begin shortly after groundbreaking in February 2025 and is expected to take 18 months to complete. The building is expected to open and operational in January 2027.
The three-story, Bluffton Community Medical Campus (BCMC) will include a free-standing emergency room, imaging services, an outpatient surgery center, laboratory and a top floor for future expansion of services.
Within the emergency department will be two triage rooms, five fast track rooms, 13 treatment rooms, a trauma room, decontamination and three ambulance bays. A helipad will be located next to the building for incoming emergencies and expedited transfers to higher levels of care.
The outpatient surgery center will have four surgical suites, two endoscopy procedure rooms and 20 pre-operative/recovery rooms. The types of procedures to be performed will include breast surgery, general surgery, gastroenterology, gynecology, orthopedics and urology.
Supporting both emergency services and surgical procedures will be a full-service laboratory and imaging center, including X-ray, MRI, CT, ultrasound, fluoroscopy and nuclear medicine.
Recruiting for providers, medical staff, and supporting personnel is an ongoing effort at Beaufort Memorial. In addition to bringing in new hires, personnel from other existing facilities will be transferred both temporarily and permanently to ensure that the new facility is adequately staffed. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply for existing openings and begin their career at an existing Beaufort Memorial facility.
To help position Beaufort Memorial as the region's preferred employer, the organization has implemented employer-subsidized childcare, assistance with affordable housing and several workforce development projects as part of our People Achieving Their Highest (PATH) Program. The PATH Program provides career pathways and onsite education as a way to develop the excellent clinicians and staff we need, while offering upward mobility for employees. The PATH Career Development Center on our Beaufort Campus houses a satellite location for the University of South Carolina Beaufort (USCB) Nursing Program, in addition to providing classrooms and state-of-the-art simulation labs to train current and future Beaufort Memorial team members.
To introduce future generations of Beaufort Memorial employees, we offer summer Rising Star internships for area high school students and a dual enrollment program in partnership with the Beaufort County School District.
If you would like to get involved in the Beaufort Memorial Bluffton Community Medical Center project as a donor, please contact the Beaufort Memorial Foundation.
For persons interested in career opportunities, openings for positions at this new facility will be listed on the Careers section of the main BMH website at a later date. We encourage applying for openings at any of our existing locations now and becoming a part of our growing team sooner rather than later!
More health care options elevates the service and quality of care, benefiting patients and the community. Given the growth that the Bluffton area is experiencing and the projected growth over the next 5-10 years, there will be plenty of demand to warrant new options for inpatient and outpatient care.
Yes.
Beaufort Memorial requires all physicians and advanced practice providers, including physician assistants and nurse practitioners, on the medical staff to be board certified or board eligible. These same requirements will apply to all providers coming on board for the new facilities.
We continue to recruit for the very difficult to obtain specialties of endocrinology and rheumatology, as does Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC Health) through our affiliation agreement. These specialties are available via telehealth through MUSC Health.
Emma June Grosskopf - Beaufort Memorial Media Relations Manager
Email: emma.grosskopf@bmhsc.org
Office: (843) 522-5171