Ventura County Medical Center (VCMC) is a full-service, acute care hospital, and the hub of the county medical service system. VCMC also has a satellite location in the Santa Clara Valley, Santa Paula Hospital. The system provides access to high quality, compassionate health care to residents throughout Ventura County.  While able to implement innovations and respond to the needs of the community, our providers ensure patient care is carefully tailored to the needs of the individual.

VCMC serves all of Ventura County, with special emphasis on providing access to care for the underserved and those facing barriers to access.  These individuals, referred to as the “safety net” population, comprise over three quarters of the care provided by VCMC.

Service provided include:

• 24-hour emergency department
• 208 bed, general acute care hospital
• Intensive care unit and definitive observation unit
• Obstetrics and gynecology
• Neonatal intensive care unit and intermediate care unit
• Pediatric specialty care
• Telemetry and oncology unit
• Inpatient Psychiatric Unit
• Medical and surgical specialty care including:
• Cardiology
• Respiratory services
• Orthopedic services
• Imaging and clinical screening
• Clinical laboratory testing and analysis
• Pathology – anatomical laboratory

About Our Staff and Facilities

VCMC's physicians are board certified in their fields. Our residency program, which comprises 39 practicing residents, is the only academic institution in Ventura County affiliated with the UCLA School of Medicine. Our patients are the direct beneficiaries of the high academic standards we set forth. Superior care is also provided through state-of-the-art equipment, best medical practice and conscious management objectives. We are proud to provide Ventura County with high quality health care in a dignified and efficient manner.

VCMC is a full-service acute care hospital. Inpatient care is provided in the Intensive Care Unit and Telemetry, the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, the Medical Surgery floors, the Pediatric wing, the Obstetrics/Gynecology floors, and the Hillmont Psychiatric Unit. During the most recently completed year VCMC provided 40,139 inpatient service days.