St. Joseph's Health Snapshot
In the spirit of Toward Boundless Charity, the Mission of the St. Joseph’s Health, a ministry of healing in the Catholic Church and sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, is to render quality healthcare in northern New Jersey with a special concern for the poor and under served.
Recognized as one of New Jersey’s – and the New York metropolitan area’s – most respected healthcare providers, St. Joseph’s Health includes St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, a quaternary state-designated trauma center and state-designated St. Joseph’s Children’s Hospital (651 adult and pediatric beds) on the Paterson campus; St. Joseph’s Wayne Medical Center (229 beds), an acute care community hospital on the Wayne campus; St. Vincent’s Nursing Home (151 beds), Cedar Grove; Visiting Health Services of NJ, Totowa; and more than 30 North Jersey community-based facilities. A major academic healthcare organization, St. Joseph’s is a regional clinical branch campus of New York Medical College, a member of the Touro College and University System and is also affiliated with Seton Hall School of Health and Medical Science and the University of New England School of Osteopathic Medicine.
