Baptist Health plans large Louisville emergency and urgent care center, projecting about 150 new jobs

A major healthcare construction project is moving forward in Louisville

Baptist Health has advanced plans for a large new emergency and urgent care facility in Louisville that is projected to generate about 150 jobs once fully staffed, adding to the region’s fast-growing healthcare employment base.

The project centers on a freestanding, dual-purpose site designed to deliver emergency-room capabilities alongside walk-in urgent care in the same building. The model is intended to match patients with an appropriate level of care while maintaining 24/7 emergency readiness.

Location, format, and how the care model works

The planned facility is located on Bardstown Road in the Glenmary area, near the Gene Snyder Freeway (I-265). The address identified for the site is 7702 Bardstown Road, Louisville, Kentucky 40291.

The combined format is structured to provide two distinct pathways under one roof:

• Emergency services for time-sensitive, high-acuity conditions requiring immediate stabilization and advanced diagnostics.
• Urgent care services for lower-acuity injuries and illnesses that can be treated without the intensity—and cost structure—of a hospital emergency department.

Jobs and what staffing typically includes

The projected 150-job figure reflects a fully staffed operation and spans clinical and non-clinical roles that are common in around-the-clock emergency access sites. Roles typically include registered nurses, paramedics and EMTs, imaging and lab staff, advanced practice clinicians, physicians (often through contracted emergency medicine groups), registration and billing teams, and operational support positions required for continuous service.

By combining emergency and urgent care functions, facilities often require staffing plans that cover two care settings operating side-by-side, including triage, diagnostics, and patient flow coordination.

How it fits into Baptist Health’s Louisville-area footprint

The Glenmary project is part of an expanding network of Baptist Health access points in Louisville and Southern Indiana. The system has already developed similar combined emergency and urgent care sites in the region, including a location serving the Blankenbaker area of Louisville’s East End and another in Jeffersonville, Indiana.

Separately, Baptist Health has pursued other major projects in and around the Louisville market in recent years, ranging from outpatient capacity expansions to centralized pharmacy operations that support multiple hospitals. Together, these initiatives underscore how workforce growth in healthcare continues to be tied to capital construction and decentralized care delivery models.

What comes next

With site work underway and public announcements already made about the development, the next milestones will be construction progress updates, operational readiness planning, and phased hiring as the facility approaches opening. The timing of hiring typically follows build-out stages for clinical areas, imaging, and information systems, culminating in staffing for 24/7 operations.

For Louisville, the project represents a substantial employment commitment and an additional entry point for emergency and urgent care services along a major corridor in the city’s southeastern area.