Mountains Community Hospital

Mountains Community Hospital is a full-service Critical Access Hospital serving Lake Arrowhead and the surrounding San Bernardino Mountain communities, including the Rim of the World area. Founded in 1951, it has operated for more than 70 years as the local provider of essential healthcare, with a mission of keeping care accessible close to home so that patients need not travel far for treatment.

The hospital runs a 24-hour, year-round emergency department alongside in-house diagnostic imaging and laboratory services, surgical and orthopedic care, and outpatient primary care and dental clinics. Rehabilitation is covered by physical therapy and outpatient services, while post-acute needs are met through a six-bed swing-bed recovery programme and extended care and recovery services. In total, the facility operates 17 medical and surgical beds, including the six swing beds, along with 20 Extended Care and Recovery beds.

Roles at the hospital span emergency medicine, imaging, laboratory services, surgery, primary care, dental care, rehabilitation, skilled nursing and extended care. For candidates with backgrounds in emergency response and public service, the emergency department and related acute-care services represent direct extensions of that experience into a clinical setting.

The organisation supports its community through financial assistance and patient resources, welcomes volunteers, and maintains a hospital foundation that raises funds for advanced equipment and patient-care programmes.