Mayor Alvin Brown and JAXUSA Partnership, a division of JAX Chamber, said this morning that Jacksonville-based Diversified Clinical Services, which merged with Boca Raton-based National Healing Corp., will keep the headquarters of the new company in Jacksonville and expand, adding space as well as 65 jobs.
The company provides wound care and related disease management.
The company, to be known as National Healing Corp., will relocate in March to a new Southside facility, expanding from 23,000 to 35,000 square feet of space, Brown and JAXUSA announced.
They said the company is building a high-tech training center to serve as a global hub for wound care education and will train hundreds of doctors, nurses and other medical technicians monthly.
National Healing, which has 2,000 employees nationwide, will increase its Jacksonville staff from 80 to 145 employees. The company manages more than 500 wound care centers in more than 10 percent of the hospitals in the nation, including Baptist Beaches and Baptist Downtown in Jacksonville.
National Healing received $200,000 from the state through the Quick Action Closing Fund. A closing fund award is paid out based on specific project criteria outlined in a performance-based contract between the company and the state of Florida.
The company will increase investments in clinical care, program development and education and training while improving comprehensive wound care therapy programs to find the most effective solutions for reducing costs associated with chronic wounds and to continue to meet the critical needs of patients suffering from debilitating and chronic wounds, according to the release.
“This is a great move that will help to generate good-paying jobs and shine an even brighter spotlight on the health care business in Northeast Florida,” said Brown in a news release.