Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital is an accredited critical access hospital located in a peaceful setting on Devils Lake in coastal Lincoln City.
Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital is an accredited critical access hospital located in the popular beach town of Lincoln City, Oregon. Medical services include emergency, primary and specialty care for the community and its coastal visitors. The new state-of-the-art replacement hospital was completed in 2020. The hospital is one of Samaritan Health Services' five non-profit hospitals with the mission of building healthier communities together.
12/31/2025
Before the 2025 holiday season slips away, take a look at some of the gaudy getups from the Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital Winter Wonderland Ugly Sweater Contest. Winners were announced today, with prizes going to:
🏆Ashley Converse, a registered nurse from our birthing unit. Her creation featured a brown bear popping out of a wreath on the front and an angel holding a song book on the back. Bonus points for the dangling earrings and oddly festive shoulder decorations, all topped off with a pretty plaid bow.
🏆Ryan Combs, our coast region chief operating officer, wearing a shark inspired ugly sweater. Bonus for the sparkly pocket on the front to hold a water bottle.
🏆Leslie James, executive director of the North Lincoln Hospital Foundation, with her black and white cow dressed as Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer. Bonus for her "__Naughty __Nice ☑️ I Can Explain" lanyard.
12/24/2025
12/20/2025
Our hospital's Rising Star program recognizes exceptional employees for their caring and compassionate work that exemplifies Samaritan PRIDE: passion, respect, integrity, dedication and excellence. ⭐⭐ ⭐ Each month, one hospital employee and one clinic employee is selected from nominations submitted by patients and co-workers. 👏 🏆
Congrats to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital's most recent Rising Stars:
👉 Barb Mason is a certified medical assistant who has worked for Samaritan in Lincoln City for more than 19 years. She currently works with the orthopedic and podiatry providers at Samaritan Health Clinic - Hwy 101 (formerly called Samaritan Coastal Clinic). Barb was praised for her compassionate, friendly and dependable work ethic. Congrats, Barb! ❤️
👉 Housekeeper Tyler Hite was praised for his exceptional work ethics, with nominations describing him as very pleasant, hard-working, helpful, amazing, accommodating, uncomplaining and more! You rock, Tyler! ❤️
12/19/2025
🌩️Due to power outages caused by the current storm, all Samaritan clinics in Lincoln City are closed for the remainder of the day. Remaining open are Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital and Samaritan Pharmacy on the hospital campus as these locations have back-up power. Stay safe out there!
12/13/2025
Come visit us and shop our holiday haul!
12/12/2025
The big orange U.S. Coast Guard helicopter is a familiar and reassuring sight on the Oregon Coast, bringing comfort to many of us, especially those involved in commercial and sport fisheries and recreation. 🚁 🛥️ 🌊 🐟
Recently, Emergency Services staff at both of Samaritan's coastal hospitals received training on how to safely offload and load a patient into a USCG helicopter, which keeps its engine and rotors running throughout the process.
The Toys for Tots collection boxes at Samaritan’s two coastal hospitals were filled to overflowing with stuffed animals, games, dolls, and so much more! 🎁🧸
A huge thank you to our amazing employees and volunteers for their generosity — your donations will bring joy to so many children this holiday season. ❤️
And on collection day? Let’s just say some of our team really got into the festive spirit! 🎄✨
11/30/2025
We are proud sponsors of Discover Newport Oregon's Lighted Boat Parade happening Dec. 6 from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
These festive community events are all about creating memorable moments, fostering connections and celebrating the joy of the season. Be sure to check them out!
Happy holidays from all of us at Samaritan Health Services. ❄️
11/10/2025
Glitchy technology often has us cursing our computers – and heaping praise on the tech who makes everything good again! One particular shoutout for Joel Skinner, desktop solutions tech based at Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital, earned him the recognition of SNLH October Rising Star. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
The nomination for Skinner highlighted not only his technical expertise but also praised his strong interpersonal skills and ethics. Congrats, Joel, on a job well done! You are so appreciated. 🖥️ 🏥 ❤️
Samaritan's Rising Star program recognizes exceptional employees for their caring and compassionate work that exemplifies Samaritan PRIDE: passion, respect, integrity, dedication and excellence. 🏆
11/08/2025
When a local credit union believes every child deserves a bright start, amazing things happen.
Our friends at TLC, a Division of Fibre Federal Credit Union, are helping children learn, grow and play through their Communities First program, supporting both the North Lincoln Hospital Foundation and the Pacific Communities Health District Foundation.
🎠 At North Lincoln, their support is helping expand the Samaritan Early Learning Center, starting with the playground, so kids have a fresh, fun place to play and explore.
📚 At Pacific Communities, TLC’s gift helps give books to kids under 5 during clinical well-child visits through Reach Out and Read. It’s a simple way to help families connect and build a love for reading.
From story time to play time, TLC is partnering with Samaritan Foundations to help Lincoln County kids grow up happy and healthy. 💛
11/07/2025
Congratulations to Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital's most recent clinic-based Rising Star employee of the month, Linnea March! ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
A medical office receptionist for Lincoln City clinics, she was selected for her willingness to help, teach and support staff and patients when she filled in at a clinic that was not her home clinic.
Samaritan's Rising Star program recognizes exceptional employees for their caring and compassionate work that exemplifies Samaritan PRIDE: passion, respect, integrity, dedication and excellence. 👏 🏆 👏
10/25/2025
We are so thankful to have these services on the coast! Thank you to everyone who made this possible!
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How did Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital come to be? The way many great things do – through inspiration, determination and dedication!
In 1963, a small group of residents with a vision for medical care in our community studied the feasibility of building a hospital. It would serve residents and visitors in the area that would later become known as Lincoln City.
By a vote of the people in 1965, that committee became a formal group, the North Lincoln Health District Board of Directors. Their first task was to oversee the construction and operations of a hospital. Inspired by the board’s vision, citizens approved a tax levy which, along with a federal grant and the sale of general obligation bonds, provided funding to build a hospital. Six patients were admitted to the new hospital on the very first day it opened– Oct. 28, 1968.
With the rapid growth of the hospital and advances in health care, the North Lincoln Health District voted to sign a 30-year management agreement with Samaritan Health Services in 2000. Samaritan’s mission, “Building Healthier Communities Together,” acknowledges that Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital belongs to all residents of north Lincoln County.
Further contributing to our community’s wellbeing, the health district partnered with the City of Lincoln City, North Lincoln Hospital Foundation and Samaritan Health Services in 2011 to build a permanent home for the Samaritan Early Learning Center, a five-star rated childcare center for infants, toddlers and children.
In the fall of 2015, Samaritan Health Services and the health district announced plans to construct a new hospital and medical campus on the current site, replacing the nearly 50-year old building. The replacement hospital will be completed in the autumn of 2019 and the campus renovations finished by spring 2020. Visit samhealth.org/NewHospitalLincolnCity for details.
Want to learn more about the hospital and the health district? The North Lincoln Health District holds public meetings on the third Thursday of each month at 9:30 a.m. in the hospital’s Education Conference Room, 3034 NE 28th St., Lincoln City. Call for information: 541-994-3661
