ROCKPORT — Later this month, Pen Bay Medical Center will open the doors of its new Rockland Health Center, located within the Rockland Plaza at 75 Maverick St., when it opens its relocated Walk-in Care practice Saturday, Oct. 19.

“We’re excited to open a health center in this new location, which is centrally located in the community we serve,” said Tyson Thornton, vice president of operations for Pen Bay and Waldo County General Hospital in Belfast, in a news release. “This new location is a good example of the work we are doing to make it easier for patients to access the health care they need.”

Pen Bay Walk-in Care is currently located in the Bok Building at 6 White St. in Rockland and will close from Oct. 15-18 as the team packs and relocates to the new space. The doors will open at the Maverick St. location on Saturday, Oct. 19, at 8 a.m.

In addition to Walk-in Care, the new space will also house a primary care office and the hospital’s physical and occupational therapy (PT/OT) practices, as well as Health Connections, the hospital’s occupational health and safety department.

Primary Care, currently located with Walk-in Care inside the Bok Building, will close on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Health Connections, currently located at 731 Commercial St. in Rockport, will close Friday, Oct. 18. Both practices will reopen in the new space on Monday, Oct. 21.

Physical and Occupational Therapy, which is currently located within the Physicians Building on the hospital campus, will close Wednesday, Oct. 23, and reopen in Rockland on Monday, Oct. 28.

“Having this group together will create opportunities for collaboration that will benefit our patients,” Thornton said. “For example, there are many patients who are referred from primary care to PT/OT, which now will be just down the hall. This creates opportunities for warm hand offs or ad-hoc conversation associated with patient progress.”

For more information about any of the Rockland Health Center practices, please visit pbmc.org.

About Pen Bay Medical Center

Pen Bay Medical Center is part of MaineHealth, a not-for-profit integrated health system consisting of eight local hospital systems, a comprehensive behavioral healthcare network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and more than 1,600 employed and independent physicians working together through an Accountable Care Organization. With more than 19,000 employees, MaineHealth is the largest health system in northern New England and provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire. For more information, please visit pbmc.org.