Healthcare Nursing Center

Nursing Home · Oak Brook, IL

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open roles, live count: $70k–$200k/yr
posted pay across 5 roles

Before you choose a unit

Preceptors and orientation

Training, coaching, and support for facility MDS teams; assist onboarding new MDS staff

Healthcare Nursing Center · employer research

Sources

As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com

Ask the unit manager

How often is overtime required? Who covers a short shift? Can I meet my preceptor or shadow the team?

Prepare for a manager conversation

Your six-month RN application plan

Start about six months before graduation. Some programs open earlier; use each employer’s application dates.

Graduation month

6 months before
Shortlist units
Check application windows. Gather clinical experience, references and your expected graduation date.
Find residencies
4–6 months before
Apply as windows open
Apply before graduation when the program allows it. Keep the cohort date and license deadline with each application.
Explore new grad jobs
2–3 months before
Meet the unit manager
Ask about overtime, a shadow shift, preceptor continuity and the schedule after orientation.
Prepare your questions
Around graduation
Confirm your start
Coordinate NCLEX, the required license and your start date. Get relocation and repayment terms in writing.
Plan your license

Why start this early?

Advocate describes a 6–9 month application runway for several regional RN programs. These milestones are a planning guide, not deadlines for every employer. See program calendars.

On the floor

What the day-to-day looks like

Setting: Nursing Home
Shifts hiring now: Days 3 · Rotating 1

Benefits

Professional development cited among role benefits; training, coaching, and support for facility MDS teams.

What stands out

Experienced nurses
You oversee MDS assessments, care planning, and PDPM/CMS compliance across multiple skilled nursing facilities in a full-time regional coordinator role.
Sources
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com
Experienced nurses
You train, coach, and support facility MDS teams and help onboard new MDS staff.
Sources
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com
Moving here
The work sits in Oak Brook, where average commutes run about 23–26 minutes across the Chicago metro area.
Sources
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com

More about working here

Experienced nurses
The organization is described as mission-driven and focused on resident-centered care with multi-site skilled nursing support.
Sources
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com
Experienced nurses
Professional development is listed among the role benefits.
Sources
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com
Travel nurses
A related Regional MDS Coordinator posting estimated base pay around $65,000–$85,000 per year.
Sources
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com

Starting out and growing here

Career development: Professional development cited among role benefits
Sources
As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com

Published pay and benefits

Annual pay

Regional MDS Coordinator (Philadelphia posting): estimated $65,000–$85,000 per year

As of 2026

Sources

Source: talents.vaia.com

The city

Living in Oak Brook, IL

Oak Brook is an affluent western suburb of Chicago known for its sprawling estates, upscale shopping at Oakbrook Center, and major corporate headquarters. Nurses who prefer quiet residential streets and easy expressway access to downtown Chicago will find a polished, car-dependent community with excellent healthcare facilities nearby, including AdventHealth Hinsdale and Elmhurst Hospital just minutes away.

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State price level · Illinois: about the national average; State index 100.0 (100 = national)
Median gross rent: $2,590/mo; rent and tenant-paid utilities
Median household income: $175,870/yr; all local households, not nurse pay

U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024

Who they are

You would step into a full-time Regional MDS Coordinator role with Healthcare Nursing Center out of Oak Brook, Illinois. The work centers on MDS assessments, care planning, and PDPM/CMS compliance across multiple skilled nursing facilities, with regional travel built in and no home office option.

Nursing Home · Oak Brook
Hiring days & rotating
Sign-on bonus · 1 role

More about Healthcare Nursing Center

Day to day you train, coach, and support facility MDS teams and help onboard new MDS staff. The organization is described as mission-driven and focused on resident-centered care. Professional development is listed among the role benefits. A related Regional MDS Coordinator posting estimated base pay in the $65,000–$85,000 range. Oak Brook sits in DuPage County with typical commutes around 23–26 minutes for people working across the Chicago metro area. Illinois uses a flat 4.95% state income tax and is not a nursing compact state, so you will need an Illinois license to practice here.

Described as mission-driven and focused on resident-centered care.

Working here

Culture and working life

What to consider

The good

Oversee MDS assessments and compliance across multiple skilled nursing facilities
Train, coach, and support facility MDS teams
Help onboard new MDS staff
Professional development cited among role benefits
Mission-driven, resident-centered care focus
Oak Brook location with roughly 23–26 minute average commutes

The hard parts

No home office option
Regional travel across multiple sites required
Pay figure comes from a Philadelphia-area posting estimate, not an Oak Brook-specific stated rate
Illinois is not a compact-license state

What to weigh

The Regional MDS Coordinator role is full-time with regional travel and no home office option.

Sources

As of 2026Source: talents.vaia.com

The reality check

Before you decide

Quick facts

Relationship: Direct employer
Roles last seen active: Sep 6, 2026

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