Kindred
Specialty Hospital · Northlake, IL
- 17
- open roles, live count
- $83k–$161k/yr
- posted pay across 11 roles
- 1:10
- nurse-to-patient, employer research
- 4.2
- Google rating
Life here
What a shift at Kindred looks like
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Specialty Hospital
- Shifts hiring now
- Days 13 · Nights 2 · Evenings 1
What stands out
Experienced nurses
From four local postings, pay sits about $40–$44 an hour (median $42.82), with sign-on bonuses posted up to $15,000.
From employer postingsAs of 2026-07-25
New graduates
Some nurses describe Kindred as a workable first RN job and a place to gain experience while finishing an RN-to-BSN, even when staffing is tight.
As of 2014 · 2018Source 1: reddit.comSource 2: allnurses.com
Experienced nurses
You would be in long-term acute care with post-ICU and medically complex patients on extended stays, not a short-stay med-surg floor.
Moving here
Northlake tends to rate well with locals on safety, neighbor friendliness, shorter commutes, and below-average cost of living and housing.
More about working here
New graduates
The LTAC model is often described as team nursing—RN, LVN, and CNA together covering roughly ten patients—so time management is the daily skill you practice.
As of 2025Source: reddit.com
Experienced nurses
Overtime shows up in RN reviews as available when base pay feels average.
Moving here
Illinois takes a flat 4.95% state income tax and is not a compact-license state, so you plan licensure and take-home around that.
Working conditions
- Union representation
- Union and non-union roles reported
Starting out and growing here
- Preceptors and orientation
- Some nurses report Kindred as workable first RN job while completing RN-to-BSN; others cite it as new-grad experience site.
Who they are
You would walk into a Kindred long-term acute care hospital in Northlake, Illinois—post-ICU and medically complex patients who stay longer than a typical floor admits.
- Specialty Hospital · Northlake, IL
- Hiring days & nights & evenings
- Sign-on bonus · 5 roles
More about Kindred
The work is framed by nurses as team nursing: you, an LVN, and a CNA covering roughly ten patients, so your day turns on prioritization and follow-through more than a classic ICU assignment. From four postings we have on file, hourly pay lands about $40 to $44 (median $42.82), and the largest sign-on listed is $15,000. Reviews tend to call the pay average with overtime available. Some nurses have treated Kindred as a first RN job or a place to keep working while finishing a BSN; others flag the same units for chronic understaffing and loads far heavier than traditional ICU ratios. Northlake itself gets local credit for safety, shorter commutes, transit access, and housing that costs less than many nearby options. Illinois is not a compact-license state and uses a flat 4.95% income tax, so licensure and take-home are part of the decision before you apply.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Understaffing and high ratios
- Nurses describe chronic understaffing, heavy patient loads, and difficulty finding help; historical concern about ~10:1 loads versus traditional ICU ratios.
- Pay perceived as average
- RN reviews call pay average with overtime available; Glassdoor/Indeed overall ratings mid-3s with pay/benefits around 3.1.
- Team nursing LTAC model
- LTAC work framed as heavy on time management with RN/LVN/CNA team covering about 10 patients.
As of 2025Source: reddit.com
More review themes
- New-grad experience value
- Some say Kindred can be a place to gain experience as a new grad or while finishing BSN, despite staffing concerns.
- Overall recommendation rates
- Company-wide Glassdoor about 3.1 with 42% recommend; role-filtered CNA and wound-nurse slices rate higher on smaller samples.
As of 2026Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: glassdoor.com
What to weigh
Nurses describe chronic understaffing and heavy loads—historically called out around 10:1 versus traditional ICU ratios—with help often hard to find.
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Sep 7, 2026
- Workplace photos
- 1
- Website
- kindredhospitals.com ↗
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The license clock and the job hunt run at once, and new-grad windows do the deciding. Residency commitments carry fine print worth reading before you sign.
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