MediLodge
Nursing Home · Gaylord, MI
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Nursing Home
- Shifts hiring now
- Nights 1
Benefits
Anthem BCBS medical; dental, vision, and Rx; pet insurance; 401K; HSA/FSA; benefits concierge; tuition reimbursement; student loan repayment; unlimited referral bonuses; flexible pay cadence.
What stands out
Experienced nurses
System RN postings list starting wages from $41.40 to $53.66 an hour based on experience, shift, and incentives, with a $3.40 Michigan Direct Care Incentive folded into the wage math.
As of 2026Source: linkedin.com
New graduates
Newly licensed graduates are invited to apply for RN roles, with tuition reimbursement and student loan repayment options on the table.
Experienced nurses
You can choose daily, weekly, or bi-weekly pay through UKG Wallet / OnShift Wallet instead of waiting on a fixed cycle.
As of 2026Source 1: linkedin.comSource 2: jobtarget.comSource 3: linkedin.com
Experienced nurses
A weekend warrior differential adds $5.00 an hour when that schedule fits your life.
More about working here
Travel nurses
MediLodge of Gaylord has posted part-time and PRN night-shift RN work in skilled nursing and short-term rehab.
As of 2026Source 1: linkedin.comSource 2: linkedin.comSource 3: medilodge.com
New graduates
Career development is framed as learning, training, and advancement paths rather than a closed ladder.
Moving here
Benefits options include Anthem BCBS medical, dental, vision, Rx, 401K, HSA/FSA, pet insurance, and a benefits concierge.
Experienced nurses
The RN role includes supervising, directing, and evaluating LPNs/LVNs and CNAs, with unit manager paths posted elsewhere in the system.
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Part-time/PRN night shift RN available at MediLodge of Gaylord; weekend warrior program ($5/hr); flexible pay cadence daily/weekly/bi-weekly
- Charge opportunities
- RN role includes supervising, directing, and evaluating LPNs/LVNs and CNAs; unit manager/nurse supervisor roles posted at other MediLodge sites
- Pay and benefits
- RN starting wages at Medilodge of Mt. Pleasant; based on experience, shift, incentives
As of 2026Source: linkedin.com
- Pay and benefits
- RN starting wage top of stated range at Medilodge of Mt. Pleasant
As of 2026Source: linkedin.com
- Pay and benefits
- $3.40/hr Michigan Direct Care Incentive included in wage calculation for RNs
As of 2026Source: linkedin.com
- Pay and benefits
- MediLodge of Sterling announcing sign-on bonus for RNs, LPNs and CNAs (amount not stated)
As of 2026Source: facebook.com
- Pay and benefits
- Flexible pay options: get paid daily, weekly, or bi-weekly through UKG Wallet / OnShift Wallet
- Pay and benefits
- Director of Nursing role advertised with $10,000 bonus (not bedside RN)
As of 2026Source: facebook.com
Starting out and growing here
- Career development
- Career development with learning, training, and advancement opportunities; newly licensed graduates invited to apply for RN roles
- Loan assistance
- Student loan repayment options
The city
Living in Livonia, MI
Livonia is a quiet, family-friendly suburb northwest of Detroit, known for its well-kept neighborhoods and abundance of parks. With easy freeway access to both downtown Detroit and Ann Arbor, it offers a balanced pace for nurses seeking suburban comfort near major metro healthcare systems.
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- State price level · Michigan
- 4% below the national average
- State index 96.2 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,322/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $98,460/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 be walking into MediLodge of Gaylord as a floor RN in skilled nursing and short-term rehabilitation—Michigan’s largest long-term care and rehab provider by their own description. The concrete opening on the books is part-time and PRN night shift, not a locked full-time days block.
- Nursing Home · Livonia
- Hiring nights
More about MediLodge
Your shift work includes the usual LTC rhythm plus supervising and directing LPNs and CNAs when you are the nurse on point. Pay figures published for the system (Medilodge of Mt. Pleasant posting) put RN starting wages between $41.40 and $53.66 an hour depending on experience, shift, and incentives, with a $3.40 Michigan Direct Care Incentive in that math and another $5.00 an hour if you take the weekend warrior route. Gaylord’s own base line is not separately posted, so you will want that number in writing before you sign. You can take pay daily, weekly, or bi-weekly through the wallet tools, and the package lists Anthem BCBS medical, dental, vision, Rx, 401K, HSA/FSA, pet insurance, tuition reimbursement, and student loan repayment options. Newly licensed graduates are invited to apply, and the postings talk about learning, training, and advancement without spelling out a formal residency. Sister buildings in the system have picked up recognitions—AHCA Bronze at Mt. Pleasant in 2024, a deficiency-free survey at Haggerty Road in 2025—while employee reviews company-wide sit near the middle and vary sharply by site. That gap is real; treat Gaylord as its own building when you tour and talk to night staff.
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Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Overall employee rating middling company-wide
- Company-wide Glassdoor score about 3.0/5 with roughly one-third recommending; culture, work-life, and senior management rated lower than pay or diversity.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.com
- Site-to-site quality varies sharply
- Sterling Heights reviews much weaker (~2.1, few would recommend); Okemos small sample very positive (~4.0, all would recommend).
- CNA frontline experience
- CNA-filtered reviews sit near 3.0 overall with weaker culture/work-life scores and low positive business outlook.
As of 2026Source: glassdoor.sg
More review themes
- Resident/family and staff location differences
- Community posts praise some sites (e.g., Cass City helpful staff) and strongly criticize others; one family account called a stay harmful.
As of 2024Source 1: reddit.comSource 2: reddit.com
What to weigh
Company-wide Glassdoor sits around 3.0 out of 5 with roughly one-third recommending, and ratings swing hard by site—Sterling Heights near 2.1, Okemos near 4.0 on a small sample—so Gaylord’s day-to-day will depend on the building, not the brand.
As of 2026Source 1: glassdoor.comSource 2: glassdoor.comSource 3: glassdoor.com
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 19, 2026
- Website
- medilodge.com ↗
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Skilled nursing / long-term care and short-term rehabilitation
Employer describes itself as provider of long-term skilled nursing care and short-term rehabilitation; Gaylord posting is facility RN night shift PRN.
Source location unconfirmedSource 1: medilodge.comSource 2: linkedin.com
Medilodge of Livonia (system peer facility)
CMS-linked profile cites total nurse HPRD ~3.55, RN HPRD ~0.67, CNA HPRD ~2.02, staff turnover 40.4%.
Source location unconfirmedSource: allnurses.com
Open roles
Current openings at MediLodge
Refreshed throughout the day.
- New grads welcomed
- RN
- Tuition reimbursement
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