West Oaks Senior Care & Rehab
Nursing Home · Detroit, MI
- 2
- open roles, live count
- 102
- beds
- 3.5
- Google rating
On the floor
What the day-to-day looks like
- Setting
- Nursing Home
- Shifts hiring now
- Nights 1 · Rotating 1
Benefits
Medical with no deductible or co-pay; dental and vision; generous PTO; holiday pay; company-paid STD and life; 401k with match; tuition discounts at Hondros; tuition reimbursement up to $5,000/year; RN loan repayment up to $10,000; referral bonuses up to $1,500; sign-on and relocation assistance mentioned.
What stands out
Experienced nurses
RN base runs $35.15–$39.00/hr by years of certification, and with hero pay plus shift premiums you can start around $40.55–$44.40/hr.
From employer postingsAs of 2025 · 2026-08-12Source: glassdoor.com
New graduates
You can tap tuition reimbursement up to $5,000 a year, Hondros tuition discounts, and RN loan repayment up to $10,000 total while you grow.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
Experienced nurses
This 102-bed skilled nursing home carries a 2025 Silver National Quality Award and a Medicare overall rating much above average.
Experienced nurses
On the floor you handle wound care, IVs, tube feedings, chest tubes, and PD across ortho, cardiac, respiratory, oncology, palliative, and neuro residents.
More about working here
Moving here
Hiring posts mention relocation assistance, and LPN total starting pay with hero pay is listed at $32.55/hr on afternoons or midnights.
New graduates
Benefits include medical with no deductible or co-pay, dental and vision, generous PTO, holiday pay, company-paid STD and life, and a 401k with match.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
Experienced nurses
Unlimited referral bonuses go up to $1,500 per hire at this building or any of 26 other facilities in the system.
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
Experienced nurses
You chart in Epic, and LPNs direct the aide team while RNs supervise the nursing team and run rounds.
From employer postingsAs of 2025Source 1: facebook.comSource 2: glassdoor.com
Working conditions
- Scheduling
- Full-time; afternoons and midnights available; all shifts include rotating weekends and some holidays; flexible schedules mentioned
- Charge opportunities
- LPNs oversee Nurse Aide team (direction, assignments, training, evaluations); RNs supervise nursing team and conduct rounds
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Pay and benefits
- LPN starting wage $29.15/hr plus $3.40/hr Hero Pay ($32.55/hr total); afternoons or midnights
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Pay and benefits
- RN base $35.15-$39.00/hr by years of certification; up to $40.55-$44.40/hr starting with hero pay and shift premiums
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Pay and benefits
- RN $3.40/hr hero pay plus $1.50-$2.00 shift premiums for 2nd shift
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Pay and benefits
- Unlimited referral bonuses up to $1500 per referral to same or any of 26 other facilities
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Pay and benefits
- Sign-on bonuses mentioned in Facebook nursing hiring post
As of 2025Source: facebook.com
- Pay and benefits
- Relocation assistance mentioned in Facebook nursing hiring post
As of 2025Source: facebook.com
Starting out and growing here
- Career development
- Career advancement opportunities to grow nursing career; yearly wage increases
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
- Tuition support
- Tuition discounts at Hondros College of Nursing; tuition reimbursement up to $5,000 per year
As of 2025Source: glassdoor.com
The city
Living in Detroit, MI
Detroit is a city of reinvention, where Motown heritage and a resurgent downtown meet sprawling Midwestern neighborhoods. The Motor City offers affordable living, tight-knit communities, and a growing healthcare sector that welcomes travel nurses seeking urban grit with genuine heart.
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- Metro price level · Detroit area
- about the national average
- BEA index 100.3 (100 = national)
- Median gross rent
- $1,074/mo
- rent and tenant-paid utilities
- Median household income
- $39,938/yr
- all local households, not nurse pay
U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · 2024 metro Regional Price Parities · Census ACS 2024
Who they are
You walk into a 102-bed skilled nursing and rehab building on West Eight Mile in Detroit, part of the NexCare chain, with resident and family councils and a 2025 Silver National Quality Award on the wall.
- Nursing Home · Detroit
- Hiring nights & rotating
More about West Oaks Senior Care & Rehab
Medicare rates the place much above average overall, with health inspections much above average, quality measures above average, and staffing average. Your day covers real skilled work—wound care, IVs, tube feedings, chest tubes, peritoneal dialysis—across ortho, cardiac, respiratory, oncology, palliative, infectious disease, neuro, and derm residents. Pay on our recent postings lands around a $36.55/hr median ($32.55–$40.55). LPNs are listed starting at $29.15 plus $3.40 hero pay ($32.55 total) on afternoons or midnights; RNs base $35.15–$39.00 by experience, with hero pay and shift premiums pushing starting totals toward $40.55–$44.40. Full-time schedules include rotating weekends and some holidays; you chart in Epic. LPNs direct the aide team; RNs supervise and make rounds. Benefits stated include medical with no deductible or co-pay, dental and vision, generous PTO, holiday pay, company-paid short-term disability and life, and a 401k with match. Tuition discounts at Hondros, tuition reimbursement up to $5,000 a year, and RN loan repayment up to $10,000 are on the table, plus referral bonuses up to $1,500. Staff still describe heavy workloads and short staffing—worth weighing before you apply.
2025 Silver National Quality Award winner focused on specialized skilled nursing and rehab care, with resident and family councils.
Working here
Culture and working life
Themes from public reviews
Summaries of published reviews, with the original sources.
- Management mixed
- Some praise administrator accessibility and helpful supervisors when short-staffed; others say management lacks maturity or helpfulness.
As of 2021Source: indeed.com
- Pay and raises
- One LPN called pay decent; a CNA reported working over a year under an expired contract with no raise until near departure.
As of 2020Source: indeed.com
- Workload and staffing
- Heavy workload and high patient-to-CNA ratio noted; short staffing mentioned with supervisors helping.
As of 2020Source: indeed.com
More review themes
- Coworkers and patients
- Patients and coworkers described as nice; welcoming environment; team-oriented CNAs with strong work ethic.
As of 2021Source: indeed.com
- Overall ratings low on Glassdoor
- Glassdoor overall 1.0 from 1 rating; culture/values and senior management 1.0; work/life 2.0; diversity 5.0.
What to weigh
Staff have described heavy workloads, high patient-to-CNA ratios, and short staffing, even when supervisors step in to help.
As of 2020Source: indeed.com
The reality check
Before you decide
Quick facts
- Relationship
- Direct employer
- Roles last seen active
- Aug 11, 2026
- Website
- westoaksscr.com ↗
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Open counts come from the live roles below. Source links show where unit details were reported.
- CCUNights 11 open
- RehabRotating 11 open
Skilled Nursing
Specialized care across orthopedics, cardiac, respiratory, oncology, palliative, infectious disease, neurology, dermatology; treatments include wound care, IV, tube feedings, chest tubes, PD.
Source location unconfirmedSource: glassdoor.com
Nursing Home
102 certified beds; Medicare and Medicaid; overall Medicare rating much above average; staffing average; quality measures above average.
Source location unconfirmedSource: medicare.gov
Open roles
Current openings at West Oaks Senior Care & Rehab
Refreshed throughout the day.
- LPN
- Night shift
- +$3.40/hr differential
- RN
- Rotating shift
- +$1.50/hr differential
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