CNA and patient care technician jobs in Kankakee, IL

Each job shows the pay its employer posts; too few here post an hourly rate for a typical range. CNAs & PCTs pay across Illinois is measured from more jobs.

By open jobs on this board: Riverside Healthcare (Kankakee) (20), Arc at Kankakee (2) and Prime Healthcare (2).

Ranked by the hourly rates each one posts for the CNA and patient care technician jobs open here, an employer with few rates weighed toward the others' so one high posting never outranks many: Riverside Healthcare (Kankakee) (most often $19.02–$23.46 an hour, a median of $21.24 across 20 posted rates) and Arc at Kankakee (most often $17.50–$20.50 an hour, a median of $19 across 2 posted rates). Posted pay is the base range, before shift differentials and bonuses.

1 of the open CNA and patient care technician jobs here says so in its own posting: Hemodialysis Tech - Renal Dialysis at Prime Healthcare (Current Certified Nursing Assistant certificate preferred.).

Of the one nursing home in Kankakee hiring on this site, by what each reports to Medicare (Oct 2026): Arc at Kankakee (one aide for every 10.6 residents, posting a middle of $19.00 an hour). The middle nursing home in Illinois has one aide on duty for every 11.9 residents. Every one is listed with its turnover and ratings.

Presence St Marys Hospital: 4 of 5 stars, 72% of patients said nurses always communicated well (Medicare, Jul 2026). Each one opens its employer's other hospitals and jobs. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the jobs.

Prime Healthcare Home Care and Hospice, LLC: 3.5 of 5 stars, 92% of patients said the team communicated well (Medicare, Sep 2026). Each one opens its employer's other agencies and jobs. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the jobs.

By each hospital's own report to Medicare (in 2022 pay periods, its own and contract staff together, before benefits), nursing aide hours averaged $24.18 at Riverside Medical Center, $23.02 at Presence St Marys Hospital, against $24.22 an hour across Illinois's hospitals. An average over every hour, not one job's pay. Every Illinois hospital.

By what they reported to OSHA for 2025, in work injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers: Arc at Kankakee (Arc at Kankakee) 1.4, best estimate 2.5, against 5.2 at nursing homes nationwide. These are the employers' own reports. Workplace injuries in Illinois.

State CNA certification for most roles; some hospitals train you or hire nursing students as techs. Each posting lists its own requirements.