Physical Therapist
Listed compensation
Starting at $75,000
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time · on_site
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job description
Join NovaCare Rehabilitation as a Physical Therapist – Outpatient, No Weekends, $15K Bonus in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $75K+
- Signing bonus: $15,000.
- Student loan repayment assistance.
- Medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plans
- Company-matching 401(k)
- Life and disability protection
- Generous PTO
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- On-site position.
- No weekends required.
This position offers weekends off, a signing bonus, student loan benefits. Work with NovaCare Rehabilitation in Battle Creek, Michigan, United States.
Key Responsibilities
Evaluate, treat, and document patient care while maintaining compliance with all corporate and regulatory standards. Maintain professional communication with colleagues, physicians, and patients to ensure high-quality clinical outcomes.
Requirements
Candidates must be graduates of an APTA-accredited physical therapy program and hold a valid state physical therapist license. A current CPR certification is also required for the position.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 34% have no call, 66% require no weekends.
In Michigan, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$88k (301 salary observations; 1,116 listings), vs ~$92k nationally (20,771 salary observations; 46,774 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 4.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist at NovaCare Rehabilitation a 6.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 35% of all Physical Therapy physical therapist listings evaluated on our platform. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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- No weekends
- On-site