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Munson Healthcare
Gaylord, Michigan

Physical Therapist Home Care

Physical TherapistNo callNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

  • Company Description
  • $5,000 SIGN ON BONUS
  • More Than Just Care, It’s Community

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.

If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material.

To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You

Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance.

Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.

Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges.

Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings

Job Description

A Day in the Life

  • Services provided by a physical or occupation therapist include initial and ongoing assessments to determine level of functioning including OASIS assessments at appropriate time points.
  • Performs initial and interim assessment and evaluation of the client’s level of functioning.
  • Problem identification and goal setting.
  • Develops the plan of treatment in consultation with the physician.
  • Provides physical therapy in accordance with the plan of treatment.
  • Revises the plan of treatment as needed.
  • Interdisciplinary coordination and adherence to the plan of care.
  • Provides patient/family education as appropriate.

Qualifications

What’s Required

  • Graduate of a physical therapy curriculum approved by the American Physical Therapy Association.
  • Licensed by the State of Michigan.
  • One year of clinical experience preferred.
  • Additional Information

Are you Munson Material? Apply today!

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.

Shift: Day Shift

Status: Full Time

Key Responsibilities

Perform initial and ongoing assessments to determine patient functioning levels and develop customized treatment plans in consultation with physicians. Provide direct physical therapy services and patient/family education while coordinating care with an interdisciplinary team.

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentTreatment PlanningPatient EducationClinical Evaluation

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 6% are remote, 52% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

In Michigan, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (261 salary observations; 1,432 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (14,787 salary observations; 56,350 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; 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).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist Home Care at Munson Healthcare a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapy — ranked against 22,005 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties, no night shifts.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

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Salary Distribution36 jobs · 30 employers

19
<$105k
10
$105k-120k
1
$130k
6
$135k-150k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks33 jobs · 30 employers

401k / retirement match
79%
Sign-on bonus
70% this job
CME allowance
67%
Loan repayment
24%
Relocation assistance
9%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

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Concierge Home Care · Tallahassee, Florida

$70+/visit
#2

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Concierge Home Care · Lakeland, Florida

$70+/visit
#3

Physical Therapist - Travel

$70/hr
#4

Travel Physical Therapist

$70/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.9
Better work-life than 70% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,005 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call
  • No nights

Living in Gaylord

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$280k
Median resident rent
$977/mo
Residents’ average commute
18 min
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Munson Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Traverse City, MI
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

$5,000 sign-on bonus
Tuition reimbursement
Full benefits
Paid holidays
Generous PTO
Employee discounts
Free retirement counseling
Free wellness platform