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Munson Healthcare
Traverse City, Michigan

Patient Care Manager IP Behavioral Health

Behavioral HealthNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Company Description
  • $7,500 Sign on Bonus* Variable Schedule, Day/Rotate Shifts
  • 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

Provides direct clinical services to patients within Munson Medical Center Inpatient Behavioral Health services. Clinical services include assessment, diagnosis, person-centered treatment planning, therapy, counseling, education, coordination of community resources and the documentation, knowledge of insurance benefits and authorization/utilization management activities required from each insurance company.

Qualifications

What’s Required

Master’s degree from a social work, psychology, and/or counseling accredited program.

Michigan License to provide behavioral health counseling, may be a LMSW, LPC, or LLP.

  • With manager approval, Limited Licensed individuals may be considered.

Additional Information

$7,500 Sign on Bonus* Terms and Conditions Apply

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/Rotate Shift

Status: Full Time

Key Responsibilities

Provide direct clinical services including assessment, diagnosis, and person-centered treatment planning for inpatient behavioral health patients. Coordinate community resources and manage insurance authorization and utilization activities.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical AssessmentPatient EducationResource Coordination

Behavioral Health Career Context

Of the 50 active Behavioral Health listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 32% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Behavioral Health pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

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).

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Benefits & Perks26 jobs

401k / retirement match
96%
Sign-on bonus
15% this job
Loan repayment
12%
CME allowance
12%
PSLF eligible
8%

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Work-life snapshot

5.1/ 10
Listing-based score
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Living in Traverse City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$441k
Typical market rent
$1,888/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.4
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Traverse City, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

$7,500 Sign on Bonus
Tuition reimbursement
Paid holidays
Generous PTO
Employee discounts
Free individual retirement counseling
Free wellness platform