Physical Therapist - Inpatient Rehab & Acute Care Units
Compensation
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Job Description
- Company Description
- Location: Munson Medical Center: 1105 Sixth St, Traverse City MI
- Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM or 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Shift (Every Other Weekend Rotation)
- Sign-On Bonus: $5,000 Sign-On Bonus (Terms and Conditions Apply)
- 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
As a Physical Therapist in our Inpatient Rehab and Acute Care Units at Munson Medical Center, you will be a critical part of making a difference in the lives of our patients. We are partnered with Mary Free Bed, so rest assured we provide the best to our employees so they can give the best to our patients.
In this role, you will assume full responsibility for assessing patient needs for physical therapy which includes planning and executing individual treatment plans in accordance with the State of Michigan licensure and PT scope of practice
Along with providing quality treatment to our patients, you will provide education and support to both patients and their family including written instructions as necessary.
You will be part of a great team! You will work closely in department and interdepartmental efforts to improve process and clinical treatment.
Qualifications
What’s Required
- Bachelor’s degree graduate from an accredited school of Physical Therapy.
- State of Michigan Physical Therapy License
- 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
Assess patient needs and execute individual physical therapy treatment plans in accordance with state licensure. Provide education and support to patients and their families while collaborating with interdepartmental teams to improve clinical processes.
Qualifications
- Education
- Bachelor degree
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 8% are remote, 54% have no call, 62% require no weekends.
In Michigan, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (186 salary observations; 1,377 listings), vs ~$94k nationally (10,353 salary observations; 54,868 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 - Inpatient Rehab & Acute Care Units at Munson Healthcare a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapy — ranked against 22,654 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no night shifts.
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- No nights
- On-site
- Includes call
- Includes weekends
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.