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Munson Healthcare
Traverse City, Michigan

PRN Occupational Therapist - Inpatient Rehab & Acute Care Units

Occupational TherapistIncludes weekendsPer Diem

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Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

  • Company Description
  • Location: Munson Medical Center: 1105 Sixth St, Traverse City MI
  • Schedule: PRN Role: 0-40 Hours Per Week
  • Office Hours: Monday - Friday 7:00 AM - 3:30 PM (Every Other Saturday or Sunday Rotation)
  • 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 an Occupational 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.

You will accurately administer appropriate evaluation tools based on diagnoses and age of each patient served. You will then develop a treatment plan for each patient that reflects results of the evaluation and makes recommendations for treatment.

Along with providing quality treatment to our patients, you will keep medical records up to date, complete and in accordance with department and hospital guidelines for patients served.

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

  • Graduate from an Occupational Therapy program accredited by the American Occupational Therapy Association.
  • Certification in Occupational Therapy (Current registration held by the National Board for Certification or eligibility for immediate registration)
  • Registered State of Michigan Occupational Therapist
  • 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: PRN

Key Responsibilities

Administer evaluation tools and develop customized treatment plans for patients in inpatient rehab and acute care units. Maintain accurate medical records and collaborate with interdepartmental teams to improve clinical processes.

Licensure & Certifications

Must be a graduate of an AOTA-accredited Occupational Therapy program and hold a valid State of Michigan license. Certification from the National Board for Certification is required or must be obtained immediately.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient EvaluationTreatment PlanningMedical Record DocumentationInterdepartmental CollaborationInpatient Rehabilitation

Occupational Therapist Career Context

In Michigan, the Occupational Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$87k (78 salary observations; 674 listings), vs ~$96k nationally (4,460 salary observations; 24,103 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).

Of the 50 active Occupational Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 36% have no call, 76% require no weekends.

Occupational Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates PRN Occupational 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 Occupational Therapy — ranked against 9,471 active Occupational Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

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Salary Distribution39 jobs · 37 employers

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks36 jobs

401k / retirement match
92%
CME allowance
56%
Sign-on bonus
47%
Loan repayment
14%
Relocation assistance
11%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 6.4
Better work-life than 70% of Occupational Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 9,471 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • 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.

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About Munson Healthcare

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

Benefits & Perks

Tuition Reimbursement
Professional Development
Paid Holidays
Generous PTO
Employee Discounts
Retirement Counseling
Wellness Platform
Employee Assistance