Physical Therapist

Physical TherapistFull-Time

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Job Description

Caring for our community starts with you. Join a team that believes everyone deserves care.

Candidates must reside within NorthLakes' service area at the time of hire and maintain residency throughout employment.

$20,000 In Bonuses

Responsible for planning and administering physical therapy treatment plans designed to promote overall fitness and health of patients.

Essential Job Functions

  • Essential Functions of the Job: [Other duties may be assigned.]
  • Consult with and evaluate the patient to determine patient goals and needs.
  • Diagnose and treat movement dysfunction.
  • Create plans of care and document patient records in accordance with regulatory, licensing, payor, and accrediting requirements.
  • Provide education on therapy exercise techniques and use of adaptive equipment such as walkers or wheelchairs.

Provide hands-on therapy such as massage, thermotherapy, dry needling, etc. as applicable.

Work collaboratively with other providers including other therapists, surgeons, and the patient’s primary care provider.

Clean and maintain equipment to ensure clean and safe work environment.

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications and Education Requirements

Minimum Level of Completed Education: Masters Degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited physical therapy school

New Graduates Encouraged to Apply

Experience with systems, computer applications/software: None required. Electronic Medical Record experience preferred.

Required (or Preferred) Licensure/Cert/Credentials: Successful passing of the National Physical Therapy Examination; must have active Wisconsin Physical Therapy license

Benefit Statement

  • For full time and part time employees who work 24 or more hours per week we offer a generous benefits package that includes:
  • Medical and dental insurance
  • Employer paid group term life and disability
  • Employer contribution toward Health Savings Account
  • Flexible Spending Accounts
  • 6 weeks Paid Time Off (PTO), Paid Holidays and Paid Leave Bank
  • 403(b) with a 4% employer match

Various Voluntary Benefits

  • Vision Insurance
  • Supplemental Life, AD&D and Disability
  • Tuition reimbursement

Health and Wellness Reimbursement Program

Employee Assistance Program, and other specialized behavioral health services and resources for employees and family members

Partner of HRSA/NHSC Loan Repayment Program

Our Mission is to respond to the healthcare needs of our communities with an integrated array of quality services and actively remove barriers to wellness.

NorthLakes Community Clinic is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment regardless of age, race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, marital status, disability, military or veteran status, or any other classification protected by applicable law.

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check and references.

At NorthLakes Community Clinic, our organizational competencies highlight the behaviors and values that guide how we work and provide a shared foundation for performance, development, and growth throughout an employee’s career with us.

NorthLakes Community Clinic Organizational Competencies

Mission Driven - Advances the organizational mission, vision and values in executing job duties.

Customer Service - Committed to increasing customer satisfaction, sets proper customer expectations, assumes responsibility for solving customer problems, ensures commitments to customers are met.

Quality - Is attentive to detail and accuracy, is committed to excellence, looks for improvements continuously, monitors quality levels, finds root cause of quality problems, owns/acts on quality problems.

Creativity - Generates new ideas, supports change, provides innovative solutions, solves problems creatively.

Integrity - Earns the trust and confidence of coworkers and customers through honest communication, ethical behavior and professionalism in all interactions.

Teamwork - Contributes to meeting team deadlines and responsibilities, listens to others and values opinions, helps team to meet goals, welcomes newcomers and promotes a cooperative team atmosphere.

Self-Development - Seeks out and accepts feedback, is a proactive learner, takes on tough assignments to improve skills, keeps knowledge and skills up-to-date, turns mistakes into learning opportunities.

Job Knowledge - Understands duties and responsibilities, possesses necessary job knowledge and technical skills, maintains job knowledge current.

Communication - Understand and communicate effectively with others using a variety of contexts and formats, which include writing, speaking, reading, listening and interpersonal skills.

Dependability - Meets commitments, works independently, accepts accountability, handles change, sets personal standards, stays focused under pressure, meets attendance/punctuality requirements.

Trauma/Resilience Informed - Understands that trauma is prevalent and resilience can be cultivated and improved; and operates in a manner consistent with these principles.

Key Responsibilities

The physical therapist is responsible for evaluating patients, diagnosing movement dysfunction, and creating personalized treatment plans. They will provide hands-on therapy, educate patients on exercise techniques, and collaborate with other healthcare providers.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a Master's degree in Physical Therapy from an accredited school and possess an active Wisconsin Physical Therapy license. Successful completion of the National Physical Therapy Examination is required, and new graduates are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)

Key Skills

Patient evaluationMovement dysfunction diagnosisTreatment planningAdaptive equipment usageMassage therapyElectronic Medical RecordsPatient educationClinical documentationCollaborationEquipment maintenance

Physical Therapist Career Context

The cost-of-living index for Montana is 94.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of Montana clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 58% have no call, 56% require no weekends.

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Montana?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysical Therapy median $95k (middle half $88k–$104k)348 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingMontana index 94.6US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Montana88 active22,081 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 58% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$20k sign-on · loan repaymentUS physical therapist listings (all specialties): 20% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 16% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026
New Physical Therapy listings7,996 in the last 30 days4,462 the 30 days before (+79%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physical Therapy pay trend+1.5% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

38 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

34 jobs · 28 employers
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<$110k
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$110k-130k
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$150k-170k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

32 jobs · 28 employers
401k / retirement match
84% this job
CME allowance
59%
Sign-on bonus
44% this job
Loan repayment
25% this job
Relocation assistance
9%

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Work-life snapshot

median 4.8this job 4.5
Better work-life than 50% of Physical Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 22,012 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About NorthLakes Community Clinic

Hospitals and Health Care
Iron River, WI
201-500 employees

Benefits & Perks

$20,000 in bonuses
Medical and dental insurance
Employer paid group term life and disability
Health Savings Account contribution
Flexible Spending Accounts
6 weeks Paid Time Off (PTO)
Paid Holidays
Paid Leave Bank

Living in Poplar

Median resident rent
$665/mo
Residents’ average commute
12 min
State income tax
Up to 6.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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