Home Health Licensed Physical Therapist
Listed compensation
$93k-$116k
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job description
Join Optimal Care as a Home Health Physical Therapist – M-F, No Weekends in Lansing, Michigan, United States.
Benefits & Compensation
- Salary: $93K - $116K
- Minimum of 3 Weeks Paid Time Off (PTO)
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- HSA and FSA options including Dependent Care
- Company paid Short Term Disability
- Company paid Life Insurance
- 401(k) with Employer Match
- Mileage Reimbursement
- Company Vehicle Program for field roles
- Pet Insurance
Work Schedule
- Full-Time position.
- No weekends required.
This position offers weekends off. Work with Optimal Care in Lansing, Michigan, United States.
Key Responsibilities
You will provide one-on-one rehabilitation care in patients' homes to help them recover from surgery, injury, or illness. This involves assessing functional abilities, developing individualized treatment plans, and collaborating with an interdisciplinary care team.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a master's or doctoral degree in Physical Therapy and possess a current state license. A minimum of one year of experience and reliable transportation for daily travel are required.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Key Skills
Physical Therapist Career Context
Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% have no call, 66% require no weekends.
In Michigan, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$91k (291 salary observations; 1,101 listings), vs ~$92k nationally (20,662 salary observations; 46,860 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-09-01; 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)), so the posted ~$105k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $109k in an average-cost state. 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
Physical Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 7.7% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Home Health Licensed Physical Therapist at Optimal Care a 6.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Physical Therapy — ranked against 20,383 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.
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