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Traverse City, Michigan

Physical Therapist - Neurological Rehab

Physical TherapistNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Company Description
  • Location: 550 Munson Ave, Traverse City MI
  • Schedule: Full Time, 40 hours per week, Monday - Friday 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
  • Sign-On Bonus: $9,000 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

Assumes full responsibility for assessing patient needs for physical therapy. Plans and executes individual treatment plans in accordance with the State of Michigan licensure and PT scope of practice. Keeps treatment skills upgraded through continuing education, evidence-based research, and program development. Maintains effective and harmonious collaboration with inter-disciplinary team through clear communication and innovative contributions.

Provides patient care. Evaluates patient condition.

Establishes treatment goals in collaboration with patients and family as appropriate, and in collaboration with the treatment team. Treatment goals should be interdisciplinary and patient-centered whenever possible. Establishes a written treatment plan and administers treatment for each patient according to the stated goals. Delegates responsibilities to physical therapist assistants and rehabilitation technicians as appropriate.

Re-evaluates the patient's status and effects of treatment. Revises the treatment plan as necessary. Reviews revised goals with patients and family as appropriate.

Evaluates patients' need for medical equipment and orders the appropriate equipment as necessary. Evaluates equipment upon delivery and instructs patients, patients, family and health care workers on its use.

Qualifications

  • What’s Required
  • Graduated from an accredited school of Physical Therapy
  • Clinical experience with the neuro population preferred
  • Physical Therapy licensure with the State of Michigan
  • Demonstrates excellence in communication skills
  • Demonstrates excellence in organizational skills
  • 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

The physical therapist assesses patient needs and develops individualized treatment plans to provide high-quality neurological rehabilitation. They collaborate with an inter-disciplinary team and instruct patients and families on the use of medical equipment.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient assessmentTreatment planningEvidence-based practiceInterdisciplinary collaborationMedical equipment evaluation

Physical Therapist Career Context

Of the 50 active Physical Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 34% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

In Michigan, the Physical Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$89k (236 salary observations; 1,572 listings), vs ~$93k nationally (11,826 salary observations; 61,306 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

What does the Physical Therapy market look like in Michigan?
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · above average in physical therapyranked against 21,800 Physical Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Michigan vs national$89k median in Michigan$93k nationally (−5%)236 state / 11,826 national salary observations
Cost of livingMichigan index 96.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physical Therapy listings in Michigan632 active21,646 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 34% no call · 60% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$9k sign-onMichigan Physical Therapist listings: 26% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 17% offer loan repayment651 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (21,800 Physical Therapy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Physical Therapist - Neurological Rehab 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 21,800 active Physical Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.

Top Physical Therapist Jobs

41 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

41 jobs · 31 employers
21
<$105k
4
$105k-120k
7
$120k-135k
4
$135k-150k
5
$150k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

36 jobs · 31 employers
401k / retirement match
92%
CME allowance
61% this job
Sign-on bonus
50% this job
Loan repayment
36%
Relocation assistance
11%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Travel Physical TherapistContract

Ironside Human Resources · Augusta, Georgia

$75/hr
#2

Physical Therapist (PT)

Healthpro Heritage · Chambersburg, Pennsylvania

$70-$75/hr
#3

School Physical Therapist (PT)

$70-$73/hr
#4

Home Health Physical Therapist - Berkeley/Richmond

$150k
+ 39 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 21,800 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
  • On-site
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About Munson Healthcare

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

Benefits & Perks

Full benefits
Paid holidays
Generous PTO
Employee discounts
Free individual retirement counseling
Tuition reimbursement
Free wellness platform
$9,000 Sign-On Bonus

Living in Traverse City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$438k
Typical market rent
$1,850/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.4
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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