NorthLakes Community Clinic·Iron River, Michigan
The Physical Therapist is responsible for planning and administering treatment plans to promote the overall fitness and health of patients. This includes consulting with patients, diagnosing movement dysfunction, and providing hands-on therapy techniques.
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 sign-on bonus**
Responsible for planning and administering physical therapy treatment plans designed to promote overall fitness and health of patients.
[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.
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.
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.
Candidates must have a Master's Degree in Physical Therapy and pass the National Physical Therapy Examination. An active Wisconsin Physical Therapy license is required, along with 1-2 years of experience in a similar role.
Market context
Physical Therapist roles in Michigan are typically competitive because employers look for a current Michigan license, a physical therapy degree, and several years of relevant experience. Demand is often strongest in settings that need clinicians who can work independently and manage a steady caseload. On this platform, the requirements and benefits are AI-summarized from the original job description, helping you review details faster; if you apply, confirm your license status and match your experience to the posting before submitting.
