HiredNow AI
Mary Free Bed

Physical Therapist (Float) - Inpatient

  • Grand Rapids, MI

Found by HiredNow AI on Aug 20, 2026. Subscribers saw it first.

About the role

We are seeking an experience Physical Therapist to join our team as a float PT to ensure we have the coverage needed in all areas of our 6th floor.
As a Float Physical Therapist, you'll have the opportunity to support and develop expertise with a variety of patient populations and teams throughout the hospital. While this position is based on our 6th floor, you will float to other inpatient units as needed to help provide coverage based on staffing and patient care needs. This role is a great fit for a PT who enjoys variety, is adaptable, and values the opportunity to collaborate with different interdisciplinary teams while making an impact wherever support is needed.
Our 6th floor unit consists of Ortho, Trauma, Amputation and General Rehabilitation.
We have the great privilege of helping patients and families re-build their lives.

It’s

extraordinarily meaningful work and the reason we greet the day with optimism and anticipation. When patients “Ask for Mary,” they experience a culture that has been sculpted for more than a century. Our hallmark is to carefully listen to patients and

innovatively serve them . This is true of every employee,

from support staff and leadership,

to clinicians and care providers.

Mary Free Bed is a not-for-profit, nationally accredited rehabilitation hospital serving thousands of children and adults each year through inpatient, outpatient, sub-acute rehabilitation, orthotics and prosthetics and home and community programs. With the most comprehensive rehabilitation services in Michigan and an exclusive focus on rehabilitation, Mary Free Bed physicians, nurses and therapists help our patients achieve outstanding clinical outcomes. The growing Mary Free Bed Network provides patients throughout the state with access to our unique standard of care

Mission Statement

Restoring hope and freedom through rehabilitation.

Employment Value Proposition

At Mary Free Bed, we take pride in our values-based culture:

Focus on Patient Care

  • .
  • A selfless drive to serve and heal connects all MFB employees.
  • Clinical Variety and Challenge.
  • An inter-disciplinary approach and a top team of professionals create ever-changing opportunities and activities.

Family Culture

.

We offer the stability of a large organization while nurturing the family/team atmosphere of a small organization.

Trust in Each Other

.

Each employee knows that co-workers can be trusted to make the right decision for our family, patients, staff, and community.

A Proud Tradition
. Years of dedicated, quality service to our patients and community have yielded a reputation that fills our employees with pride
.

Age Specific Responsibility

Must be able to

  • demonstrate
  • the knowledge and skills necessary to provide care
  • appropriate to
  • the age of the patients served in assigned department.  Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles of growth and development over the life span and possess the ability to assess data reflective of the patient’s status and interpret the appropriate information
  • needed to identify each patient’s requirements relative to age-specific needs and to provide the care needed as described in the department’s policies and procedures.

Summary

  • ​ ​ Assumes full responsibility for evaluating
  • patient’s
  • need
  • for physical therapy .
  • Plans and executes individual treatment programs
  • 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
.

Perform job responsibilities

  • in accordance with
  • the program’s strategic
  • objectives
  • and goals to carry out organizational strategic
  • objectives . ​

Essential Job Responsibilities

  • ​ ​ Each job responsibility is related to the MFB Pillars of Excellence. The responsibility is
  • identified
  • to a pillar by the following letters: Q (Quality), S (Service), P (People), G (Growth ),
  • F (Financial).

​
Staff will provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by law and regulation
.

​ Provides patient care.

(Q)

​ Staff will provide patient care, treatment, and services within the scope of their license, certification or registration and as required by law and regulation.

​ Evaluates patient condition.

​ Establishes treatment goals in collaboration with

patient

and family as

appropriate , and in collaboration with the treatment team. Treatment goals should be interdisciplinary and patient-centered whenever possible. Establishes

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
  • patient's
  • status and effects of treatment .

Revises

  • treatment
  • plan
  • as necessary. Reviews revised goals with
  • patient
  • and family as
  • appropriate .
  • ​ Evaluates
  • patient's
  • need for medical equipment and orders the
  • appropriate equipment
  • as necessary .
  • Evaluates equipment upon delivery and instructs
  • patient ,
  • patient's
  • family
  • and health care workers on its use.
  • ​ Participates in planning for patient discharge by considering and communicating with patient, family, community support/ services
  • and environmental limitations.
  • ​ Demonstrates competence in relevant software and hardware
  • required
  • to meet job responsibilities.
  • (Q)
  • ​ Documents patient's status and progress through
  • initial
  • evaluation, progress notes, and discharge summary according to
  • established
  • internal/external time standards and adherence to reimbursement guidelines.
  • (Q)
  • ​ Communicates with others to integrate physical therapy treatment with all aspects of patient care.
  • ( Q,S )
  • ​ Participates in conferences/discussions as needed and exchange of written records with other interdisciplinary team members to integrate physical therapy treatment
  • plan .
  • ​ Instructs the patient and the family in physical therapy procedures as part
  • of  providing
  • patient and family
  • education
  • including written
  • instructions
  • as necessary.
  • ​ Attends various meetings and in-services as designated.
  • ( Q,P )
  • ​ Follows all hospital policy and procedures including but not limited to patient confidentiality and infection control.
  • (Q )
  • ​ Meets or exceeds program productivity expectations.
  • (F)
  • ​ Provides discipline specific coverage (following cross training) within the Mary Free Bed system as
  • requested .( F,S )
  • ​ Adheres to the Mary Free Bed Standards of Behavior when working with patients,
  • coworkers
  • and members of the community.
  • ( Q,S ,P)
  • ​ Supports program operations as assigned.
  • (Q, S, P, G, F)
  • ​ May perform the following items to meet
  • program
  • or hospital needs .
  • (Q, S, P, G, F)
  • ​ Participates in orientation and training of
  • new staff .
  • (Q, P)
  • ​ Serves as
  • clinical

instructor for physical therapy students
.

Supervises, teaches, and evaluates

  • skills
  • of students. Communicates with participating universities
  • regarding
  • skill levels of students.
  • (S)
  • ​ Participates in program development and/or research activities as assigned.
  • (Q, G)
  • ​ Meet or exceed clinical outcome collection standards
  • established
  • by department leadership.
  • ​ Meet or exceed clinical outcome performance/improvement goals
  • established
  • by department leadership in designated
  • programs .
  • ​ We’ll

embrace all people by:

  • ​ Treating everyone with dignity and respect.
  • ​ Opening more doors to opportunity for others to succeed.
  • ​ Growing talent and people.
  • ​ Ensuring a welcoming experience for all we serve, regardless of origin, race, religion, disability, sexual
  • orientation
  • or socioeconomic status.
  • ​

Taking action

  • against discrimination .
  • ​ Honoring our differences and how we collaborate.
  • ​ Educating staff,
  • patients
  • and the communities we care for.
  • ​ Restoring hope and
  • freedom,
  • together.
  • ​ ​

Customer Service Responsibilities

  • Demonstrate excellent customer service and standards of
  • behaviors
  • as well as encourages, coaches, and
  • monitors
  • the same
  • in
  • team members. This individual should consistently promote teamwork and direct communication with co-workers and deal discretely and sensitively with confidential information.

Responsibilities in Quality Improvement

Contribute by

  • identifying
  • problems and seeking solutions. Promote patient/family satisfaction where possible;
  • participates
  • in departmental efforts to
  • monitor
  • and report customer service.

Essential Job Qualifications

Graduate of Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE)

Licensure is

required

in every US State and

Territory

  • the Therapist is practicing.  Licensure requirements should be met according to
  • individual State
  • laws.
  • Possesses and maintains BLS certification to meet department/program protocol.

Physical Requirements for Essential Job Qualification

Levels

:

None (No specific requirements)

Occasionally (Less than 1/3)

Frequently (1/3 to 2/3)

Majority (More than 2/3)

Remain in a stationary position:

None

Traverse or move around work location:

Occasionally

Use keyboard

None

Operate or use department specific equipment:

None

Ascend/Descend equipment or ladder

None

Position self to

accomplish

the Essential Functions of the role:

Frequently

Receive and communicate information and ideas for understanding:

Frequently

Transport, position, and/or exert force:

Up to 10 pounds

Majority

Up to 25 pounds

Frequently

Up to 50 pounds

Frequently

Up to 75 pounds

Frequently

More than 100 pounds

:

Occasionally

Other weight: Up to___ pounds:

Other

None

Consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), it is the policy of Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. The policy

regarding

requests for reasonable accommodation applies to all aspects of employment, including the application process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact the Talent Acquisition team at

recruitment@maryfreebed.com .

Mary Free Bed is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, veteran status,

disability

or other legally protected

characteristic .

Apply at Mary Free Bed