Respiratory Therapist - Full-time
Listed compensation
$32.69-$44/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
Ask the employer about the work setting, call expectations, weekend coverage and time off.
Job Description
- Position: Respiratory Therapist (RT)
- Location: Mesa, AZ
- Schedule: Full-time day or night shift 7:00 - 7:30 Compensation: $32.69- $44.00 per hour + shift diff
- Sign-on bonus: $10,000 for night shift
*We are moving*
Exciting news! Select Specialty Hospital - Phoenix is moving from St. Joseph's Hospital to the 3rd floor of Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa. We're actively hiring dedicated and compassionate healthcare professionals throughout the East Valley. If you're looking for a rewarding career with a patient-centered team, we'd love to connect with you!
Our hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Respiratory Therapists (RT) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.
We Support Your Career Growth and Personal Well-being
Start Strong: Extensive Respiratory Therapist (RT) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
- Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
- Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
- Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program.
- Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
Responsibilities
- Evaluating patients and recommending an appropriate treatment plan.
- Providing respiratory care to patients with critical and complex medical and surgical conditions.
- Performing insertion and removal of endotracheal tubes.
- Promoting continuous quality improvement.
- Teaching and counseling patients/families.
Minimum Requirements
Must possess "Active" CRT or RRT credential from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) or state equivalent.
- Proof of graduation required: college transcript/diploma (preferred) or high school transcript/diploma or GED.
- Possess a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by start date.
- Current state licensure is required.
ACLS is required within 6 months of hire. (Agency RT must have ACLS upon first shift, PRN staff must have ACLS upon hire).
Preferred Qualifications
- One (1) year of related experience is preferred.
- Additional Data
- Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Respiratory Therapy Career Context
Of the 40 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 40% have no call, 60% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Arizona is 100.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$80k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $79k in an average-cost state. 60.3% of Arizona clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $68k–$92k | Respiratory Therapy median $75k (middle half $71k–$92k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$79k in purchasing power | Arizona index 100.7 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Respiratory Therapy listings in Arizona | 101 active | 3,955 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 40% no call · 60% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | $10k sign-on | Arizona healthcare professional listings: 23% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 10% offer loan repayment101 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Respiratory Therapy listings | 1,296 in the last 30 days | 739 the 30 days before (+75%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
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