Registered Respiratory Therapist - Pediatric - WEO
Compensation
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Job Description
Facility
CoxHealth South: 3801 S National Ave, Springfield, Missouri, United States of America, 65807
Department: 1831 SLC-CH Respiratory
Scheduled Weekly Hours
36
Hours: 6:30 PM-7:00 AM
Work Shift
Night Shift (United States of America)
CoxHealth is a leading healthcare system serving 25 counties across southwest Missouri and northern Arkansas. The organization includes six hospitals, 5 ERs, and over 80 clinics. CoxHealth has earned the following honors for workplace excellence:
- Named one of Modern Healthcare’s Best Places to work five times.
- Named one of America’s Greatest Workplaces, Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare (2025, 2026), Greatest Workplaces for Women (2023, 2024), and Greatest Workplaces for Diversity (2024) by Newsweek and Plant-A Insights Group.
- Acknowledged by Forbes as one of the Best Employers for New Grads.
- Healthcare Innovation's Top Companies to Work for in Healthcare (2025).
Benefits
- Medical, Vision, Dental, Retirement with Employer Match and more (20+ hrs/week)
- For a comprehensive list of benefits, please click here: Benefits | CoxHealth
Job Description
Job Summary
The Pediatric Respiratory Therapist provides professional respiratory focused intervention during all phases of the patient care stay. The Pediatric Respiratory Therapist assesses and assists in the determination of a respiratory plan of care based on physical assessment, diagnosis, and patient history.
The Pediatric Respiratory Therapist may provide medicated and non-medicated therapies, invasive and noninvasive ventilation, oxygen administration and titration, diagnostic testing as related to ventilation and pulmonary function as well as arterial and capillary blood gas analysis.
Education Required: Graduate of an accredited Respiratory Program Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in a related field Experience No prior experience required Skills Provides care as appropriate to age of population served. Proficient in safely providing all routine and emergent respiratory modalities.
Able to assess patients and provide patient care per protocol. Provide accurate and appropriate electronic documentation. Provide accurate and appropriate education to patients, students and new staff.
Licensure/Certification/Registration Required: Missouri State License for Respiratory Must obtain NRP within 90 days of hire
Key Responsibilities
The Pediatric Respiratory Therapist provides professional respiratory interventions and develops respiratory plans of care based on patient assessment and history. They perform various therapies, including invasive and noninvasive ventilation, oxygen titration, and blood gas analysis.
Requirements
Candidates must be graduates of an accredited Respiratory Program and hold a Missouri State License for Respiratory. Additionally, they are required to obtain NRP certification within 90 days of hire.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Pediatrics Career Context
Of the 50 active Respiratory Therapist listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 48% have no call, 52% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Missouri is 90.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.1% of Missouri clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | not listed | Respiratory Therapist median $86k (middle half $77k–$87k)10 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Missouri index 90.8 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Respiratory Therapist listings in Missouri | 105 active | 4,157 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 2% remote · 48% no call · 52% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Missouri healthcare professional listings: 30% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 10% offer loan repayment105 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Pediatrics listings | 1,180 in the last 30 days | 773 the 30 days before (+53%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Respiratory Therapist pay trend | +2.5% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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