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Northside Hospital
Cumming, Georgia

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Respiratory TherapistIncludes callIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Northside Hospital is award-winning, state-of-the-art, and continually growing. Constantly expanding the quality and reach of our care to our patients and communities creates even more opportunity for the best healthcare professionals in Atlanta and beyond. Discover all the possibilities of a career at Northside today.

Responsibilities

The Registered Respiratory Therapist at Northside Hospital independently provides various respiratory therapy treatments and procedures in accordance with physician orders and established guidelines, and in accordance with the scope of practice as defined by the Georgia Composite Medical Boad.

The Northside Hospital Registered Respiratory Therapist manages care for an assigned group of patients including adolescent, adult, and geriatric patients, and adult or neonatal intensive care area with completed competency in accordance with the philosophy and policies of Northside Hospital.

Qualifications

Required

  • Must be a graduate of an accredited respiratory care program.
  • Licensed as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) from Georgia Composite Medical Board in good standing without limitations.
  • Certified in Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) by the American Heart Association.
  • Certified in Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) by the American Heart Association.
  • Certified in Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) by the American Heart Association.
  • PREFERRED
  • Bachelor’s degree in respiratory therapy
  • One (1) year of experience as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
  • Certified in Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)

Work Hours

7p-7a

Weekend Requirements:

Yes- Rotating Basis

On-Call Requirements:

No

Key Skills

Patient careAdult intensive careClinical assessmentPhysician order execution

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Registered Respiratory Therapist at Northside Hospital a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Respiratory Therapy — ranked against 3,913 active Respiratory Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 50 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 54% have no call, 48% require no weekends.

Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Respiratory Therapist Jobs

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Salary Distribution27 jobs · 25 employers

9
<$90k
6
$90k-105k
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$105k-120k
3
$120k-135k
1
$139k

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs

401k / retirement match
83%
Sign-on bonus
42%
Relocation assistance
13%
PSLF eligible
13%
Loan repayment
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 80% of Respiratory Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,913 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Cumming

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$450k
Typical market rent
$2,253/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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