Registered Respiratory Therapist
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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
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).
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