Respiratory Therapist I
Listed compensation
$66,872 - $100,339
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Company Overview
Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact. We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.
With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.
Job Description
Job Summary
The Respiratory Therapist administers respiratory care and life support to patients with abnormalities and deficiencies of the cardiopulmonary system by prescription and under the supervision of a physician.
Key Responsibilities
- Obtains physician's order 100% of the time prior to initiating therapy.
- Able to appropriately assess all patients before and after therapy is delivered 100% of the time.
- Sets up all routine therapy modalities according to policy and procedure 100% of the time.
- Able to set up and monitor all life support equipment according to policy and procedure 100% of the time.
- Able to set up and perform EKG's on patients in a timely fashion.
- Able to perform all POCT including controls, proficiencies and documentation. Maintain all State and Joint Commission requirements for licensing and accreditation
Required Qualifications
RT license in state of practice
Basic Life Support (BLS)
Preferred Qualifications
- Associate Respiratory Therapy
- 3 Years Respiratory care practitioner
- 1 Year Pediatric Critical Care
- Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
- Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
The pay range for this position is $32.15 - $48.24. Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.
Requirements
Candidates must hold a valid Respiratory Therapist license in the state of practice and possess Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. Preferred qualifications include an associate degree in respiratory therapy, pediatric critical care experience, and PALS/ACLS certifications.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Respiratory Therapist I at Shriners Children's a 8.0 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as excellent. This places the position in the top 5% in Respiratory Therapy — ranked against 3,612 active Respiratory Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.
Respiratory Therapy Career Context
Of the 40 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 73% have no call, 55% require no weekends.
Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.4% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$40k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $41k in an average-cost state. 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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