Respiratory Therapist Registered - Part-Time/Nights

Respiratory Therapist Top 5% in Respiratory TherapyPart-Time

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Employment & setting
Part-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 5mo ago

Job Description

The Respiratory Therapist evaluates, treats, and cares for patients with breathing or other cardiopulmonary disorders. This position practices under the direction of a physician. The position provides bedside respiratory care to patients as assigned by supervisors and given on the physician's written order for both in house and out patient care.

Baptist Health Care is a not-for-profit health care system committed to improving the quality of life for people and communities in northwest Florida and south Alabama. The organization includes three hospitals, four medical parks, Andrews Institute for Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine, and an extensive primary and specialty care provider network. With more than 4,000 team members, Baptist Health Care is one of the largest non-governmental employers in northwest Florida.

Baptist Health Care, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. BHC maintains and enforces a policy that prohibits discrimination against any workforce members or applicants for employment because of sex, race, age, color, disability, marital status, national origin, religion, genetic information, or other category protected by federal, state or local law.

Key Responsibilities

The Respiratory Therapist evaluates, treats, and cares for patients with breathing or cardiopulmonary disorders under the direction of a physician. They are responsible for developing treatment plans, educating patients and families, and performing bedside respiratory care.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an Associate's degree in Respiratory Therapy and possess a Registered Respiratory Therapist license for the State of Florida. Additionally, applicants are required to have BLS certification and experience from clinical rotations in an accredited program.

Qualifications

Education
Associate degree

Key Skills

Cardiopulmonary carePatient evaluationTreatment planningCritical careDisease managementPatient educationRespiratory equipmentMedication administrationBreathing exercisesTherapeutic treatmentPatient monitoring

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Respiratory Therapist Registered - Part-Time/Nights at Baptist Health Care a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% in Respiratory Therapy — ranked against 3,674 active Respiratory Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 50 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 66% have no call, 46% require no weekends.

Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.5% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states.

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Work-life snapshot

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Listing-based score

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