Cert Respiratory Therapist - Pulmonary Care
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Job Description
Company Description
- Location: 5087 N. Royal Drive, Suite B, Traverse City, MI 49684
- Hours: Full Time 40 hours weekly M-Th 7:30 am to 5 pm, F 7:30 am to 4 pm
- More Than Just Care, It’s Community
Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.
If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material.
To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.
Invested in You
Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance.
Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.
Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges.
Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings
Job Description
A Day in the Life
- The Cert Respiratory Therapist provides care for all ages of patients.
- Collects health data in a systematic and ongoing manner involving the patient, family, and other health care providers as appropriate.
- Determines the priority of data collection based on the patient’s immediate condition or needs.
- Documents relevant data.
- Implements the plan of care delivering therapy in a safe, timely and appropriate manner and documents interventions and response to therapy.
- Coordinates and collaborates in care delivery.
- Systematically evaluates the quality of effectiveness of respiratory care.
Embraces and supports the Performance Improvement philosophy of Munson Medical Center. Participates in quality improvement activities.
Acknowledges that safety is a self-responsibility. Knows the physical requirements of the job and works within those guidelines. Performs job duties safely at all times, utilizing body mechanics and transferring/lifting techniques.
- Plans actions to promote safety.
- Supports effective communication and feedback with regular attendance at department meetings.
- Participates in quality of care activities at the department level.
- Utilizes the results of quality of care activities to initiate changes in respiratory practice.
Qualifications
What’s Required
- Clinical exposure experience to all aspects of pediatric, and adult respiratory care.
- Currently licensed as a Respiratory Therapist in the State of Michigan through the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC).
- Additional Information
Are you Munson Material? Apply today!
Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.
Shift: Day Shift
Status: Full Time
Key Responsibilities
The Respiratory Therapist provides comprehensive care for pediatric and adult patients by collecting health data and implementing therapy plans. They are responsible for documenting patient responses, collaborating with the healthcare team, and participating in quality improvement activities.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Cert Respiratory Therapist - Pulmonary Care at Munson Healthcare 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 4,010 active Respiratory Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Respiratory Therapy Career Context
Of the 50 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 46% have no call, 56% require no weekends.
Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 6.4 / 10 · top 25% in respiratory therapy | ranked against 4,010 Respiratory Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Respiratory Therapy median $80k (middle half $78k–$89k)12 comparable listings, Oct 2026 |
| Cost of living | Michigan index 96.2 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Respiratory Therapy listings in Michigan | 167 active | 4,004 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 2% remote · 46% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Michigan healthcare professional listings: 43% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 0% offer loan repayment168 active listings, Oct 2026 |
| Respiratory Therapy pay trend | +3.9% vs prior quarter | —through Sep 2026 |
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