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Munson Healthcare
Traverse City, Michigan

Cert Respiratory Therapist - Pulmonary Care

Respiratory TherapistNo weekendsNo nightsFull-Time

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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

Respiratory therapyPatient careClinical documentationPediatric careSafety protocols

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).

Respiratory Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.4 / 10 · top 25% in respiratory therapyranked against 4,010 Respiratory Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed paynot listedRespiratory Therapy median $80k (middle half $78k–$89k)12 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingMichigan index 96.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Respiratory Therapy listings in Michigan167 active4,004 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 46% no call · 56% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMichigan 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
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (4,010 Respiratory Therapy listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Salary Distribution

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Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

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401k / retirement match
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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PSLF eligible
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CME allowance
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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 90% of Respiratory Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 4,010 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No weekends
  • No nights
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About Munson Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Traverse City, MI
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Full benefits
Paid holidays
Generous PTO
Employee discounts
Free individual retirement counseling
Tuition reimbursement
Wellness platform

Living in Traverse City

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$438k
Typical market rent
$1,850/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.4
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026).

BEA 2024 · Traverse City, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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