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Piedmont Healthcare
Columbus, Georgia

Registered Respiratory Therapist, Nights, WEO - Midtown

Respiratory TherapistFull-Time

Compensation

Pay not listed

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Posted 2mo ago

Job Description

Responsibilities

Responsible For

Performing patient assessments, general respiratory care procedures and protocols, critical care procedures in adult care areas, blood gas analysis, maintenance and management of all equipment and patient education.

Qualifications

Minimum Education Required

  • Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy Sciences
  • MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: None.

Minimum Licensure/Certification Required by LAW

Credentialed by the National Board for Respiratory Care as a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) and Licensed by the State of Georgia under the Composite State Board of Medical Examiners.

Additional Qualifications

Current certifications in BCLS, ACLS. Must be actively practicing and maintaining all required competencies. One (1) year of experience in performing professional respiratory duties preferred.

  • Business Unit: Company Name
  • Piedmont Columbus Midtown

Qualifications

Education
Associate degree

Key Skills

Patient assessmentEquipment maintenance

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Registered Respiratory Therapist, Nights, WEO - Midtown at Piedmont 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 3,889 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, 56% have no call, 46% require no weekends.

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).

Top Respiratory Therapist Jobs

32 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution22 jobs · 21 employers

6
<$85k
4
$85k-95k
3
$95k-105k
7
$105k-115k
2
$115k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks24 jobs · 21 employers

401k / retirement match
83%
Sign-on bonus
38%
Loan repayment
17%
Relocation assistance
8%
PSLF eligible
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.4
Better work-life than 80% of Respiratory Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,889 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Columbus

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$164k
Typical market rent
$1,308/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
89.3
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Columbus, GA-AL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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