Respiratory Therapist - Full-time Nights
Listed compensation
$28.61-$41/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Includes weekends
Job description
Overview
Position: Respiratory Therapist (RRT/CRT)
Location: Select Specialty Hospital - McKeesport
Schedule: Full Time, Night ShiftCompensation: $28.61 - $41.00 per hour, plus shift differentials for nights and weekends
Sign On Bonus: $5,000
Our hospital is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Respiratory Therapists (RT) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.
We support your career growth and personal well-being:
Start Strong: Extensive Respiratory Therapist (RT) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program.
Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
Evaluating patients and recommending an appropriate treatment plan.
Providing respiratory care to patients with critical and complex medical and surgical conditions.
Performing insertion and removal of endotracheal tubes.
Promoting continuous quality improvement.
Teaching and counseling patients/families.
Qualifications
Minimum requirements:
Must possess "Active" CRT or RRT credential from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) or state equivalent.
Proof of graduation required: college transcript/diploma (preferred) or high school transcript/diploma or GED.
Possess a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by start date.
Current state licensure is required.
ACLS is required within 6 months of hire. (Agency RT must have ACLS upon first shift, PRN staff must have ACLS upon hire).
Preferred qualifications:
One (1) year of related experience is preferred.
Additional Data
Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Respiratory Therapy Career Context
Of the 40 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 57% have no call, 50% require no weekends.
Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.8% 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 ~$72k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $74k 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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