Respiratory Therapist - Full-time Days $30,000

Respiratory TherapistIncludes callNo nightsFull-Time

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Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
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Job Description

Company Description

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 Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) provides care for all ages of patients. In addition to covering the general and pediatric nursing units and following competency assessment, this therapist may also accept patient care assignments in the Emergency Department, PACU and adult critical care. Some therapists provide services in other clinical areas as directed by their facility.

Perform comprehensive respiratory care for adult and pediatric patients, including therapeutic treatments, diagnostic monitoring, ventilator management (invasive and non-invasive), emergency airway support, and response to Code Blue, MRT, and PRT calls.

Assess respiratory status and develop individualized care plans using approved protocols, maintaining accurate documentation, daily charges, infection control practices, and EMR order verification.

Support pulmonary rehabilitation by supervising exercise sessions, monitoring clinical responses, providing patient education, documenting progress, and coordinating home respiratory equipment and oxygen evaluations.

Conduct pulmonary function and diagnostic testing (for trained therapists), including spirometry, lung volumes, diffusion studies, bronchial challenge, exercise testing, and equipment calibration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

Assist with cardiac diagnostic services and leadership tasks (for qualified therapists) by performing EKGs, stress tests, Holter monitoring, overseeing staffing and assignments, supporting new employee orientation, and serving as team leader during Code Triage events.

Qualifications

  • What’s Required
  • Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) through the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) required.

Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) who is registry-eligible allowed entry into job classification – RRT must be obtained within 4 months to remain in RRT classification.

  • Currently licensed as a Respiratory Therapist in the State of Michigan or eligible to apply.
  • Additional Information
  • Schedule: 7a-7:30p, 36 hours per week

Are you Munson Material? Apply today!

$30,000 SIGN ON BONUS

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

Provide comprehensive respiratory care for adult and pediatric patients, including ventilator management and emergency airway support. Conduct diagnostic testing and support pulmonary rehabilitation and cardiac services as needed.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentPulmonary Function TestingEKGStress TestingEMR Documentation

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 50 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 68% have no call, 48% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • No nights
  • Includes call
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About Munson Healthcare

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

Benefits & Perks

$30,000 sign-on bonus
Full benefits
Paid holidays
Generous PTO
Tuition reimbursement
Free wellness platform