Registered Respiratory Therapist- Full Time Evening Shift
Pay as listed: $81,557 - $122,325/yr · Paterson, New Jersey · pays below the median of 29 Respiratory Therapist listings (22nd percentile).
Listed compensation
$82K–$122K /yr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
St. Joseph’s Health is recognized for the expertise and compassion of its highly skilled and responsive staff. The combined efforts of the organization’s outstanding physicians, superb nurses, and dedicated clinical and professional staff have made us one of the most highly respected healthcare organizations in the state, the largest employer in Passaic County, and one of the nation’s “100 Best Places to Work in Health Care”.
Benefits Eligibility: (Full-time and Part-time Employees-over 20 hours a week)
- Competitive salary*
- Robust benefits with health, dental, Rx and vision plans
- 403b retirement plan options with company match**
- Health & Wellness*
- Non-Profit Health System – eligible for Federal Student Loan Forgiveness
- PTO, and paid holidays
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- LTD: Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance Options
- Onsite Day care Program
*Available for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.
**403b Company Match not applicable for Per Diem Employees and Part-time Employees working under 20 hours per week.
Pay transparency: St. Joseph’s Health provides a salary range to comply with New Jersey Law. The rate of pay for each position will be determined based on a variety of factors including the candidate's relevant experience, qualifications, skills, etc.” The salary range does not include incentives, differential pay or other forms of compensation.
St. Joseph’s University Medical Center is an academic tertiary care medical center and state designated trauma center, located on the Paterson campus, regularly accepts referrals of difficult or unusual cases from other hospitals and physicians and performs both complex and routine procedures.
The Medical Center offers a full complement of specialty and subspecialty services including ambulatory, behavioral health, cardiovascular, emergency/trauma, internal medicine, neuroscience, oncology, orthopedic/spine, rehabilitation, surgical specialty, women’s health, imaging and pediatrics.
The nursing team at St. Joseph’s University Medical Center, which includes St.
Joseph’s Children’s Hospital, has held the Magnet Award for Nursing Excellence, the profession’s highest honor, since 1999. They are also recipients of the prestigious 2010 Magnet Prize™ - one of only 8 Magnet-designated hospitals to ever receive The Magnet Prize, and the only one worldwide to receive the 2010 award.
Key Responsibilities
Provide high-quality respiratory care services to patients within an academic tertiary care and trauma center environment. Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of physicians and nurses to deliver complex and routine respiratory procedures.
Requirements
Candidates must be registered respiratory therapists with the relevant qualifications and experience to perform clinical duties. The role requires the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, Magnet-designated medical center.
Qualifications
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Registered Respiratory Therapist- Full Time Evening Shift at St. Joseph's Health a 7.2 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% in Respiratory Therapy — ranked against 3,803 active Respiratory Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.
Respiratory Therapy Career Context
St. Joseph's Health holds silver-tier status on WeekdayDoc's Top Employers work-life index, composite score 72/100, 40 active listings.
Of the 40 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 63% have no call, 53% require no weekends.
Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for New Jersey is 108.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$102k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $94k in an average-cost state. 63.8% of New Jersey clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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