Licensed Respiratory Therapist (Full Time)
Listed compensation
$38.25-$51/hr
Listing transparency3 of 6 stated
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- No call
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Job Description
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Sign On Bonus Available
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*This position is Days, Evenings and Night shifts, 36 hours per week:
7:00am-7:00pm. 7:00am-3:00pm, 11:00am-11:00pm, 3:00pm-11:00pm, 7:00pm-7:00am,
11:00pm-7:00am
Provides full range of Respiratory Care services to patients.
Salary Range
$38.25-$51.00 an hour
The referenced pay range represents the minimum and maximum compensation for
this job. Individual annual salaries/hourly rates will be set within the job’s
compensation range, and will be determined by considering factors including, but
not limited to, market data, education, experience, qualifications, expertise of
the individual, and internal equity considerationns.
Job Requirements
Qualifications
- 1. Education: Fulfilled the educational requirements to practice as a Licensed
- Respiratory Therapist in NY State
- 2. Experience: None required, at least one year acute care preferred
- 3. License/Certification Required: New York State Respiratory Therapy Therapist
License required. American Heart Association CPR Certification. American
- Heart Association ACLS Certification required within 6 months of hire/transfer.
- 4. Skills: Ability to apply critical thinking skills to patient care situations
at an entry level; models Highland promise standards and behaviors every day;
able to work under stressful situations.
Key Responsibilities
Provides a full range of respiratory care services to patients in a clinical setting. Maintains high standards of patient care while working effectively in stressful situations.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Licensed Respiratory Therapist (Full Time) at Highland Hospital 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 3,498 active Respiratory Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.
Respiratory Therapy Career Context
Of the 41 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 66% have no call, 61% require no weekends.
Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$93k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $96k in an average-cost state. 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Work-life snapshot
Listing-based score
Top 25% in Respiratory Therapy
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