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Nashville, Tennessee

Respiratory Therapist (Contract) - Nashville, Tennessee

Respiratory TherapistIncludes callIncludes weekendsContract

Listed compensation

Up to $1,200

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

Ask the employer about nights and shift pattern, benefits and time off.

Posted 4mo ago

Job Description

The Role

This Role Is Ideal for RTs Who Value

  • Flexible, daytime-only work
  • Clinical autonomy and independence
  • Strong relationships with patients and clinic teams
  • What You’ll Do
  • Perform pre/post simple spirometry testing with a handheld device
  • Prepare and coach patients through testing to ensure comfort and accuracy
  • Accurately grade each effort and upload results remotely for physician review
  • Monitor patient safety during procedures
  • Maintain testing equipment and follow quality and safety protocols
  • Represent Crosswalk Health professionally at each clinic site

Ideal Candidate

You’ll Thrive in This Role If You Are

  • Dependable and reliable—clinic partners, patients, and coworkers can count on you
  • Flexible and adaptable, comfortable with change and evolving schedules, technology, and workflows
  • Personable and professional with a natural ability to build rapport
  • A team player who enjoys being part of a tight-knit RT community and is proud to represent a growing healthcare company
  • Passionate about respiratory care and delivering excellent patient experiences

Qualifications

Must have experience performing bedside or complete PFTs and understanding possible side effects of albuterol administration

  • Proficiency in respiratory therapy practices, procedures, and terminology
  • Comfortable working independently and traveling locally (within a 45 minute radius)
  • Not required but desired bilingual fluency in English and Spanish
  • Available two to five days per week

Why RTs Choose Crosswalk

  • Up to $1,200-$1,500/week; supplemental pay for years of experience, tenure with company, and region served as applicable
  • Contract/1099 role with consistent opportunities
  • Flexible scheduling that fits your life: daytime, weekday hours only with flexible scheduling (no inpatient stress and no holidays)
  • Supportive, approachable leadership that values your expertise
  • Opportunity for career advancement as we continue to grow

Key Responsibilities

The Respiratory Therapist will perform pre/post simple spirometry testing using a handheld device, preparing and coaching patients to ensure accurate results are uploaded remotely for physician review. Responsibilities also include monitoring patient safety, maintaining equipment, and adhering to quality and safety protocols while representing the company professionally at clinic sites.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient CoachingRemote UploadingPatient Safety MonitoringEquipment MaintenanceQuality ProtocolsBedside TestingIndependent WorkLocal TravelRapport BuildingTeamwork

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 40 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 57% have no call, 55% require no weekends.

Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Tennessee is 91.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$70k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $76k in an average-cost state. 58.6% of Tennessee clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Tennessee has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$70k midpoint, that is roughly $3k–$5k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

Top contract/1099 Respiratory Therapist Jobs

10 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution10 jobs

3
<$115k
4
$115k-125k
2
$125k-135k
1
$139k

Annual compensation range

#1

Respiratory Therapist

Sutter Health · Sacramento, California

$47.68-$66.75/hr
#2

Respiratory Therapist II

Marian Regional Medical Center · Santa Maria, California

$52.03-$64.05/hr
#3

Respiratory Therapist – CRT/RRT

$45.05 - $63.70/hr
#4

Respiratory Therapist (RT), Cardiopulmonary Rehab - Full Time (36hrs/week), Egg Harbor Township

$36.14-$56.23/hr
+ 8 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 50% of Respiratory Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,803 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes call
  • Includes weekends

Living in Nashville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$413k
Typical market rent
$1,834/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
96.3
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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