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Piedmont Healthcare
Cartersville, Georgia

Respiratory Therapist - NICU, Nights

Respiratory Therapist Top 5% in Respiratory TherapyFull-Time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 3mo ago

Job Description

​​​Join Piedmont to move your career in the right direction. Stay for the diverse teams you’ll love, a shared purpose, and schedule flexibility that frees you to live for what matters both in and outside of work. You’ll feel valued, motivated to be your best, and recognized for your contributions to exceptional patient outcomes. Piedmont leaders are in your corner, invested in your success. Our wellness programs and comprehensive total benefits and rewards meet your needs today and help you plan for the future.

Responsibilities

RESPONSIBLE FOR: Performs patient assessments, general and critical care respiratory care procedures, respiratory care for newborns in Labor and Delivery, blood gas analysis and interpretation, maintenance and management of equipment and patient and family education in both adult and neonatal areas.

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Qualifications

MINIMUM EDUCATION REQUIRED: Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy Sciences

MINIMUM EXPERIENCE REQUIRED: Previous Working Experience in Neonatal Respiratory care, or successful completion of department specific orientation including skills validation of competencies for the duties and responsibilities of this level.

MINIMUM LICENSURE/CERTIFICATION REQUIRED BY LAW: Registered by the National Board for Respiratory Care and licensed by the State Board of Medical Examiners

ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: Current certifications in BCLS, ACLS, PALS, and NRP. Must be actively practicing and maintaining all required competencies in both adult and neonatal areas.

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  • Piedmont Cartersville

Qualifications

Education
Associate degree
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient AssessmentEquipment ManagementPatient Education

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Respiratory Therapist - NICU, Nights at Piedmont Healthcare a 7.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as very good. This places the position in the top 5% in Respiratory Therapy — ranked against 3,674 active Respiratory Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 50 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 66% have no call, 40% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Georgia is 96.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.8% of Georgia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Respiratory Therapist Jobs

24 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution18 jobs

4
<$90k
5
$90k-105k
6
$105k-120k
1
$131k
2
$135k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks16 jobs

401k / retirement match
69%
Sign-on bonus
19%
CME allowance
13%
Loan repayment
6%
Relocation assistance
6%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

7.9/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 5% in Respiratory Therapy

Living in Cartersville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$304k
Typical market rent
$1,730/mo
Residents’ average commute
26 min
State income tax
Up to 5.8%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

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