Respiratory Therapist - NICU, Nights
Compensation
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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.
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.
- Business Unit: Company Name
- Piedmont Cartersville
Qualifications
- Education
- Associate degree
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Key Skills
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 3,922 active Respiratory Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.
Respiratory Therapy Career Context
Of the 50 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 48% have no call, 40% require no weekends.
Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Work-life score | 7.9 / 10 · top 5% in respiratory therapy | ranked against 3,922 Respiratory Therapy listingslisting-based score, 0–10 |
| Listed pay | not listed | Respiratory Therapy median $74k (middle half $62k–$105k)21 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost of living | Georgia index 96.3 | US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Respiratory Therapy listings in Georgia | 164 active | 3,920 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 4% remote · 48% no call · 40% no weekends50 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | not stated | Georgia healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 13% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 2% offer loan repayment173 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Respiratory Therapy listings | 1,246 in the last 30 days | 727 the 30 days before (+71%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Respiratory Therapy pay trend | +1.3% vs prior quarter | —through Oct 2026 |
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