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Henry Ford Health
Detroit, Michigan

Registered Respiratory Therapist

Respiratory TherapistFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

Company Description

Henry Ford Health partners with millions of people on their health journey, across Michigan and around the world.

We offer a full continuum of services from primary and preventative care to complex and specialty care, health insurance, a full suite of home health offerings, virtual care, pharmacy, eye care and other health care retail.

With former Ascension southeast Michigan and Flint region locations now part of our team, Henry Ford's care is available in 13 hospitals and hundreds of ambulatory care locations.

Based in Detroit, Henry Ford is one of the nation's most respected academic medical centers and is leading the Future of Health: Detroit, a $3 billion investment anchored by a reimagined Henry Ford academic healthcare campus.

Job Description

  • Respiratory Therapist - Henry Ford Health
  • Midnights, 7pm-7:30am
  • Job Title
  • Respiratory Therapist

About the Department

Join our flagship Detroit hospital campus, where academic medicine, leading-edge specialty care, and groundbreaking research come together. Located near Midtown's museums, restaurants, and cultural attractions, this campus offers the energy of a revitalized city paired with the resources of a nationally recognized health system. As part of the Intensive Care Units, you¿ll play a vital role in delivering critical respiratory care to patients in need.

Role Overview

As a Respiratory Therapist, you will deliver life-support, resuscitation, and medical gases therapy primarily to critical care patients in the Intensive Care Units. You¿ll perform diagnostic procedures, maintain clinical expertise across various business units, and ensure effective communication and documentation of patient care. This role is essential in supporting patient recovery and improving health outcomes.

Why Henry Ford Health

At Henry Ford Health, we are relentless advocates for exceptional care for our patients, communities, and each other. We come to do meaningful work and grow our careers, and we stay for the connection, support, and shared pride in making the impossible, possible.

What You Will Do

  • Deliver life-support, resuscitation, and medical gases therapy to critical care patients.
  • Perform invasive and non-invasive diagnostic procedures for Intensive Care and General Practice Units.
  • Maintain clinical expertise and provide support across various business units.
  • Communicate effectively with patients, co-workers, physicians, and other system employees.
  • Document all aspects of patient care accurately.
  • Supervise, direct, and delegate tasks to respiratory orienteers, externs, and students.

Qualifications

What You Will Need

Required Qualifications

  • Graduation from an accredited Respiratory Therapist program.
  • Associate of Science Degree, minimum.
  • Registration with the National Board of Respiratory Care.
  • Current License as a Respiratory Therapist in the State of Michigan (new graduates have 90 days to obtain).

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelors in Respiratory Therapy.
  • Two years of recent Respiratory Therapist experience in a Tertiary Hospital.

What We Offer

Join a team where you can grow your career, collaborate with experts, and engage in mission-driven work that makes a real difference. We provide opportunities for continuous learning and professional development in a supportive and innovative environment.

Join Our Team

Ready to make an impact? Apply now and be part of a team that's transforming healthcare.

Key Responsibilities

The Respiratory Therapist will deliver life-support, resuscitation, and medical gases therapy to critical care patients in the Intensive Care Units. They are also responsible for performing diagnostic procedures and maintaining accurate documentation of patient care.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient documentationInvasive proceduresNon-invasive proceduresPatient communicationSupervisionDelegation

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 50 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 42% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.9% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Respiratory Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedRespiratory Therapy median $80k (middle half $78k–$89k)12 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost of livingMichigan index 96.2US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Respiratory Therapy listings in Michigan169 active4,009 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 2% remote · 42% no call · 58% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedMichigan healthcare professional listings: 42% state a sign-on bonus (median $15k) · 0% offer loan repayment170 active listings, Oct 2026
Respiratory Therapy pay trend+3.9% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Respiratory Therapist Jobs

38 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

29 jobs · 19 employers
16
<$85k
4
$85k-100k
6
$100k-115k
1
$116k
2
$130k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

22 jobs · 19 employers
401k / retirement match
82%
Sign-on bonus
55%
Loan repayment
18%
Relocation assistance
14%
PSLF eligible
9%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$45.05 - $63.70/hr
#2

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$41.41-$62.92/hr
#3

Respiratory Therapist - Providence Kodiak Island

$37.08-$55.62/hr
#4

Respiratory Therapist

$37.61-$55.27/hr
+ 36 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 4,010 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Detroit

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$79k
Typical market rent
$1,328/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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