Respiratory Therapist - Nights
Listed compensation
$34.69-$46/hr
The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed
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Job Description
- Position: Respiratory Therapist (RT)
- Location: Select Specialty Hospital-Tulsa
- Schedule: Night Shift 7p-7a
- Sign-on bonus: $15,000
- Rate: $34.69-$46.00 per hour depending on years of experience
Newly Increased Pay! Sign-On Bonus up to $15,000!
We’ve increased our Respiratory Therapist pay rates! Experienced RTs can now earn up to $46.00 per hour, with rates ranging from $34.69–$46.00/hour depending on years of experience.
Join our team at Select Specialty Hospital – Tulsa, a critical illness recovery hospital dedicated to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU care for chronic and critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery.
Respiratory Therapists play a vital role in helping patients through some of the most vulnerable moments of their lives by providing compassionate, specialized respiratory care throughout their recovery.
We Support Your Career Growth and Personal Well-being
Start Strong: Extensive Respiratory Therapist (RT) orientation program to ensure a smooth transition into our setting.
- Advance Your Career: Tuition reimbursement, and continuing education.
- Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder program.
- Ease the Burden: Student debt benefit program.
- Recharge & Refresh: Generous PTO for full-time team members to maintain a healthy work-life balance
Your Health Matters: Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings for full-time team members
Invest in Your Future: Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan, as well as life and disability protection for full-time team members
Your Impact Matters: Join a team of over 44,000 committed to providing exceptional patient care
Responsibilities
- Evaluating patients and recommending an appropriate treatment plan.
- Providing respiratory care to patients with critical and complex medical and surgical conditions.
- Performing insertion and removal of endotracheal tubes.
- Promoting continuous quality improvement.
- Teaching and counseling patients/families.
Minimum Requirements
Must possess "Active" CRT or RRT credential from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) or state equivalent.
- Proof of graduation required: college transcript/diploma (preferred) or high school transcript/diploma or GED.
- Possess a Basic Life Support (BLS) certification by start date.
- Current state licensure is required.
ACLS is required within 6 months of hire. (Agency RT must have ACLS upon first shift, PRN staff must have ACLS upon hire).
Preferred Qualifications
- One (1) year of related experience is preferred.
- Additional Data
- Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
Key Skills
Respiratory Therapy Career Context
Of the 40 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 57% have no call, 45% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Oklahoma is 87.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$84k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $96k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Oklahoma clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
| Measure | This job | Market |
|---|---|---|
| Listed pay | $72k–$96k | Respiratory Therapy median $86k (middle half $79k–$96k)576 comparable listings, Nov 2026 |
| Cost-of-living adjusted pay | ~$96k in purchasing power | Oklahoma index 87.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024) |
| Respiratory Therapy listings in Oklahoma | 67 active | 3,922 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
| Work setting | on-site | peers: 3% remote · 57% no call · 45% no weekends40 benchmarked listings |
| Sign-on & loan repayment | $15k sign-on | US healthcare professional listings (all specialties): 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 9% offer loan repayment1,000 active listings, Nov 2026 |
| New Respiratory Therapy listings | 1,265 in the last 30 days | 749 the 30 days before (+69%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026 |
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