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Munson Healthcare
Grayling, Michigan

Registered Respiratory Therapist (72Hrs/Pay Nights) $27,000 Bonus

Respiratory TherapistIncludes weekendsFull-Time

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Job Description

  • Company Description
  • $27,000 SIGN ON BONUS
  • More Than Just Care, It’s Community

Imagine doing meaningful work in a place where people vacation. That’s life at Munson Healthcare - northern Michigan’s largest healthcare system, with eight award-winning community hospitals serving over half a million residents across 29 counties.

If you want a career in healthcare and a lifestyle most people only dream about – with freshwater lakes, scenic trails, charming downtowns, a vibrant arts scene, and endless outdoor adventures - you might just be Munson Material.

To us, that means teammates who live by our values of excellence, teamness, positivity, creativity, and a commitment to creating exceptional experiences for our patients and each other. Join a team that delivers outstanding care in one of the most beautiful regions in the country.

Invested in You

Grow: Tuition reimbursement, in-person and online development, and access to our career hub to help you advance.

Thrive: Full benefits, paid holidays, generous PTO, employee discounts, and free individual retirement counseling.

Be Well: Free wellness platform for you and your family, plus personalized support for personal or family challenges.

Be Heard: Share your ideas and help shape the way we work through improvement huddles, employee surveys, and town hall meetings

Job Description

A Day in the Life

The Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) provides care for all ages of patients. In addition to covering the general and pediatric nursing units and following competency assessment, this therapist may also accept patient care assignments in the Emergency Department, PACU and adult critical care. Some therapists provide services in other clinical areas as directed by their facility.

Perform comprehensive respiratory care for adult and pediatric patients, including therapeutic treatments, diagnostic monitoring, ventilator management (invasive and non-invasive), emergency airway support, and response to Code Blue, MRT, and PRT calls.

Assess respiratory status and develop individualized care plans using approved protocols, maintaining accurate documentation, daily charges, infection control practices, and EMR order verification.

Support pulmonary rehabilitation by supervising exercise sessions, monitoring clinical responses, providing patient education, documenting progress, and coordinating home respiratory equipment and oxygen evaluations.

Conduct pulmonary function and diagnostic testing (for trained therapists), including spirometry, lung volumes, diffusion studies, bronchial challenge, exercise testing, and equipment calibration, maintenance, and troubleshooting.

Assist with cardiac diagnostic services and leadership tasks (for qualified therapists) by performing EKGs, stress tests, Holter monitoring, overseeing staffing and assignments, supporting new employee orientation, and serving as team leader during Code Triage events.

Qualifications

What’s Required

  • Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) through the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) required.
  • Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) who is registry-eligible allowed entry into job classification – RRT must be obtained within 4 months to remain in RRT classification.
  • Currently licensed as a Respiratory Therapist in the State of Michigan or eligible to apply
  • Additional Information

Schedule: Nights 6:00PM-6:30AM

  • 36 hours per week
  • Every other weekend

Are you Munson Material? Apply today!

Munson Healthcare requires all employees be vaccinated or have lab confirmed immunity for Measles, Mumps, Rubella and Varicella. MHC also requires all employees to receive a flu vaccine during the flu season in the year that they are hired and annually thereafter, or receive an approved medical or religious exemption.

Shift: Night Shift

Status: Full Time

Key Responsibilities

The Registered Respiratory Therapist provides comprehensive respiratory care, including ventilator management, diagnostic monitoring, and emergency airway support for patients of all ages. They also assist with pulmonary rehabilitation, diagnostic testing, and cardiac services while maintaining accurate clinical documentation.

Key Skills

Respiratory therapyPatient assessmentPulmonary function testingEKGStress testingEMR documentationPediatric careTeam leadership

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 49 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 61% have no call, 45% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Respiratory Therapist Jobs

35 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution24 jobs · 18 employers

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<$85k
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$85k-95k
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$95k-105k
4
$105k-115k
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$115k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks26 jobs · 18 employers

401k / retirement match
85%
Sign-on bonus
42% this job
Loan repayment
19%
PSLF eligible
12%
Relocation assistance
8%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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#3

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Work-life snapshot

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

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,921 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Grayling

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$217k
Median resident rent
$788/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

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

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About Munson Healthcare

Hospitals and Health Care
Traverse City, MI
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

$27,000 Sign-On Bonus
Tuition Reimbursement
Paid Holidays
Generous PTO
Employee Discounts
Free Retirement Counseling
Wellness Platform