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Presbyterian Healthcare Services
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Registered Respiratory Therapist - Pulmonary

Respiratory TherapistIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$29.32-$49.91/hr

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Posted 43m ago · Verified live

Job Description

Location Address

1100 Central Ave SE Albuquerque, NM 87106-4930

Compensation Pay Range

Minimum Offer $29.32 Maximum Offer $49.91

Summary

  • Helping our community to breathe easy.
  • How you grow, learn and thrive matters here.
  • Educational and career development options, including tuition and certification reimbursement, scholarship opportunities
  • Staff Safety (a wearable badge that allows nurses to quickly and discreetly call for help when safety is a concern)
  • Differentials for night/weekend shifts, higher education, certifications and various lead roles (for eligible positions)
  • Malpractice liability insurance
  • Loan forgiveness through the New Mexico Higher Education Department
  • EPIC electronic charting system

Type of Opportunity: Full time FTE: 0.90 Job Exempt: No Work Shift: 12 Hour Nights (United States of America)

Responsibilities

Presbyterian is seeking a compassionate and skilled Registered Respiratory Therapist to join our healthcare team. As an RRT, you will play a crucial role in assessing, diagnosing, and treating patients with respiratory and cardiopulmonary disorders. Your expertise and dedication will help improve patient outcomes and enhance their quality of life.

Compensation & Differentials

  • Sign on and relocation bonuses are available for qualified candidates.
  • Shift Differentials: nights $5.00 and weekends $3.00
  • Preceptor Differential
  • Differentials for higher education, certifications and various lead roles
  • Career Ladder Program Eligible Therapists may receive differential pay based on
  • Advanced certifications (RPFT, CPFT, Perinatal Pediatric, ACCS, RPSGT, etc.)

Your growth is our priority—this program is designed to elevate your skills and ensure long-term career fulfillment.

Responsibilities

All Certified Respiratory Therapist responsibilities.

Assists physicians with Bronchoscopy Procedures under departmental policy including monitoring and assessment of the level of consciousness, cardiovascular and pulmonary systems; as well as delivery of IV conscious sedation agents to include drugs in the classifications of opioids, benzodiazepines and sedative-hypnotics and their reversal agents.

  • Initiates ventilator protocols; implements and coordinates ventilator management.
  • Performs advanced airway care to include tracheotomy changes, extubating, and intubation.
  • Initiates and monitors high-frequency ventilators.
  • In NICU Therapists will also perform: Surfactant delivery, and intubation and attend high-risk deliveries.
  • Optional procedures: transport team, intubation, and backup charge therapist.
  • Initiates and monitors Nitric Oxide delivery.
  • Performs department-specific functions as detailed within the summary of the department-specific duties.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Associate Degree in Respiratory Therapy
  • Reg Resp Therapist (NBRC)
  • Respiratory Care Practitioner-NM
  • BLS

ACLS And/or PALS

  • Six months to one-year of critical care experience preferred.
  • We're all about well-being, starting with yours.

Presbyterian employees have access to a fun, engaging and unique wellness program, including free on-site and community-based gyms, nutrition coaching and classes, mindfulness and meditation resources, wellness challenges and more.

Learn more about our employee benefits.

About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Presbyterian exists to improve the health of patients, members, and the communities we serve. We are locally owned, not-for-profit healthcare system of nine hospitals, a statewide health plan and a growing multi-specialty medical group. Founded in New Mexico in 1908, we are the state's largest private employer with nearly 14,000 employees - including more than 1600 providers and nearly 4,700 nurses.

Our health plan serves more than 580,000 members statewide and offers Medicare Advantage, Medicaid (Centennial Care) and Commercial health plans.

AA/EOE/VET/DISABLED. PHS is a drug-free and tobacco-free employer with smoke free campuses.

Compensation Disclaimer

The compensation range for this role takes into account a wide range of factors, including but not limited to experience and training, internal equity, and other business and organizational needs.

We're Determined to Support New Mexico's Well-Being | Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Key Skills

Patient assessmentBronchoscopy assistanceNICU careExtubationTracheotomy care

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 40 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 57% have no call, 40% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for New Mexico is 92.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$82k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $89k in an average-cost state. 61.4% of New Mexico clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Respiratory Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$61k–$104kRespiratory Therapy median $86k (middle half $79k–$96k)571 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$89k in purchasing powerNew Mexico index 92.2 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Respiratory Therapy listings in New Mexico43 active3,922 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 3% remote · 57% no call · 40% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentsign-on bonus · loan repaymentUS 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 listings1,265 in the last 30 days749 the 30 days before (+69%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Respiratory Therapist Jobs

24 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

24 jobs · 14 employers
9
<$85k
3
$85k-95k
5
$95k-105k
5
$105k-115k
2
$115k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

15 jobs · 14 employers
401k / retirement match
80%
Sign-on bonus
60% this job
Loan repayment
40% this job
PSLF eligible
20% this job
CME allowance
7%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 1.5
Below most Respiratory Therapy listings for work-life

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,919 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • On-site
  • Includes weekends
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About Presbyterian Healthcare Services

Hospitals and Health Care
Albuquerque, NM

Benefits & Perks

Sign-On Bonus Available
Relocation Bonus Available
Night Shift Differential ($5.00/hr)
Weekend Shift Differential ($3.00/hr)
Preceptor Differential
Career Ladder Program
Tuition and Certification Reimbursement
Scholarship Opportunities

Living in Albuquerque

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$339k
Typical market rent
$1,452/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.5
State income tax
Up to 5.9%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Albuquerque, NM metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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