Licensed Respiratory Therapist (Per-Diem-Nights)
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Job Description
As a Licensed Respiratory Therapist, you would be responsible for patient care, which would include continuous ventilation, airway maintenance, emergency care, pulmonary function testing, cardio respiratory rehabilitation, infection control, isolation procedures and cardio respiratory drug administration.
You would serve as a resource to physicians in relation to technical aspects of respiratory care and to hospital staff regarding effective and safe methods of administering respiratory therapy. Assists patients with airway management and other duties as required.
Schedule: Nights/ 12 hour Shift
Requirements
Must be licensed and registered as a Respiratory Therapist by New York State
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for comprehensive patient respiratory care, including ventilation, airway maintenance, and emergency interventions. Serves as a technical resource for physicians and hospital staff regarding safe respiratory therapy administration.
Qualifications
- Education
- Professional certificate or licensure
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Respiratory Therapy Career Context
In New York, the Respiratory Therapy weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$103k (117 salary observations; 330 listings), vs ~$85k nationally (1,383 salary observations; 10,537 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2026-01-01 through 2026-10-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.
Of the 50 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 54% have no call, 52% require no weekends.
Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is down 1.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).
The cost-of-living index for New York is 107.9 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 64.6% of New York clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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