Respiratory Therapist - Full-time Day Shift

Respiratory TherapistIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$42.00 per hour

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

  • Critical Illness Recovery Hospital
  • Location: Battle Creek, Michigan (6th floor of Bronson Battle Creek Hospital)
  • Respiratory Therapist (RRT & CRT) - Full Time Dayshift
  • $15,000 Sign-on Bonus!
  • Pay: Up to $42.00 per hour, based on experience
  • ($3.00 shift differentials for nights and $3.00 for weekends)

Select Specialty Hospital Battle Creek is a critical illness recovery hospital committed to providing world-class inpatient post-ICU services to chronic, critically ill patients who require extended healing and recovery. We help patients during some of the most vulnerable, painful moments of their lives – and Respiratory Therapists (RT) play a central role in providing compassionate, excellent treatment every step of the way.

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

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.

Qualifications

  • Minimum requirements:
  • Must possess "Active" CRT or RRT credential from the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) or state equivalent.
  • 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.

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Respiratory therapyPatient evaluationTreatment planningEndotracheal tube insertionEndotracheal tube removalCritical carePatient counselingAdvanced Cardiovascular Life Support

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

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

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$87k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $91k in an average-cost state. 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Respiratory Therapist Jobs

21 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution21 jobs · 20 employers

3
<$100k
11
$100k-110k
4
$110k-120k
0
$120k-130k
3
$130k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks15 jobs

401k / retirement match
93% this job
Sign-on bonus
33% this job
Loan repayment
13%
Relocation assistance
13%
PSLF eligible
13%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

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$47.68-$66.75/hr
#2

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$45.05 - $63.70/hr
#3

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#4

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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 3,845 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Battle Creek

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$202k
Typical market rent
$1,138/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
90.5
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Battle Creek, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Select Specialty Hospital - Battle Creek

Hospitals and Health Care
Mechanicsburg, PA
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

$15,000 Sign-on Bonus
Tuition Reimbursement
Continuing Education
Clinical Ladder Program
Student Debt Benefit Program
Generous PTO
Comprehensive Medical/RX, Health, Vision, and Dental Plans
Company-Matching 401(k) Retirement Plan