Ambulatory Respiratory Therapist - Pulmonary
Listed compensation
$31.4-$49.53/hr
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time · on_site
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- No weekends
Job Description
- ptor as appropriate. AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines guide the delivery of respiratory services by this individual.
- ability, protected veteran status or obligation for service in the armed forces, or any other characteristic protected by law in all employment practices as follows: Employment decisions at The University of Vermont Medical Center are based on legitimate job-related criteria. All personnel actions or programs that affect qualified individuals, such as employment, upgrading, demotion, transfer, recruitment, advertising, termination, rate of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training, are made without discrimination based upon the individual’s sex, gender identity or expression, ancestry, place of birth, HIV status, marital status, age, language, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental dis
- ability, protected veteran status or obligation for service in the armed forces, or any other characteristic protected by law. UVMHealth.org/MedCenter The UVM Medical Center Blog EEO is the law.
Key Responsibilities
Provides professional entry-level respiratory care to patients through assessment, planning, and evaluation of health needs. Delivers direct care to patients and families following AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines.
Requirements
Requires an Associate's degree, graduation from an accredited Respiratory Therapy Program, and licensure as a Respiratory Care Practitioner in Vermont. Must be a Registered Respiratory Therapist with at least 6 months of experience.
Qualifications
- Education
- Associate degree
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Ambulatory Respiratory Therapist - Pulmonary at University of Vermont Health Network a 6.4 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Respiratory Therapy — ranked against 3,526 active Respiratory Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements, no night shifts.
Respiratory Therapy Career Context
Of the 40 active Respiratory Therapist listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 75% have no call, 63% require no weekends.
The cost-of-living index for Vermont is 98.0 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$84k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $86k in an average-cost state. 62.3% of Vermont clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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- No weekends
- No nights
- On-site
Living in Burlington
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $504k
- Typical market rent
- $2,329/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 100.9
- State income tax
- Up to 8.8%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Burlington-South Burlington, VT metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.