Respiratory Therapist- New Graduate

Respiratory TherapistIncludes callFull-Time

Listed compensation

$29.73 per hour

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Includes call
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago · Verified live

Job Description

Overview

  • Position: Respiratory Therapist (RT) - New Graduate / Nights
  • Location: Select Specialty Hospital - Pensacola
  • Schedule: 7p-7a, 3 days per week
  • Pay rate: $29.73 per hour

Select Specialty Hospital - Pensacola 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 10- 13-week structured new graduate orientation program with a dedicated preceptor.
  • Invest in Your Future: Tuition reimbursement and continuing education.
  • Elevate Your Skills: Clinical ladder programs
  • 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
  • Applicants may apply before being licensed however must have license upon start date.

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.
  • Performs other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Minimum requirements:
  • Graduate of accredited program for Respiratory Therapy.

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

  • Proof of graduation required: college transcript/diploma (preferred) or high school transcript/diploma or GED.
  • BLS certification required.

Current state licensure required. Student or Educational permit to practice acceptable based on individual state regulations.

  • ACLS required within 6 months of hire.
  • Additional Data
  • EOE

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Patient evaluationTreatment planningCritical careEndotracheal tube insertionEndotracheal tube removalPatient counselingFamily counselingACLS certification

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 42 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 67% have no call, 55% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$62k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $60k in an average-cost state. 58.1% of Florida clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Location & Logistics

Florida has no state income tax, which can significantly increase take-home pay compared to high-tax states. At the posted ~$62k midpoint, that is roughly $2k–$4k a year versus a typical 4–7% state rate.

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Work-life snapshot

3.0/ 10
Listing-based score
  • Includes call

Living in Pensacola

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$260k
Typical market rent
$1,657/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.7
State income tax
None
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Select Specialty Hospital - Pensacola

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

Benefits & Perks

Extensive 10-13 week structured new graduate orientation program
Tuition reimbursement and continuing education
Clinical ladder programs
Student debt benefit program
Generous PTO for full-time team members
Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan offerings
Company-matching 401(k) retirement plan
Life and disability protection