Respiratory Therapist - Full-time Days

Respiratory TherapistIncludes weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$43.00 per hour

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Job Description

  • Position: Respiratory Therapist (RT)
  • Location: Pontiac, Michigan
  • Schedule: Full Time DaysCompensation: Up to $43.00 per hour based on experience + competitive shift differentials for nights and weekends
  • Sign-on bonus: $15,000.00

Select Specialty Hospital 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.
  • Proof of graduation required: college transcript/diploma (preferred) or high school transcript/diploma or GED.
  • 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.
  • Additional Data
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure

Key Skills

Respiratory therapyPatient evaluationTreatment planningEndotracheal tube insertionEndotracheal tube removalPatient counselingCritical careAdvanced Cardiovascular Life Support

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 40 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 60% have no call, 60% require no weekends.

Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 5.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$89k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $93k 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

6 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution6 jobs

1
$60k
0
$80k-100k
2
$100k-120k
3
$120k-140k

Annual compensation range

Work-Life Balance Distribution6 jobs

0
1-2
0
3-4
1
5-6
5
7-8
0
9-10

Higher = better work-life balance

#1

Respiratory Therapist

Sutter Health · Sacramento, California

$47.68-$66.75/hr
#2

Respiratory Therapist

Northwell · Terryville, New York

$80k-$136k
#3

RRT - Registered Respiratory Therapist

$58-$63/hr
#4

Respiratory Therapist - Providence Kodiak Island

$37.08-$55.62/hr
+ 4 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 5.1
Better work-life than 80% of Respiratory Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,690 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Pontiac

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$145k
Typical market rent
$1,319/mo
Residents’ average commute
21 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.3
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 · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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Mechanicsburg, PA
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Sign-On Bonus $15,000
Tuition Reimbursement
Continuing Education
Clinical Ladder Program
Student Debt Benefit Program
Generous PTO
Medical/RX Insurance
Health Insurance