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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Respiratory Therapist

Respiratory TherapistFull-Time

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Job Description

Company Overview

Shriners Children’s is an organization that respects, supports, and values each other. Named as the 2025 best mid-sized employer by Forbes, we are engaged in providing excellence in patient care, embracing multi-disciplinary education, and research with global impact.

We foster a learning environment that values evidenced based practice, experience, innovation, and critical thinking. Our compassion, integrity, accountability, and resilience define us as leaders in pediatric specialty care for our children and their families.

With 20+ hospitals, outpatient clinics, ambulatory care centers and outreach locations across the globe, we provide excellent care to children up to age 18 regardless of their family’s ability to pay or insurance status. Please click here to learn more about our locations.

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Job Description

The Respiratory Therapist administers respiratory care and life support to patients with abnormalities and deficiencies of the cardiopulmonary system by prescription and under the supervision of a physician.

Key Responsibilities

  • Obtains physician's order 100% of the time prior to initiating therapy.
  • Able to appropriately assess all patients before and after therapy is delivered 100% of the time.
  • Sets up all routine therapy modalities according to policy and procedure 100% of the time.
  • Able to set up and monitor all life support equipment according to policy and procedure 100% of the time.
  • Able to set up and perform EKG's on patients in a timely fashion.

Able to perform all POCT including controls, proficiencies and documentation. Maintain all State and Joint Commission requirements for licensing and accreditation

Required Qualifications

  • RT license in state of practice
  • Basic Life Support (BLS)

Preferred Qualifications

  • Associate Respiratory Therapy
  • 3 Years Respiratory care practitioner
  • 1 Year Pediatric Critical Care
  • Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS)
  • Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)
  • Compensation is determined based on years of relevant experience and departmental equity.

Requirements

Candidates must hold a state-issued Respiratory Therapist license and Basic Life Support (BLS) certification. Preferred qualifications include an associate degree in respiratory therapy, pediatric critical care experience, and PALS/ACLS certifications.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient assessmentCardiopulmonary carePediatric care

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 50 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 2% are remote, 64% 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 Pennsylvania is 97.6 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.7% of Pennsylvania clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Respiratory Therapist Jobs

35 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution26 jobs · 23 employers

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<$85k
5
$85k-95k
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$95k-105k
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$105k-115k
5
$115k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks22 jobs

401k / retirement match
86%
Sign-on bonus
36%
PSLF eligible
14%
Loan repayment
9%
Relocation assistance
9%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Respiratory Therapist II

Marian Regional Medical Center · Santa Maria, California

$52.03-$64.05/hr
#2

Respiratory Therapist – CRT/RRT

Garnet Health · Middletown, New York

$45.05 - $63.70/hr
#3

Respiratory Therapist - Providence Kodiak Island

$37.08-$55.62/hr
#4

Respiratory Therapist

$35.94-$55.43/hr
+ 33 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 3.0
Better work-life than 50% of Respiratory Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,787 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Philadelphia

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$204k
Typical market rent
$1,768/mo
Residents’ average commute
32 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
102.6
State income tax
Up to 3.1%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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