Respiratory Therapist - Registered Nights, Full-Time

Respiratory TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$38-$43.7/hr

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Job Description

The Job: Performs quality respiratory care, cardiopulmonary and neuro-diagnostics for our patients.

Work Schedule: Full-Time

Location: Respiratory Therapy Department at the Hospital

Application Deadline: March 31, 2026

Responsibilities

  • Provides appropriate respiratory therapy treatments with protocols including: oxygen therapy, nebulizer treatments, intermittent positive pressure breathing treatments, chest physiotherapy, ventilator management, incentive spirometry, or Sputum induction.
  • b. Provides appropriate cardio-pulmonary diagnostics with protocols including: electrocardiograms, cardiac stress testing, Lexiscan (cardiolite), dypridimal (persantine), dobutimine, stress echocardiogram, tilt test, holter scanning, pulmonary function testing, arterial blood sampling and analysis, bronchoscopy assistance, electroencephalograms, home sleep studies, and home nocturnal oximetry’s as required.
  • Documents the patient record per departmental standards.

Requirements

  • High school diploma or equivalent. (Associate’s Degree preferred)
  • Minimum Experience: Two (2) years of relevant experience.
  • Current BLS. ALC Required within 6-months of employment.
  • Requires current, unrestricted, Colorado licensure as a Registered Respiratory Therapist.
  • CRT Required. RRT within 2 years. NRP preferred.

Compensation

  • This position's pay range is: $38.00 - $43.70 per hour, depending on education and experience.
  • Discretionary bonuses, relocation expenses, merit increase, market adjustments, recognition bonuses, and other forms of discretionary compensation may be available.
  • Bonus: 10,000 Paid out as outlined in the sign-on Bonus agreement

Benefits

Employees are eligible to participate in an attractive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, education assistance, 403(b) with employer matching, and more. Eligibility is based on employment status.

Details regarding specific benefit you may be eligible for will be discussed during the hiring process.

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Qualifications

Education
Professional certificate or licensure
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Cardiopulmonary Diagnostics

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 40 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 57% have no call, 55% require no weekends.

Respiratory Therapy pay on WeekdayDoc is up 3.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Colorado is 103.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$85k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $82k in an average-cost state. 60.9% of Colorado clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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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 3,803 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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Benefits & Perks

Medical, dental, vision insurance
Paid time off
Education assistance
403(b) with employer matching
$10,000 sign-on bonus