Respiratory Therapist- New Graduate

Respiratory TherapistFull-Time

Listed compensation

$35 per hour

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Job Description

  • Position: Respiratory Therapist (RT) - New Graduate
  • Location: Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus South (South High Street)
  • Schedule: Full-time / 12 - hour shifts / NightsCompensation: $35 per hour
  • Sign-on bonus: $15,000

Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus South (South High Street) 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

  • 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.

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
  • Equal Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans

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 40 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 45% have no call, 63% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)), so the posted ~$73k midpoint carries the purchasing power of roughly $78k in an average-cost state. 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Respiratory Therapy by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed pay$73kRespiratory Therapy median $83k (middle half $73k–$85k)14 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$78k in purchasing powerOhio index 92.8 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Respiratory Therapy listings in Ohio256 active3,990 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 45% no call · 63% no weekends40 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repayment$15k sign-onOhio healthcare professional listings: 33% state a sign-on bonus (median $10k) · 12% offer loan repayment267 active listings, Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

Top Respiratory Therapist Jobs

23 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

23 jobs · 13 employers
7
<$85k
4
$85k-100k
7
$100k-115k
3
$115k-130k
2
$130k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks

17 jobs · 13 employers
401k / retirement match
94% this job
Sign-on bonus
53% this job
Loan repayment
29%
PSLF eligible
24%
Relocation assistance
12%

Share of similar jobs offering each benefit

#1

Respiratory Therapist – CRT/RRT

Garnet Health · Middletown, New York

$45.05 - $63.70/hr
#2

Respiratory Therapist II

Olympic Medical Center · Port Angeles, Washington

$41.41-$62.92/hr
#3

Respiratory Therapist

$41.35-$58.48/hr
#4

Respiratory Therapist (RT), Cardiopulmonary Rehab - Full Time (36hrs/week), Egg Harbor Township

$36.14-$56.23/hr
+ 21 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 3,962 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Select Specialty Hospital - Columbus South

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

Benefits & Perks

10-13 week structured new graduate orientation with dedicated preceptor
Tuition reimbursement
Continuing education
Clinical ladder program
Student debt benefit program
Generous PTO
Comprehensive medical/RX, health, vision, and dental plan
Company-matching 401(k)

Living in Columbus

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$259k
Typical market rent
$1,471/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.5
State income tax
Up to 4%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Columbus, OH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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