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Heartbeat Health
Tampa, Florida

Respiratory Therapist-Tampa, Florida

Respiratory TherapistIncludes weekendsContract

Listed compensation

$62k-$78k

The week · per this posting · weekdays assumed

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Job Description

  • Title: Respiratory Therapist
  • Work Type: Contract/1099 role with consistent opportunities
  • Location: Tampa, Florida

Pay: Up to $1,200-$1,500/week; supplemental pay for years of experience, tenure with company, and region served as applicable

Added Benefits

Flexible scheduling that fits your life: daytime, weekday hours only with flexible scheduling (no inpatient stress and no holidays)

  • Supportive, approachable leadership that values your expertise
  • Opportunity for career advancement as we continue to grow

About the Role

We’re hiring Respiratory Therapists and Certified Pulmonary Function Testing Technicians to perform simple spirometry testing (pre/post albuterol) at primary care clinics in Eastern Tampa, Florida area.

The Role

This Role Is Ideal for RTs Who Value

  • Flexible, daytime-only work
  • Clinical autonomy and independence
  • Strong relationships with patients and clinic teams
  • What You’ll Do
  • Perform pre/post simple spirometry testing with a handheld device
  • Prepare and coach patients through testing to ensure comfort and accuracy
  • Accurately grade each effort and upload results remotely for physician review
  • Monitor patient safety during procedures
  • Maintain testing equipment and follow quality and safety protocols
  • Represent Crosswalk Health professionally at each clinic site

About You

Ideal Candidate

You’ll Thrive in This Role If You Are

  • Dependable and reliable—clinic partners, patients, and coworkers can count on you
  • Flexible and adaptable, comfortable with change and evolving schedules, technology, and workflows
  • Personable and professional with a natural ability to build rapport
  • A team player who enjoys being part of a tight-knit RT community and is proud to represent a growing healthcare company
  • Passionate about respiratory care and delivering excellent patient experiences

Qualifications

Must have experience performing bedside or complete PFTs and understanding possible side effects of albuterol administration

  • Proficiency in respiratory therapy practices, procedures, and terminology
  • Comfortable working independently and traveling locally (within a 45 minute radius)
  • Not required but desired bilingual fluency in English and Spanish
  • Available two to five days per week

$1,200 - $1,500 a week

Key Responsibilities

Perform simple pre and post albuterol spirometry testing using handheld devices at primary care clinics. Coach patients through the process, grade efforts, and upload results for physician review while maintaining equipment safety protocols.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Patient CoachingPatient Safety MonitoringEquipment Maintenance

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Respiratory Therapist-Tampa, Florida at Heartbeat Health a 6.8 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Respiratory Therapy — ranked against 3,803 active Respiratory Therapy listings on WeekdayDoc.

Respiratory Therapy Career Context

Of the 40 active Respiratory Therapy listings this role was benchmarked against, 3% are remote, 60% have no call, 53% 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 Florida is 103.4 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 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.

Top contract/1099 Respiratory Therapist Jobs

11 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution11 jobs

4
<$115k
4
$115k-125k
2
$125k-135k
1
$139k

Annual compensation range

#1

Respiratory Therapist

Sutter Health · Sacramento, California

$47.68-$66.75/hr
#2

Respiratory Therapist II

Marian Regional Medical Center · Santa Maria, California

$52.03-$64.05/hr
#3

Respiratory Therapist – CRT/RRT

$45.05 - $63.70/hr
#4

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

$36.14-$56.23/hr
+ 9 more · ranked by pay

Work-life snapshot

median 3.0this job 6.8
Better work-life than 90% of Respiratory Therapy listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 3,803 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes weekends

Living in Tampa

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$384k
Typical market rent
$1,957/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
100.9
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 · Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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

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About Heartbeat Health

Hospitals and Health Care
New York, NY
51-200 employees

Benefits & Perks

Flexible scheduling
No holidays
Supportive leadership
Career advancement