Respiratory Therapist -PRN
Norfolk, VAPer Diem$37.61–55.27/hrSeen 1w agoStill listed 3 days ago
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Job overview
Sentara Health is recruiting a day-shift, PRN Respiratory Therapist at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia. The role is open to candidates with an associate or bachelor’s degree, with specified alternatives for some RRT-credentialed applicants. State respiratory licensure, NBRC RRT, and BLS are required, with a different RRT timeline for new graduates. No experience is required; one year of respiratory care experience is preferred.
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City/State Norfolk, VA Work Shift First (Days) Overview: Sentara Health is currently recruiting for a Day Shift PRN Respiratory Therapist at our Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, VA.
Join our energetic team! We are devoted to continuously improving and peer coaching. Most of the Respiratory Leaders at Sentara started their career path at Sentara Leigh. Here at Leigh, we can teach you the foundations of Respiratory Therapy and make you a savvy therapist with a good skillset.
Required Qualifications:
Education
- Associates or Bachelor's degree required. Non degreed applicants with RRT credentials prior to January 1, 2006 and graduates from a military RT program with RRT credentials will also be considered.
Certification/Licensure
- State Respiratory license
- NBRC RRT
- BLS required at time of hire.
- For new graduates only, must have State license and BLS at time of hire, and must obtain NBRC RRT within 6 months of hire date.
Experience
- None required
- 1 year Respiratory Care experience preferred
Join our team, where we are committed to quality healthcare, improving health every day, and provide the opportunity for training, development, growth!
Keywords: Talroo-Allied Health, Monster, RRT, CRT We provide market-competitive compensation packages, inclusive of base pay, incentives, and benefits. The base pay range for full-time employment is $37.61 - $55.27 hourly. Additional compensation may be available for this role, such as shift differentials, on-call pay, overtime, shift premiums, extra-shift incentives, or bonus opportunities. Compensation within the range may vary based on qualifications, experience, location, market conditions, and business needs. Sentara offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance; 401(k)/403(b) with employer match; paid time off (vacation, sick time, and holidays); paid parental and military leave; educational assistance or student loan repayment; and voluntary benefits. Benefits: Caring For Your Family and Your Career
- Medical, Dental, Vision plans
- Adoption, Fertility and Surrogacy Reimbursement up to $10,000
- Paid Time Off and Sick Leave
- Paid Parental & Family Caregiver Leave
- Emergency Backup Care
- Long-Term, Short-Term Disability, and Critical Illness plans
- Life Insurance
- 401k/403B with Employer Match
- Tuition Assistance – $5,250/year and discounted educational opportunities through Guild Education
- Student Debt Pay Down – $10,000 •Pet Insurance •Legal Resources Plan •Colleagues have the opportunity to earn an annual discretionary bonus if established system and employee eligibility criteria is met.
Sentara Leigh Hospital, located in Norfolk, VA, is a 274-bed acute care facility that opened in 1903 and relocated to its present site in 1977. Our hospital completed a renovation in 2016, including two new patient towers, a beautiful atrium, and a multi-story parking garage. Sentara Leigh Hospital includes a dedicated Orthopedic Hospital providing patients access to a full continuum of orthopedic care, from the preoperative phase and surgery to rehabilitation and home care services. Along with being a recognized accredited Primary Stroke Center, and Magnet hospital for nursing excellence, we also specialize in orthopedic and spine care, heart, vascular, maternity care, and general surgery. We are also home to the region’s only 24-hour hyperbaric oxygen program that helps speed up the healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, wounds that won’t heal, infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen, airborne chemical exposures, and scuba diving accidents.
Sentara Health is an equal opportunity employer and prides itself on the diversity and inclusiveness of its close to an almost 30,000-member workforce. Diversity, inclusion, and belonging is a guiding principle of the organization to ensure its workforce reflects the communities it serves.
In support of our mission “to improve health every day,” this is a tobacco-free environment.
For positions that are available as remote work, Sentara Health employs associates in the following states: Alabama, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
How this job compares
Set against the 4,128 open Respiratory Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$37.61–55.27/hr
- Virginia median$35–49/hr85 hourly ranges
- US median$35–48/hr1,834 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $46.44/hr, is 9% above the Virginia median midpoint ($42/hr) — in the middle half of Respiratory Therapist hourly ranges in Virginia.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 118 open Respiratory Therapist jobs in Virginia and 4,128 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Virginia
- Sentara Health (this employer)25 open
- HCA Healthcare19 open
- Bon Secours Mercy Health14 open
- Experience
- Respiratory Therapist postings that state a minimum ask for 1 year of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 1 to 2 years (1,266 postings).
- Education
- 74 of the 4,128 open Respiratory Therapist jobs (2%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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