RRT/CRT - Respiratory Therapist (Pediatrics)
Aliquippa, PAFull-time$33–50.2/hrPosted 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
The Pediatric Respiratory Therapist at Pediatric Specialty Care at Hopewell provides respiratory care to medically complex children, many of whom are trach- and ventilator-dependent. The role includes ventilator and airway management, respiratory assessments and treatments, airway clearance, and collaboration on weaning and decannulation goals. The therapist also teaches families and staff and supports preparation for discharge home. Pediatric or ventilator experience is preferred but not required; pediatric training is provided.
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$33.00 - $50.20 / Hour
Overview
Pediatric Respiratory Therapist (RRT/CRT) Pediatric Specialty Care at Hopewell | Aliquippa, PA (Beaver County) $33 – $50.20/hr + premium night differential | $10,000 sign-on bonus 12-hour nights, 7p – 7:30a | 3 shifts/week + every other weekend
Your vent skills. Kids who need them. A team that lets you use them.
Most of our kids are trach- and vent-dependent. That makes RT the heart of their care here, not a consult you page between floors.
At a glance
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Pay:$33–$50.20/hr + premium night differential
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Bonus:$10,000 sign-on
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Schedule:12-hour night shifts, 7p–7:30a. [3 shifts a week + every other weekend.]
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Your patients:Medically complex children on home and long-term vents, trachs and airway clearance
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Your caseload:[X–X patients per shift]. You'll know every child by name.
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Training:Paid pediatric orientation with experienced RTs. Adult vent experience? We'll teach you peds.
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Benefits:[Health, 401(k) with match, PTO, tuition assistance]
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Commute:Free parking and an easy drive from Beaver County, Moon/Coraopolis/Sewickley, Cranberry, East Liverpool and Weirton
Why RTs stay
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Real respiratory work.Vent management, trach changes, weaning and decannulation goals, not nebs and O2 rounds.
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Same kids, real progress.Be there for the weaning trial that works and the day a family takes their child home.
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Your voice counts.Physicians and nursing lean on your judgment. You're the airway expert in the building.
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Complex care, steadier pace.Pediatric critical-care skills without ER chaos or floating across a hospital, and without driving into the city.
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Career-defining experience.Pediatric vent and trach expertise is rare. Few RTs have it, and it opens doors.
Make the move: pediatric vents, a $10K bonus and a team that values you. Apply today.
Responsibilities
Respiratory Therapist (RRT/CRT)
What You'll Do
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Manage ventilators, trachs and airways for medically complex children
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Assess, treat and respond quickly to respiratory changes and emergencies
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Perform airway clearance, suctioning and trach changes
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Drive vent weaning and decannulation goals with the care team
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Teach families and staff, including preparation for discharge home
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Document accurately and follow AARC and regulatory standards
Qualifications
Respiratory Therapist ( RRT/CRT )
What You'll Bring
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RRT or CRT (NBRC) and an active Pennsylvania RT license
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Associate's degree in Respiratory Therapy (Bachelor's preferred)
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Current AHA BLS
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Pediatric or vent experience preferred, not required. Strong adult vent skills transfer, and we train.
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WE ARE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. Applicants and employees are considered for positions and are evaluated without regard to mental or physical disability, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected Federal, State/Province or Local status unrelated to the performance of the work involved.
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Posted Date (11/1/2026 8:43 PM)
Requisition ID2026-37202
of Openings2
Area of InterestTherapy
CompanyPediatric Specialty Care
LocationPediatric Specialty Care at Hopewell
Position TypeRegular Full-Time
ShiftNights: 7:00PM-7:30AM
Salary$33.00 - $50.20 / Hour
Reporting CategoryTherapy
How this job compares
Set against the 4,125 open Respiratory Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$33–50.2/hr
- Pennsylvania median$32–40/hr31 hourly ranges
- US median$34–47/hr1,754 hourly ranges
This range's midpoint, $41.60/hr, is 12% above the Pennsylvania median midpoint ($37/hr) — in the top quarter of Respiratory Therapist hourly ranges in Pennsylvania.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 220 open Respiratory Therapist jobs in Pennsylvania and 4,125 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Pennsylvania
- UPMC44 open
- Geisinger30 open
- Highmark Health22 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 (1,256 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for an associate degree; 1,530 of the 4,125 open Respiratory Therapist jobs (37%) ask for an associate degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 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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