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Full Time Registered Respiratory Therapist

CommonSpirit Health

Pasadena, TXFull-time$34–56.1/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$34–56.1/hr
Location
Pasadena, TX
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Texas Respiratory Care Practitioner LicenseRegistered Respiratory TherapistBasic Life Support CPRAdvanced Cardiac Life Support

Job overview

The Registered Respiratory Therapist administers respiratory therapy modalities, medical gas and medication therapies, and invasive and non-invasive ventilation. The role also performs physiological monitoring, diagnostic testing, and specialized procedures, including CPR, airway care, transport, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation. The position is based at St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center, which provides inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Respiratory TherapyVentilation TherapyPhysiological MonitoringDiagnostic TestingCPRAirway Care

Qualifications

Texas Respiratory Care Practitioner LicenseRegistered Respiratory TherapistBasic Life Support CPRAdvanced Cardiac Life Support

Full job description

Job Summary and Responsibilities

Essential Function

  • Administering therapy modalities which include, but are not limited to, Hand held Nebulizer (HHN), HHN viametered dose inhaler (HHN/MDI), Intrapulmonary Percussive Ventilation (IPV), Chest Physical Therapy (CPT),Pentamidine therapy.

  • Medication administration may be included during these therapy modalities

  • Administering medical gas therapy including oxygen and Helium-Oxygen Therapy (HeO2).

  • Performing ventilation therapies, including maintenance and management of life support systems. Thesetherapies are comprised of non-invasive and invasive ventilation therapies, as well as transport of ventilatorpatients to diagnostic procedures

  • Performs physiological monitoring and diagnostic testing including, ABG puncture, bronchoscopy assistance,pulmonary function testing, bedside PFT's, metabolic monitoring, apnea monitoring, transcutaneous monitoring,capnography, and pulse oximetry and sleep apnea assessment.

  • Performs specialized procedures which including but are not limited to, CPR, bronchial lavage, transport,cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, artificial and tracheostomy airway care, and body mechanics/ambulation.

Job Requirements

Licenses/Certifications

Required

Respiratory Care Practitioner: TX (RESP-LIC:TX)

Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)

Basic Life Support - CPR (BLS-CPR) within 14 days

Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) within 6 months

Where You'll Work

St. Luke's Health - Patients Medical Center provides inpatient and outpatient medical and surgical services to residents of Pasadena, Deer Park, La Porte, Baytown, and Clear Lake. The facility includes 53 medical/surgical beds, eight ICU beds and three endoscopy rooms, and offers a range of primary and specialized services—wound care, general surgery, gastroenterology, occupational health, heart and vascular, women’s services, diagnostic imaging, outpatient rehab services, and sleep disorders.

Pay Range

$34.00/ $56.10 hourly

We are an equal opportunity employer.

How this job compares

Set against the 4,130 open Respiratory Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$34–56.1/hr
  • Texas median$33–46/hr71 hourly ranges
  • US median$34–47/hr1,755 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $45.05/hr, is 16% above the Texas median midpoint ($39/hr) — in the top quarter of Respiratory Therapist hourly ranges in Texas.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 266 open Respiratory Therapist jobs in Texas and 4,130 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
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 (1,242 postings).
Education
106 of the 4,130 open Respiratory Therapist jobs (3%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 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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