Respiratory Therapist CRT/RRT Full Time Days
Louisville, KYFull-time$7.25/hrSeen 6 days agoSeen in employer's feed 6 days ago
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Job overview
The Respiratory Therapist provides care to assigned patients and demonstrates working proficiency in respiratory care practices, procedures, and techniques. This full-time, day-shift role requires completion of an accredited respiratory care program, NBRC certification, and an active Kentucky Respiratory Care Practitioner license. Basic Cardiac Life Support is due within one week of hire and before direct patient care; Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support is due within six months of hire.
Skills & qualifications
Skills
Qualifications
Full job description
Experience Required
None
Minimum Education Required
High School Diploma/G.E.D.
Compensation
$7.25 / hourly
Hours Per Week
40
Number Of Positions
1
Work Schedule and Shift Requirements
First (Day)
Job Description
Summary
Job Description:
Respiratory Therapist CRT/RRT- Full Time, Days
Status: Full Time
Shift: First
** Every third weekendrequired**
Job Summary:
Demonstrates a solid knowledge and working proficiency in the skills of Respiratory Care practices, procedures and techniques and is responsible for the patients that are assigned to his/her care within the practices of Respiratory Care.
Requirements:
Requires successful completion of accredited program for Respiratory Care.
NBRC Certification Required (CRT/RRT).
Active Kentucky Respiratory Care Practitioner License Required.
Basic Cardiac Life Support (BCLS) due within 1 week one hire and prior to providing direct patient care.
Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) due within 6 months of hire.
If you would like to be part of a growing family focused on supporting clinical excellence, teamwork and innovation, we urge you to apply now!
Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.
"EEO Statement: Baptist Health is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer, and seeks to employ individuals without regard to r ace, color, national origin, gender, s exual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, religious or political beliefs, protected veteran status, employment status or any other protected class identified in any federal, state, or local law. Baptist Health specifically encourages minority, female, disabled, veteran and other candidates from diverse backgrounds to apply and strengthen our team. Please note that Baptist Health is a drug-free workplace and employment with Baptist Health is subject to post offer, pre-employment drug testing.
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMATION AND ACCESSIBILITY TO SERVICES
Persons with hearing and speech impairments can contact Baptist Health facilities by using the Kentucky Relay Service, a toll-free telecommunication device for the deaf (TDD). For voice to TDD, call 800.648.6057. For TDD to voice, call 800.648.6056."
Job Type
Full time
Benefits Offered
Not specified
Veteran Preference
No
Place of Work
On-site
Requisition ID
R26108364
How this job compares
Set against the 4,123 open Respiratory Therapist jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 6, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$7.25/hr
- Kentucky median$7/hr42 hourly ranges
- US median$34–47/hr1,743 hourly ranges
This rate, $7.25/hr, is close to the Kentucky median midpoint ($7/hr) — in the middle half of Respiratory Therapist hourly ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 67 open Respiratory Therapist jobs in Kentucky and 4,123 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
- Baptist Health (this employer)20 open
- Aya Healthcare, Inc.19 open
- Norton Healthcare9 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 (1,258 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a high school diploma; 1,861 of the 4,123 open Respiratory Therapist jobs (45%) ask for a high school diploma or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 6, 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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