Respiratory Therapist (RT)

Department:

Status:

Benefits Eligible:

Hours Per Week:

Schedule Details/Additional Information:

• Full-time and part-time opportunities available
• Day and Night shifts available: Days, 0630-1900 & Nights, 1830-0700
• Every 4th weekend & holiday rotation
• Power Shift availability: 0930-2200
• 0.75 (2 days/3 days)

Pay Range:

Location: St. Luke’s – Milwaukee, WI

Sign On Bonus: From $5,000 to $20,000 depending upon shift and FTE

Pay Range: $33.05 - $49.60/hour

Loan Forgiveness: Up to $21,000

Tuition Assistance: Up to $21,000

Clinical Ladder Program – up to $6,000 in additional yearly bonus potential

Schedule Details

• Full-time and part-time opportunities available

• Day and Night shifts available: Days, 0630-1900 & Nights, 1830-0700

• Every 4th weekend & holiday rotation

• Power Shift availability: 0930-2200

• 0.75 (2 days/3 days)

What You’ll Do

• Provide specialized airway and breathing care across five ICUs:

  • Cardiovascular

  • Coronary

  • Medical-Respiratory

  • Neurological

  • Surgical

• Perform arterial line placement

• Conduct esophageal balloon placement and monitoring

• Utilize advanced ventilation modes, including NAVA

• Administer inhaled pulmonary vasodilators

• Support hyperbaric medicine in one of the nation’s largest multi-place chambers

• Engage in cutting-edge therapies and complex patient care

• Provide exceptional respiratory care for patients

• Manage ventilators and perform therapeutic procedures

• Administer medications and educate patients and families

• Collaborate across care teams to ensure safe, quality outcomes

• Mentor new teammates and students

What You’ll Bring

• Graduate of an accredited respiratory care program (associate degree minimum)

• WI Respiratory Care Practitioner (RCP) license

• RRT within 12 months or CRT if credentialed prior to Jan 1, 2023

• BLS certification (AHA) and ACLS Certification

Why Teammates Choose Us

• Benefits that support you:

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and retirement benefits

  • Paid time off, parental leave, and tuition assistance

  • 401(k): 3% company contribution + 3% match

• Additional benefits:

  • Immediate benefits eligibility, including education assistance benefits for eligible teammates 

  • Be part of a large, connected health system with opportunities across multiple locations, specialties, and care settings

Why You’ll Love Working Here

• Reputation for excellence: Aurora St. Luke’s - Wisconsin’s largest private hospital - offers nationally recognized care and the state’s only 24/7 on-site heart-care team.

• Complex, rewarding cases: Work alongside 1,300+ physicians and 2,000+ nurses across specialties like cardiac care, transplants, neuroscience, and orthopedics.

• Community impact: Serve a diverse Milwaukee population while supporting vital community-health initiatives.

• Supportive environment: Access on-site learning resources, continuing-education programs, and comfortable staff amenities.

Take Your Next Step

Bring your voice, expertise, and compassion to a team committed to redefining care. Apply today and help shape what’s next — for you, for us, for all.

About Advocate Health

Advocate Health is one of the largest nonprofit health systems in the United States, delivering care through local brands including Atrium Health, Aurora Health Care, and Advocate Health care. We serve millions of patients each year, combining clinical expertise, research, and innovation to improve health outcomes and expand access to equitable care.

Our Commitment to You:

Advocate Health offers a comprehensive suite of Total Rewards: benefits and well-being programs, competitive compensation, generous retirement offerings, programs that invest in your career development and so much more – so you can live fully at and away from work, including:

Compensation

• Base compensation listed within the listed pay range based on factors such as qualifications, skills, relevant experience, and/or training

• Premium pay such as shift, on call, and more based on a teammate's job

• Incentive pay for select positions

• Opportunity for annual increases based on performance

Benefits and more

• Paid Time Off programs

• Health and welfare benefits such as medical, dental, vision, life, and Short- and Long-Term Disability

• Flexible Spending Accounts for eligible health care and dependent care expenses

• Family benefits such as adoption assistance and paid parental leave

• Defined contribution retirement plans with employer match and other financial wellness programs

• Educational Assistance Program

Note: Eligibility for programs listed above may depend on your FTE or status (e.g., full-time, part-time, per diem, temporary, etc.); please ask a Recruiter for more information during an interview.

About Advocate Health 

Advocate Health is the third-largest nonprofit, integrated health system in the United States, created from the combination of Advocate Aurora Health and Atrium Health. Providing care under the names Advocate Health Care in Illinois; Atrium Health in the Carolinas, Georgia and Alabama; and Aurora Health Care in Wisconsin, Advocate Health is a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, Advocate Health services nearly 6 million patients and is engaged in hundreds of clinical trials and research studies, with Wake Forest University School of Medicine serving as the academic core of the enterprise. It is nationally recognized for its expertise in cardiology, neurosciences, oncology, pediatrics and rehabilitation, as well as organ transplants, burn treatments and specialized musculoskeletal programs. Advocate Health employs 155,000 teammates across 69 hospitals and over 1,000 care locations, and offers one of the nation’s largest graduate medical education programs with over 2,000 residents and fellows across more than 200 programs. Committed to providing equitable care for all, Advocate Health provides more than $6 billion in annual community benefits.