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JOIN OUR TEAM AT PIEDMONT ATHENS REGIONAL HOSPITAL
Respiratory Therapist (RRT) Competitive Sign-on Bonus!!!
Experience the Advantages of Real Career Change
Are you prepared to advance your career and makea meaningful impact on the lives of those youencounter? At Piedmont Athens Regional Hospital, the proud home of the Georgia Bulldogs, we offer more than just employment-we provide a pathway to professional fulfillment and personal development, supported bycutting-edgetechnology.
Why Choose Piedmont?
Supportive Leadership
Professional Growth
Tuition Assistance
401Kup to 6% match
Earned Time Off
Relocation Assistance
Diverse& CollaborativeTeam
FlexibleWorkSchedule
RecognitionCelebrations
ComprehensiveWellnessbenefits
Dayshift, Nightshift, and WEO
Community Involvement
YourRoleas aRegistered Respiratory Therapist (RRT)
As an RRT at Piedmont Athens,youllplay a pivotal role in:
Patientcare forover 25,000 patients yearly
427beds
Level 2 Trauma Center
32adult ICU beds
12 adult CICU beds
Level3Neonatal ICU (NICU-RRTs)
Pediatriccare
RTProcedure and protocols driven
Minimum Experience, Licensure and Certificationrequired:
Associates Degree in Respiratory Therapy Sciences
Previousworking experienceor clinical rotations
Great communicationskills
New Grads are Welcome with open arms!
Registered by the National Board for Respiratory Care
Licensed by the State of Georgia
Current certifications in BCLS, ACLS
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Location
Athens, Georgia
Posted
07/08/2026
Type
Respiratory Therapy
Schedule
Full-Time
Job ID
24499
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Piedmont is empowering Georgians by changing health care. We continue to fuel Georgia’s growth through safe, high-quality care close to home through an integrated health care system that provides a hassle-free, unified experience. We are a private, not-for-profit organization that for centuries has lived up to our purpose to make a positive difference in every life we touch in the communities we serve.
Across our 2,279 physical locations we care for more than 4.5 million patients and serve communities that comprise 85 percent of Georgia’s population. This includes 26 hospitals, Piedmont Urgent Care centers, 108 QuickCare locations, 2,171 Piedmont Clinic physician practices and nearly 3,600 Piedmont Clinic members. Our patients conveniently engage with Piedmont online, as they scheduled more than 562,000 online appointments and over 121,100 virtual visits.
With more than 47,000 care givers we are the largest Georgia-based employer of Georgians, who all came for the job, but stayed for the people. In 2024 and 2023, Piedmont has earned recognition from Newsweek as one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity and also as one of America's Greatest Workplaces for Women. In 2022, Forbes ranked Piedmont on its list of the Best Large Employers in the United States. In addition, Piedmont provided nearly $607 million in community benefit programming and uncompensated care in Fiscal Year 2024.