Travel Respiratory Therapist - Certified RT/CRT

Assignment Overview

• Shift: Nights, 3x12hrs
• Hours: 36 hrs/wk
• Start Date: May 18, 2026
• Length: 13 weeks
• Openings: 1

Description

American Traveler is seeking a Certified Respiratory Therapist (CRT) with 2+ years of adult critical care and NICU experience for a night shift travel assignment at a short-term acute care teaching hospital.

Details

• Short-term acute care teaching hospital; member of the Council of Teaching Hospitals (COTH) with 338 staffed beds
• NICU unit with floating required between Adult and NICU departments
• Patient population includes neonatal and adult critical care patients
• Procedures include airway management, endotracheal tube suctioning, extubation, nasal and oral airway placement, pulmonary hygiene, tracheostomy care, ABG interpretation, and assistance with high-risk deliveries
• Ventilators used: Dräger V500, Dräger VN500, and Servo U
• Respiratory modalities include HFNC, BiPAP, CPAP, mechanical ventilation weaning, and a wide range of inhaled medications and aerosol therapies
• Charting via Cerner (experience preferred)
• Night shift: 3x12-hour shifts, 6:30 PM – 7:00 AM
• Every other weekend required; holiday coverage expected
• No on-call requirement
• Candidates residing within 60 miles of the facility are subject to a local pay rate

Requirements

• Active CRT license
• MD state licensure required if applicable
• BLS required
• ACLS preferred
• Minimum 2 years of experience as an RRT in both adult critical care and NICU settings
• At least 1 prior travel assignment completed
• Proficiency with Dräger V500/VN500 and Servo U ventilators
• Experience drawing and analyzing ABGs
• ED experience preferred
• Preferred skills include bronchoscopy, inhaled Flolan, nitric oxide (iNO), Mucomyst, Ketamine, Bicarbonate, and Theophylline
• 2 professional supervisory references from within the past 2 years required for consideration
• Full 7-year work history with all gaps explained required for consideration

Additional Information

• Provide respiratory therapy services across adult critical care and NICU patient populations
• Responsibilities include airway management, administration of inhaled medications, operation of non-invasive and invasive ventilatory support, umbilical blood gas collection, and sputum specimen collection
• Scrubs are not provided; ceil blue scrub color required
• All requested time off must be communicated at the time of submission