Travel Respiratory Therapist - Registered RT/RRT

Travel Respiratory Therapist - Registered RT/RRT

American Traveler

New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States

Position ID: P-771515

Position status: Open

Assignment type: travel

Shift: Nights

Length (weeks): 13

Openings: 1

Start date: 2026-11-09T00:00:00.000Z

$2,537.00/week (estimated advertised weekly pay)

Description

American Traveler is seeking a Respiratory Therapist (RRT) for an adult critical care and emergency department position requiring 1.5+ years of ICU experience and ACLS, BLS, and PALS certifications.

Details

• Adult critical care and emergency department settings with tertiary-referral medical ICU
• Cares for patients with ARDS, aspiration, COVID, cystic fibrosis, and pneumonia
• Performs vent management including BiPAP, CPAP, flow-by, high-frequency jet ventilator/oscillator, IMV, SIMV, alarm troubleshooting, and ventilator weaning
• Performs airway management including extubation, intubation assist, nasal/oral airway placement and suctioning, sputum specimen collection, ETT/NT suctioning, and tracheostomy care
• Performs bronchoscopy, ABG draw/interpretation, ET tube management, HFNC, nebulizer therapy, T-piece/trach collar use, and iNO administration
• PICU/NICU experience highly preferred for neonatal/pediatric equipment and procedures such as CPAP/nasal CPAP/BiPAP, high-frequency jet ventilator, and oscillating ventilator
• Epic EMR required for charting
• Night shift, 3x12-hour shifts from 19:00 to 7:30
• Works every other weekend
• Must float within skillset between ED and Adult ICUs without exception

Requirements

• Active NJ license required (license required if applicable)
• Certifications required: ACLS, BLS, PALS, RRT (CRT not accepted)
• Minimum 1.5 years of strong overall ICU experience
• Epic charting experience required

Additional Information

• Works within a tertiary-referral medical ICU managing complex, multisystem, life-threatening illness
• Facility is a 700+ bed adult hospital and state-designated Level I Trauma Center with an Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center
• Must work 1 of 2 or 2 of 3 holidays as needed
• Facility may call off 1 shift per 2 weeks
• First-time travelers accepted
• Local candidates accepted at the same rate
• Former employees must be separated from the health system for at least 1 year before returning as a traveler

Hours per week: 36

Hours per shift: 12