Travel Respiratory Therapist Registered - Council Bluffs, IA

Travel assignment, 13 weeks, 12hr nights, 36 hours a week, starting November 16, 2026.

Pay as Cross Country posts it: about $2,054 a week in all, a taxable rate of $21.87 an hour plus $1,267 a week in housing and meal stipends.

Job Summary

Respiratory Therapist Registered – RT PEDS. The position provides respiratory care for adult, pediatric, and newborn patients across inpatient and outpatient settings, including emergency, intensive care, nursery, labor and delivery, operating room, and sleep lab areas. Responsibilities include respiratory treatments, arterial blood gas collection, occasional electrocardiograms, and assisting with intubations.

Job Details

• Required Qualifications: Minimum of 1 year of experience; current Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS), Basic Life Support (BLS), Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP), and Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certifications; Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) verification; respiratory therapist license required for submission.
• Schedule: Night shift, 12-hour shifts, 36 hours per week.
• Additional Information: Provides approximately 30–40 treatments per day. Clinical experience includes caring for adults, pediatric patients, and newborns with conditions and procedures including myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular accident, COVID-19, extracorporeal clot removal, cardiac arrest, and intra-aortic balloon pump care. The role covers inpatient and outpatient services, emergency care, patient floors, pediatrics, labor and delivery, nursery, intensive care, sleep lab, operating room, and post-anesthesia care. Respiratory therapists draw arterial blood gases, occasionally perform electrocardiograms, and assist with intubation. Weekend coverage is required every other weekend, and holiday coverage rotates with permanent staff. Department-specific orientation is two days.

Benefits

The benefits of taking a travel assignment with Cross Country include:

• Private housing or generous housing allowance
• Comprehensive health insurance with prescription coverage
• Dependent health insurance with prescription coverage
• Competitive salaries
• Referral bonuses
• Travel reimbursement
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Direct deposit/free checking
• Unlimited free CE credits