Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist

This travel Registered Respiratory Therapist job in Wichita, KS with Advantis Medical is a 13-week travel Registered Respiratory Therapist contract at Ascension Via Christi Hospital - Wichita. This role pays $2,068 per week and follows a Nights shift with a 3x12 schedule. In this travel Registered Respiratory Therapist job, you will support patient care through specialty-specific clinical services, perform assessments and treatments within your scope of practice, document patient progress, operate relevant medical equipment, and collaborate with physicians and the broader care team to help deliver quality patient outcomes. Advantis Medical supports travel clinicians with personalized recruiter guidance, fast and straightforward onboarding, complimentary licensing support, and benefits that start on Day 1. Responsibilities Assess respiratory status and deliver ordered therapies, including aerosolized medications and oxygen management, across assigned units Set up, monitor, and manage mechanical ventilators, supporting weaning per physician orders and facility protocol Draw and analyze arterial blood gases per facility protocol Respond to rapid responses and codes, providing airway support and assisting with intubation when assigned Travel Registered Respiratory Therapist Requirements: 2+ years of recent Registered Respiratory Therapist experience Must hold all required Registered Respiratory Therapist certifications and licenses as mandated by Kansas and national regulatory bodies Ascension Via Christi St. Francis — Wichita, KS Ascension Via Christi St. Francis anchors Kansas's largest health system from Wichita, a 421-bed teaching hospital tied to the University of Kansas School of Medicine that takes the region's hardest cases. Two designations drive most of the imaging volume: an ACS-verified Level I Trauma Center and the only American Burn Association-verified burn center for roughly 180 miles, both keeping CT, X-ray, and ultrasound in steady use. Stroke care runs through a Comprehensive Stroke Center holding the AHA's Stroke Gold Plus award, which leans hard on CT, CTA, and MRI. The heart surgery center pairs a cardiac catheterization lab with a structural heart and TAVR program and 3D cardiac CT, solid ground for cath-lab teams and cardiovascular sonographers. There's also the Via Christi Cancer Institute, 3D breast imaging, and a vascular program that performed Wichita's first minimally invasive complex aortic aneurysm repair. #J-18808-Ljbffr